BS”D A few weeks ago, before Coronavirus dominated the headlines, life was pretty normal… Oh, how things have changed!!! A seemingly small and insignificant ailment has somehow set off a heavy-handed, global response. Governments throughout the world are implementing a series of increasingly militant, often bizarre regulations and laws that can (and do) change by…
BS”D Seek Hashem when He can be found. Call upon Him when He is near. Yeshiya 55:6 According to Chazal the days when HaShem is most accessible are the Ten Days of Repentance between Rosh HaShana and Yom Kippur. It is during this special period that the doors of teshuva are wide open, when one…
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BS”D Shavuos may have come and gone, but the lessons that surround the holiday of Kabbalas HaTorah are something that we can carry with us throughout the year. One of the most important is that we can’t properly acquire Torah in any form unless there is shalom. Chazal tell us that shalom is the vessel…
BS”D When it comes to spiritual growth, we naturally tend to want the process to look something like this: A never-ending series of upward movements and experiences. But in reality, spiritual growth on any level is more like this: Yet, at times it can feel like this: Life’s Ups and Downs Real growth is a…
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BS”D In parshas Shemos, HaShem for the first time informs Moshe Rabbeinu that He will strengthen Pharaoh’s heart, and Pharaoh will repeatedly refuse to release the Jewish people from Egypt: The Lord said to Moses, “When you go to return to Egypt, see all the signs that I have placed in your hand and perform…
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