Equanimity
Anything that happens to man—good or bad—should be viewed with complete equanimity. Whether he is praised or denigrated; whether he eats delicacies or a simple repast, it should all be the same in his...
Author: Goldie Markel
The Master Key
Once, at a chassidic gathering, the 5th Lubavitcher Rebbe, Rabbi Sholom Dovber, said the following: In Heaven, one may not enter the heavenly chambers unless one is deserving; if one isn’t they cannot enter....
Simplicity vs. Intellect
An excerpt from a letter of the Previous Lubavitcher Rebbe, Rabbi Yosef Yitzchak Schneersohn: A great intellectual who relies on his own intellect is more susceptible to error than an individual who does everything...
The Purpose
The 5th Lubavitcher Rebbe, Rabbi Sholom Dovber of Lubavitch once said: The primary intent of service of G-d is to set one’s self aside and accept the yoke of Heaven; to subject one’s senses...
A Ball of Joy
An idiom from early chassidim: “a chossid is a ball of joy and a ball of fire!” (Sefer HaSichosm 5703, Pg. 6)
Parshas Terumah – Above Nature
By Rabbi Akiva Wagner R’ Getzel Rubashkin was a chassidishe Yid, who displayed mesirus nefesh in Russia to uphold the torch of Yiddishkeit. When he came to America he continued to be a...
Parshas Terumah – Dwell in Their Midst
By Rabbi Dovid Markel This week’s parsha discusses the commandment and the instructions regarding constructing the Mishkan for G-d in the desert. The verse (Shemos 25:8) states: “And they shall make Me a...
Parshas Terumah – Three Gifts, Three Pillars
To view as a Designed and Printable PDF, click here. G-d instructs the Jewish people to erect the Tabernacle in the desert, and to donate funds for its purposes. The instructions for these...
Parshas Beshalach – Our Profession
To view as a Designed and Printable PDF, click here. As the Jewish people were leaving Egypt, they noticed Pharaoh pursuing them with his army, and they cried out to G-d. This Sicha...
Parshas Bo – Logic and Beyond
To view as a Desgned and Printable PDF, click here. The first mitzvah the Jewish people are given as a nation is the sanctification of the new month. This Sicha analyzes the centrality...
