BS”D There are two ways to serve Hashem as hinted to in the prayers on Rosh HaShana: “If like children… if like servants…” A child doesn’t have to do anything to get this designation. When it comes to Hashem, he merely needs to acknowledge the fact that he is a child: “I’m Your child; You’re…
BS”D It is written: כל דור שאינו נבנה בימיו מעלין עליו כאילו הוא החריבו Any generation in which [the Temple] was not built in their days, They consider it upon them as if they destroyed it (Yerushalmi, Yoma 5a). In other words, the very same lack of merit the led to the destruction of the Beis HaMikdash…
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BS”D What can the spiritual dimension of the Jewish home tell us about how to raise our children? We all want to positively influence and encourage our children… to help them to see the good in themselves and their lot in life… to handle a distressful or difficult situation with strength, emuna, and inner peace……
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BS”D In Sefer Tehillim (95:7) it says that we are Hashem’s people “today, if you hear His Voice.” But, what does it mean in a practical sense to “hear” Hashem’s Voice? What exactly are we supposed to be listening for? A Bas Kol from Shamayim? And [Hashem] said: “Go out and stand in the mountain…
BS”D Lag B’Omer in 2020 will not be like any other year. This year will be something special. The light of Rebbe Shimon Bar Yochai won’t be shining on countless maduras (bonfires) in Jewish communities throughout the world, nor on the hundreds of thousands who would normally flock to Meron to be with the Tzadik…
