Parshas Yisro – Judging the People
To view as a Designed and Printable PDF, click here. Yisro noticed the manner in which Moshe was judging the Jewish people and suggested a more efficient system of handling their cases. This...
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A Half That is the Whole
Once, when the fourth Lubavitcher Rebbe, Rabbi Shmuel of Lubavitch, was in Petersburg to convene on communal matters, he met Rabbi Yisroel Salanter. Rabbi Yisroel, was the founder of the modern mussar (Jewish ethics)...
The Essence of Shabbos
By Leibel Estrin “And G-d rested on the seventh day… and He blessed it and made it holy.” (Genesis 2:3) “Remember the Shabbos day, to keep it holy. Six days shall you...
Parshas Yisro – Recognizing G-d
What was so special about Yisro?
Parshas Yisro – Give the Torah in Bereishit?
Why did G-d wait so long to give the Torah to mankind?
Don’t Laugh
Once, a chossid who was a big philanthropist made a resolution during his nightly recitation of the Shema, that for every lie that he would say, he would give twenty five rubles to charity. When...
Enlivening Souls
Once, a group of chassidim of Rabbi DovBer of Lubavitch, the Mittler Rebbe, were sitting at a Chassidic gathering. Suddenly, Reb Michael the Melamed burst into uncontrollable tears. He beat his chest and head...
At Least You’re Embarrassed
The great chossid Rabbi Hillel of Paritch was accustomed to traveling to various towns and townlets and inspiring the chassidim there to pray at length. The words of Rabbi Hillel were effective, and indeed...
Handicapped Angels
By Rabbi Dovid Markel The Mishna in Pirkei Avot states (4:11): “Rabbi Eliezer the son of Yaakov would say: ‘He who fulfills one mitzvah, acquires for himself one angel-advocate; he who commits one...
Yaakov’s Ladder
By Rabbi Dovid Markel The Torah (Bereishis, 28:12) describes Yaakov’s dream in the following manner: “And he dreamed, and behold! A ladder set up on the ground and its top reached to heaven;...
