Category: meditations

When unfortunately, something bad happens to an individual , concerning his children, health or livelihood, he must have faith that he deserves what occurred to him and trust that G-d will help him. However,...

The Bal Shem Tov once said: The commandment that one must have the trait of Bitachon (absolute trust in G-d) is only on one’s self. When some misfortune befalls man, he must, according to...

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...

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....

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 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...

An idiom from early chassidim: “a chossid is a ball of joy and a ball of fire!” (Sefer HaSichosm 5703, Pg. 6)

In the eyes of chassidim, being happy and seeing the positive in every situation is considered as if it were a biblical commandment. (Additions to Keser Shem Tov, 169)

Every single Jew has a boundless love for G-d. This is evident in this that every Jew is willing to die for the sanctification of G-d’s name. Every single Jew internally recognizes that there...

A soul stands and awaits for a thousand years the time that it will come down into this world. It longs for the time that it will become enclothed a crude soul, and will...