Being Satisfied Without Satisfaction
These words are especially relevant today. We live in a generation in which thousands of people suffer from the boredom of unfulfilled lives...
Rabbi Yaakov Meir Shechter
Rabbi Yaakov Meir Shechter
We Have Not Abandoned Your Covenant
This is how God acts towards the entire creation, and towards each individual according to his unique abilities. All the trials that a...
A Strange Vision
The entire scene was not real. There were no butcher shops, no customer, and no streets. It was a vision with an important message to convey...
A Tremendous Difference
He began to speak in a very loud voice, in public places, about the wickedness of Stalin himself. When the police heard about this behavior...
Preparing for the Ascent
When Rebbe Nachman taught this lesson, he himself was experiencing this level. His “head” was out of the water. Thus his manner was much gentler, and the Chassidim...
In All Your Ways
Ultimately, the only truly effective way to fight the evil inclination is to do good and let the negativity fall away by itself....
Through Faith
But the man on the wagon shouted again, “You can do it. You just don’t want to!” When the Tzaddikim heard these words, they understood...
The Power to Drive the World
When we overcome negative influences – or a lack of positive ones - and use our own initiative to serve God, we perfect ourselves and the world...
Never Give Up
Once a group of mice fell into a deep pot of milk and began to drown. Some of them abandoned hope immediately. Some of them abandoned hope immediately. What could they do...
Strategies of the Evil Inclination
When a person is feeling down, asleep as it were, in the service of God, the Evil One pays no attention. But, as soon as he starts to wake up...
The Higher Wisdom and the Lower Wisdom
We must cut away all the doubts and depression that cling to us and make it difficult for us to serve God. Then the Kingdom of Holiness will...
Divine Wisdom Versus Profane Wisdom, Part 2
What a pity for every minute they took away the pursuit of true wisdom, from Torah study and prayer – for these are activities that lead to an...