The Ladder of Prayer
By Rabbi Dovid Markel When Yaakov left the Land of Israel to travel to Charan, he first stopped on Mt. Moriya. As he slept there, the verse (Bereishis, 28:12) states, “And he dreamed,...
Category: meditations
Appreciating G-dliness
The previous Lubavitcher Rebbe, once recounted a story that occurred with his father, Rabbi Sholom Dovber of Lubavitch[1]: “When my father was four or five years old he went to his grandfather, the Tzemach...
More Precious
The Baal Shem Tov said that doing the mitzvah of tzitzis without any intent is more precious than six thousand years of service of the archangel Michael, who serves the Almighty with complete devotion.
Prayers for Wealth
Rabbi Meir of Premishlan once remarked: “Master of the universe, if you examine the prayers of the Jewish people, You may find that they pray primarily for money, livelihood and wealth, but if You...
One Sin Less
Once, chassidim distanced from themselves a certain individual who sinned in a particularly disgusting manner. When the Alter Rebbe, Rabbi Shneur Zalman of Liadi heard about the actions of the chassidim, he responded: “You...
Chasing Pleasure
The great chossid Rabbi Hillel of Paritch would frequently say: “Were those people that chase after the indulgences of life to know about true Chassidic prayer, they would drop all of their pleasures and...
The Purpose of Chassidus
What is the goal of chassidus?
Fire In Ice
By Rabbi Dovid Markel The story is told[1] about the Bal Shem Tov, that once in the middle of the night in the dead of the winter, the Bal Shem Tov told his...
Unity and Growth
A message from Rabbi Dovber, The Magid of Mezritch on his deathbed.
