Immortality
Many people long for immortality. They look for it in wealth or in fame. They imagine that it lies in making a name for themselves...
Rabbi Yaakov Meir Shechter
Rabbi Yaakov Meir Shechter
Between Israel and the Nations
On this day, when the eyes of the Jewish People look towards their Father in Heaven, beseeching that He acquit them in judgement, of what...
The Essence of Human Beings
Really, all the things we do are not our essential selves. They are merely an expression of a deeper level of the soul; they are like the fruits...
Learning to Trust, Learning to Live
The best method is to strengthen our faith in God and our belief in Divine Providence. This is also a more direct approach to joy, since faith...
Ups and Downs
It is important to know that just as our souls descend into this world to fulfill a unique and exalted purpose, so too, every "descent" that we experience...
Every Second is a New World
Rabbi Nachman said that God does not do the same thing twice, meaning to say, there is a wondrous newness in all things in creation....
Enemies First
In fact, that understanding is one of the keys that can give a person the strength to go beyond his obligation, and to bear the burdens...
Taking the Initiative
But when their own leader decided to leave, they had a perfect opportunity. They could easily have gone with him. And even if they hadn’t...
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...
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...