Depression and Idolatry
Rabbi Menachem Mendel of Vitebsk[1] writes in a list of advice to his followers: “Be very careful from depression and only serve G-d with joy. For sadness is akin to idolatry as it is...
Category: meditations
Self-Sacrifice
By Rabbi Dovid Markel The verse concerning sacrifices states[1]: “Speak to the children of Israel, and say to them: When a man from [among] you brings a sacrifice to the Lord; from animals,...
G-d for the Beast
By Rabbi Dovid Markel There is an expression that “an animal never saw the heavens[1].” An animal that walks on four legs only sees the earth. Animals understand physicality and the coarseness of...
The Incantation
The prodigious chossid, Rabbi Yitzchak Horowitz (Itche der Masmid) would often tell the following story to express the power of learning Chassidus: In a certain town in Russia, there was a certain landowner who...
Joy – Feelings Follow Action
In a letter from the third Lubavitcher Rebbe, Rabbi Menachem Mendel of Lubavitch, he responds to a chossid who was having difficulty being joyful. The gist of the answer is that an individual has...
Bitterness & Joy
The previous Lubavitcher Rebbe writes: “The deepest sense of embitterment is what brings about the greatest joy; this great joy though must spur on an even greater sense of a broken heart and a...
Do Something
The prodigious chossid, Rabbi Yitzchak the masmid, would often quote the Talmud’s dictum[1] in reference to one’s service of G-d: “If a slave’s [work] is not worth the food he eats, what do his...
Shake Off the Dirt
Shake off your personal dirt like a chicken.
Helping Others
I am barely able to work on myself, how can I mentor others?
The Eternal Bond
Are you searching for inspiration?
