Appreciating G-dliness
The previous Lubavitcher Rebbe, once recounted a story that occurred with his father, Rabbi Sholom Dovber of Lubavitch[1]: “When my father was four or five years old he went to his grandfather, the Tzemach...
Neirot
Parshas Vayera – A G-dly Revelation
By Shalom Olensky This week in the Torah: G-d appears to Abraham as he recuperates from his circumcision. Anecdote: On his birthday, the four-or-five-year-old grandson of the third Chabad Rebbe visited his grandfather...
Free Will – Controlled Responsibility
By Leibel Estrin When many people think of “Free Will,” they assume it means the ability to act without constraints or consequences. Unfortunately, that definition causes people to feel that they have the...
Dancing In Pajamas
There was once a chossid who was accustomed to travel to his rebbe, Rabbi Yisroel of Ruzin for the holidays. Over time, this chossid became wealthy. Thinking that he no longer needed the rebbe‘s...
The Purpose of Man
By Leibel Estrin Jewish philosophy looks at creation in terms of four categories. From the bottom up, the four categories are domem “inanimate,” tzomeach “growing,” chai “living” (i.e., animal life), and m’daber “one...
Parshas Lech Lecha – Avraham’s Significance
The effect that Avraham has today.
Parshas Lech Lecha – Circumcision, Yishmael and the Land of Israel
The significance of Yishmael’s circumcision.
Parshas Noach – The Consumption of Meat
The consumption of meat and Noach.
Parshas Noach -The Waters of the Flood
The chassidic explanation to the waters of the flood.
More Precious
The Baal Shem Tov said that doing the mitzvah of tzitzis without any intent is more precious than six thousand years of service of the archangel Michael, who serves the Almighty with complete devotion.
