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...
Libi Astaire
Libi Astaire
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...
The Water Carrier of Sokolov – Reb Mendele
When Reb Mendele of Sokolov was still a young man, he set out on a personal search. He wanted to learn the secret of how to be a "real Jew." As he traveled...
Clearing a Pathway to Redemption
When a person is filled with this desire to understand the Divine wisdom and learn from everything around her, the world becomes a very different place...
To Tell The Truth
The tzaddik sighed as he contemplated the sorry state of his spiritual affairs. Then suddenly a “new” thought occurred to him, and his downcast features...
Purim
On the holiday of Purim we are commanded to read the Megillat Esther, the book in the Bible that describes how the Jewish people were saved from destruction...
Preparing To Meet The King
During Elul and Tishrei God is compared to a King who leaves his Castle and goes out to meet his people in the Field. Not only does He make it easy for us...
It’s About Trust
…we should not expect our generation to be spared from trials and tests. Every generation before us has had a test that they have had to confront...
Freedom – To Be Redeemed
The month of Nissan is the time when the Children of Israel were freed from their slavery in Egypt, and according to our Sages it is the time when the Final...
True Intentions
…with each blast of the shofar a new burst of tears began to flow down his face, because he was so saddened that he could not remember even a single divine...