Foundations of Judaism

Belief in ourselves is critical before we can extricate ourselves from all the bad in us. How can we focus on the good within without blurring the lines between good and evil?

Do you struggle with your “inner critic” the moment you decide to take on some mitzvah? Hitbodedut is a common battle ground. Read some tried-and-proven strategies to beat that critic!

How can I focus on praying on only ONE thing in my life? I need to fix so much! How do you know what to choose?

I don’t want you to just read this article and file it away somewhere. This article contains the key to living real life – and I want you to start living!

Climate change is a pressing global issue. Scientists have their own ideas how to save the environment. What can you and I do to affect a real change?

Do you know people who seem to be living a performance and whose lives are in shambles?   The Kalever Rebbe describes the inevitable influence they have on society by redefining what is acceptable behavior. 

Do you know that you're involved in an insidious war? It's going on right in front of you! The stakes are as high as they can get - your divine soul. And the winner is....

What is the significance of the coarse barley flour that is brought in the sota offering? The Kalever Rebbe explains how this offering guides us today.

Prayer can be frustrating and disappointing. Instead of an intimate meeting with your loving Father, you find yourself chasing after the most ridiculous thoughts. Can anything be done to keep your focus??

How can we protect ourselves in this era of pervasive heresy and promiscuity? It seems that no place is “safe” - except for one...

Every one of us in this generation is like a Special Forces spy, deep inside enemy territory, and the outcome of the war rests squarely on our shoulders…

Jews have yearned for centuries to settle the Land of Israel to absorb its kedusha. Let us join together in this mitzvah that is above nature!

Do you want to live a genuinely happy life, in any situation? Then you must want only one thing from life: emuna.  "Success" is in holding on to emuna. Any success that lacks emuna is a failure; and any failure that contains emuna is a success!

Do you know people who seem to be living a performance and whose lives are in shambles?   The Kalever Rebbe describes the inevitable influence they have on society by redefining what is acceptable behavior. 

We are in the midst of a raging and highly infectious epidemic in the world. It is a plague that completely ruins and embitters one’s life. Everyone is susceptible. Rabbi Arush explains how to avoid infection and cure ourselves...

Do you know that you're involved in an insidious war? It's going on right in front of you! The stakes are as high as they can get - your divine soul. And the winner is....

The holy Baal Shem Tov departed from this world on Shavuot 5769 (1750). He is the father of the Chassidic movement and great-grandfather of Rebbe Nachman…

Date of Passing: 15-Adar. R’ Kanievsky was the leader of the Haredi community world-wide, yet he was recognized as one who loved all of Am Yisrael. May he continue to be an advocate for each Jew and for the Jewish nation from his place in Shamayim!

Such a mentor, guide, and friend! Rebbetzin Moscowitz never hesitated to focus on the good, the victories, and the aspects one could build on instead of the flaws. She always had so much to share, on every topic.

Meet Rabbi Shalom Arush, founder of Chut shel Chessed Institutions, and learn about his amazing story!

It's a real war! Each of us battles the philosophies and cultures that deny Hashem's existence. The doubts that burrow themselves in our hearts can be overcome by Shabbat.

A child who feels the light of Shabbat at home, who sits at a Seder table that had not just matzahs, wine, and delicacies, but also the true light of the Exodus from Egypt – the soul of such a child receives a thorough inoculation against all the generation’s temptations. And oh, don’t they need it!

On Shabbat, take a hard look at the chair you're sitting on, the silver Kiddush cup in your hand, and the beautiful challot on your Shabbat table. Think about where they came from...really came from!

Songs sung at the Shabbat table gives us the power to stir the deepest spiritual emotions in your soul, purifying your thoughts, words and actions!