Love The Ugly
By: Rabbi Shlomo Ezagui The great Rabbi Elimelech of Lyzansk said. “There is no such thing, as an unclean, dirty soul. There is only a soul, which some dirt has attached to it. There...
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By: Rabbi Shlomo Ezagui The great Rabbi Elimelech of Lyzansk said. “There is no such thing, as an unclean, dirty soul. There is only a soul, which some dirt has attached to it. There...
By: Rabbi Shlomo Ezagui Once Rabbi Sholom Dov Ber was walking with his son, Rabbi Yoseph Yitzchak in the city of Rostov Russia, and he was teaching him a very deep concept in mysticism....
By: Rabbi Shlomo Ezagui There is a well-known saying in the name of Rabbi Yosef Yitzchak. “We must benefit and take advantage of every moment in these days. There will come a time (when...
By: Rabbi Shlomo Ezagui Somehow, everyone has their own place, in the grand picture of the universe. No two people are alike. Our sages tell us, “In the same way there are no two...
By: Rabbi Shlomo Ezagui Before we eat it is a Mitzvah – a positive good act to make a blessing. As a matter of fact there is a little dialogue that goes on between...
By: Rabbi Shlomo Ezagui “Hear o Israel the Lord our G-d the Lord is one.” Another verse. “You shall know today and you shall place it in your heart, that G-d, is G-d in...
By: Rabbi Shlomo Ezagui Rabbi Moses of Coucy as his name suggests, was born or raised in Coucy in Northern France. In 1240 he was one of four rabbis required to defend the Talmud,...
By: Rabbi Shlomo Ezagui It’s a battle every day and some times it can become downright nasty. How do we, how can we, deal with it. Inside each one of us there is a G-dly...
By: Rabbi Shlomo Ezagui “G-d will open for you his good treasury, the heavens, to give you rain for the ground in its proper times.” Rabbi Yochanan says, from the words “G-d, will open...
By: Rabbi Shlomo Ezagui As we get close to the end of all the holidays in this month, and the end of the yearly cycle of Torah reading, I would like to talk about...