Healthy Imagination
The power of imaginative thought is one of the most important faculties of the soul. It can help elevate a person to great levels in his service and understanding of G-d. The Rebbes of...
Category: meditations
Don’t Forget Yourself
The Talmud (Pesachim 68b) states, “R. Yosef said: All agree that on Purim we require ‘for you’ too. What is the reason? Days of feasting and gladness is written in connection therewith.” Though the...
Amalek and Ego
The negative character of Amalek is expressed as an insensitive heart, brazenness and haughtiness. This was the trait of the Amalekites who fought an empty war against the Israelites in the time of Moshe....
Diligence in Mitzvos
Although a mitzvah, it is not apropos that an individual should be completely engrossed in their Shabbos meal. One should have the same degree of diligence in this mitzvah as they do in those...
Physical Pleasure
The Ba-al Shem Tov once explained the following concerning the physical pleasures of Shabbos: We are commanded to pleasure our body on Shabbos, through food and drink, in order to facilitate that our soul...
Two Tzadikim
The fifth Lubavitcher Rebbe, Rabbi Sholom Dovber of Lubavitch, once explained the difference between two forms of tzadikim. There is one category of a tzadik who is completely removed from this world. He perceives...
Warmth and Light
The 4th Lubavitcher Rebbe, Rabbi Shmuel of Lubavitch, once said: A Chassidic story illuminates and warms a chossid’s home. (Igros Kodesh, Previous Lubavitcher Rebbe, Vol. 3 Pg. 409)
Between Heaven and Hell
The first Chabad Rebbe, Rabbi Shneur Zalman once said the following[1]: “The supernal chamber of wealth is situated between Heaven and Hell. The chamber has two doors, one to the Garden of Eden and...
No Alternative
The essential idea of trust in G-d is when the one who trusts sees no manner that he can be saved and nevertheless puts his trust solely in G-d. The strengthening of trust is...
Abundant Kindness
The essence of trust.
