BS”D On both Shabbos and Chanukah we light candles. While the two candle lightings emphasize our relationship with HaShem, they are different in nature. On Shabbos we affirm the fact that HaShem created the world, and we have the opportunity to reconnect to the deep spiritual yearning and love for Him that we all have…
BS”D Our belief in Moshiach and his coming is a fundamental part of Yiddishkeit. Aside from the fact that it’s one of the Rambam’s 13 principles of emunah and we daven for it daily, there are countless commentaries by our Sages all attempting to decipher the cryptic references to Moshiach’s arrival that are scattered throughout…
BS”D For over three thousand years, Dovid HaMelech’s Sefer Tehillim has been a source of inspiration, clarity, and comfort in times of distress for Jews of all walks of life. Taken together, the 150 chapters span the full range of human emotion and experience. Any Jew at any moment can open a Sefer Tehillim and…
BS”D One of the most chassidishe vortes I’ve ever heard came from a Jew who doesn’t keep Shabbos… Chazal tell us: משנה מקום, משנה מזל If you change your place, you change your mazel. (Rosh HaShana 16b) This person translated it as follows: משנה, מקום משנה מזל If you change [yourself], then HaMakom [another Name…
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BS”D Towards the end of parshas Noach, Chazal give us some important insight into the nature and role of a Jewish woman. A woman, unlike a man, enters this world with two missions- a personal one, and a second, higher one that she later acquires and shares with her husband. Her success in life is…
