Bending Down
Someone once asked the Maggid of Mezritch, Rabbi Dov Ber, the following question: “The verse (Tehillim, 85: 12) states: “Truth will sprout from the earth.” If truth is indeed within everyone’s reach, why is...
Neirot
Truth Covers the World
The Ba-al Shem tov once explained the famous aphorism that says, “With truth, one is able to traverse the entire world.” He elaborated as follows: “When one arrives at a place and speaks the...
Fools and Truth
Rabbi Hillel of Paritch was wont to say: “Though I don’t love fools, a person who is not particularly clever is closer to the truth. (Shmuos V’Sipurrim Vol. 3 Pg. 230)
Parshas Shemini – The Number Eight
The significance of the number eight.
Parshas Shemini – Silence – Aaron’s Great Virtue
The virtue of silence.
The Generation of Moshiach
The late Rav of Kfar Chabad, Rabbi Mordechai Shmuel Ashkanazai, once told the following anecdote that he heard from the Chassidic mentor, Rabbi Mendel Futerfas, in the name of the holy Reb Zev Volf...
Shabbos HaGadol – A Great Miracle
By Rabbi Dovid Markel This Shabbos, that which precedes Pesach, is referred to as “Shabbos HaGadol”—The Great Shabbos. While there are various reasons that are postulated as to why this particular Shabbos is...
Abaye and Rava
Once, during the lifetime of the third Lubavitcher Rebbe, Rabbi Menachem Mendel, there was a certain chossid of his who made his livelihood through buying forests and selling their lumber. The primary season for...
A Proper Kohen
The chassidic mentor in Tomchei Temim, Reb Shmuel Gronem Estherman, once recalled the following story: It was the Alter Rebbe, Rabbi Shneur Zalman of Liadi’s custom to read the Torah be the one to...
A Focal Difference
An essential difference between chassidus and philosophy.
