Joyous Prayer
It was taught: R. Elazar said in the name of R. Abba; The verse says[1] “Serve the Lord with joy, come before Him with praise.” The verse comes to teach that the only way...
Category: INSPIRATION
Contemplating Chassidus Prior to Prayer
Once, when the Previous Lubavitcher Rebbe was taking a walk with his father on the beaches of France, his father recounted the special quality of a person who contemplates Chassidic concepts prior to prayer...
Yud Tes Kislev – Our Life Depends On It
By Rabbi Akiva Wagner I was recently given a copy of memoirs written by Mrs. Mussia Schtroks and Mrs. Riva Raskin about their father R’ Avrohom Yeshaya Schapiro OBM. The following excerpt, although set...
Chayei Sara – The Ride We Call Life
What life is really all about.
Shamor and Zachor
There was a certain disciple of the Alter Rebbe, Rabbi Shneur Zalman of Liadi, who would pray at great length. This disciple was an extremely simple fellow, and it was doubtful as to whether...
Don’t Be Dragged Down
By: Rabbi Shlomo Ezagui The bible has no vowels or punctuation. That’s because, the bible is the wisdom of an infinite G-d and when G-d presented His wisdom to the world, within the confines...
Life In The Womb
By: Rabbi Shlomo Ezagui Rivkah from the Bible, after being barren for many years, conceived and was now expecting. The children struggled within her, and she did not yet know she was carrying twins. Rivkah...
It’s The Little Things
By: Rabbi Shlomo Ezagui What does performing what appears to be insignificant commandments, have to do with G-d going out of His way, for us? Why is it written, that because we go out...
Why Are There Difficulties
By: Rabbi Shlomo Ezagui The Bible says. “If a prophet will arise from among you, or a person who has a vision in his dream, and he indicates to you a sign (in the...
A Lesson In Boundries
By: Rabbi Shlomo Ezagui The Bible says, “You should not move back your neighbor’s boundary” marker, to commit territorial fraud, by encroaching and stealing from his territory. In the broader sense this commandment includes...
