The Road Map to Joy
Our Sages say that when Adar comes in, joy increases. In fact, there is no other month in the Jewish calendar so replete with potential for joy. How can we make that a part of our lives?
Libi Astaire
Libi Astaire
Everything For The Sake Of Heaven
"I eat to keep up my strength," the lumberjack replied. "When I tell you my story, you will understand why I eat the way I do."
Wake Up And Ask
The couple tiptoed to the door where their distinguished visitor was "sleeping." Since not a sound could be heard inside the room, the husband softly knocked…
A Time to Fast and A Time to Feast
The Queen of the Holland ordered the Jews to immediately engage in lamentation and fasting in order to prevent the harsh decree. But it was Purim, and the King of Kings commanded the Jews to celebrate and rejoice. What should they do, celebrate or fast?
To Do List For The Soul
According to the Kabbalistic text Sefer Yetzirah, every month of the Jewish calendar is associated with a letter, sense, controlling limb, zodiac sign...
40 Days to a New Life
But where do we begin? Even if we are sincere in our desire to improve, how do we know that our inner spiritual compass is accurate and...
A Groundless Feud
The two men continued to argue along this line for quite some time, and the longer they argued the more heated the argument became. When the first...
Look and Learn – Reb Yitzchak of Vorki
In a few days, however, the wisdom of the Chozeh's advice became clear. In the reply that Reb Yitzchak received from his wife, she explained that the...
Wake Up and Change
True, we will get older this year. We will experience events that bring us happiness and events that will disappoint us or make us sad. But haven't we...
The Song That Transformed Amalek
Purim in Mezhibuzh, the home of the Baal Shem Tov, was unlike Purim anywhere else. And this Purim, a beautiful song was heard...
Days of Sorrow, Days of Joy
The Temple was the one place on earth where everyone - Jew and non-Jew - could come close to God. Therefore...
A Just Exchange
As he read through the various entries listed in the notebook, tears began to well up in his eyes - for in this notebook he had recorded...