Your Life May Depend On It
By: Rabbi Shlomo Ezagui Here’s a story that demonstrates the importance of treating everyone with respect for no other reason than, your life may depend on it. The saintly Rabbi Yisrael Baal Shem Tov...
Neirot
The Good In The Bad
By: Rabbi Shlomo Ezagui On the 9th of Av we mourn the destruction of the two Holy Temples in Israel which were destroyed over 2000 years ago. The Midrash tells a story, that when...
Parshas Va’eschanan – How To Pray
A powerful lesson on the essence of prayer.
Divine Providence
By: Rabbi Shlomo Ezagui The holy Baal Shem Tov was explaining the concept of Divine Providence to his students. Everything down to the smallest particle is under His watchful eye. “The whole world is...
Mind Over Heart
By: Rabbi Shlomo Ezagui The Holiday of Chanukah represents the victory of light over darkness. The philosophy of the Hellenists at that time (things haven’t changed much) was to dilute the purity of faith...
Enjoying Life
By: Rabbi Shlomo Ezagui We were talking about anxiety. What brings it on and how to relieve ourselves of the stress, uneasiness and apprehension associated with high anxiety. If left unaddressed, ultimately this takes...
Do We Have Free Choice
By: Rabbi Shlomo Ezagui The question goes like this. If G-d is everywhere and everything is predestined, do people have any choice and/or influence in the end results? The answer to this question can...
The Power of Women
By: Rabbi Shlomo Ezagui Our sages tell us, “A man must love his wife at least as much as himself, but honor her more than himself.” “A man should eat and drink for himself,...
A Holy Lottery
By: Rabbi Shlomo Ezagui The jolly holiday of Purim on the 14th of Adar shares something very special with the holiest day on the Jewish calendar – Yom KiPurim, to the point, that our...
HaShem Is G-d
Adapted from a Chassidic discourse in the year 5657 Of Rabbi Shalom DovBerזצ”ל The fifth Lubavitcher Rebbe By Rabbi Amiram Markel The Torah states, “You shall know this day and set it upon...
