The Treasure
"I have succeeded in instilling in you a principle," said Rabbi Nachman. "Do not deceive yourselves!"
Rabbi Israel Isaac Besancon
Rabbi Israel Isaac Besancon
Joy!
By turning joy into a duty and not an optional ideal, he taught us anew the precondition to any step towards good...
More Thoughts, Advice, Tools, and Tips
When anyone, even a person lying at the bottom-most rung of the ladder, in the mire, wishes to pull himself up even a little, he will find himself...
I Will Sing! (Azamra)
"I will sing! (Azamra)" It goes on to explain that from all the good points that a man collects, a melody will be composed that will allow him to sing...
In The Greatest Depths
Even if one has fallen to the greatest depths, he should not abandon the idea of progress; one must not despair. Even if we are in some kind of...
The Point
We are really unique. It would be absurd to take pride in this, just as it would be incongruous, in the other extreme, to minimize our importance...
The Power of Thoughts
One should protect his mind from impure thoughts, for all actions derive from our thoughts. Just as transgressions are the result of evil thoughts...
Simplicity
Each of us, at our own level, dreams more or less of knowing the secrets of the world. But, simplicity of thought, simplicity of action...
Lessons of Hope!
An unlimited will for the absolute, for perfection, harmony and truth, inhabits our upper soul. It is literally Divine, even though mostly unknown...
For The Best
How sad, how unnecessary! This is the absurd reasoning of “all or nothing” that uses the fantasy of the maximum as a trampoline and casts its victims...
Above Time
Thus, in one single moment of remorse, we can spiritually return back even higher than the level when our sin took place and hence eradicate years...
The Inner Peace
Most people feel frustrated. One may feel that he is making no progress, but the very fact that he remains where he is, while doing his utmost, is in...