Holidays and Fast Days

Can you buy emuna (faith), and thus buy your ticket to heaven on earth? Rabbi Arush teaches us a great secret...

The lesson of Chanukah is the rejection of non-Jewish values and norms. How can we take that lesson with us throughout the year? The Kalever Rebbe gives important advice...

How do you describe the simple pleasure of celebrating Chanukah in a place where everyone is also rushing home to light their menorah? Our holiday, our land…

The Gemara tells the moving story of Chana and her seven sons, who preferred martyrdom rather than cowering to the Greeks and the Hellenists...

Holocaust Remembrance Day is 18-April. It's so difficult to see suffering! How can we look "through it" to see the greater good that will be born from it?

HOLOCAUST DAY is 21-Apr. If the guard was especially cruel, he won a visit to the camp brothel, made up of women inmates who were given more food...

There are hero stories and there are "Kiddush Hashem" stories, but the unprecedented true story of Major General Sidney Shachnow, ob"m, combines both and tops them all…

“You are a murderer of children, and I am not afraid of you," said the little girl. That girl was Anna Burda - my very special sister…

Why is it such a big deal to go to Meron on Lag b'Omer? Why is it important to rejoice with the tzaddik?

Let us not forget the lessons from the terrible tragedy in Meron, 2021. Now is the time to renew our commitment to fix the sin for which the Temple was destroyed - baseless hatred.

The light of the fires on Lag B’Omer is the light of the Torah, and the light of Hashem. This light is in our souls, and it’s what is truly burning inside.

My husband and I had tickets for a bus from Beitar to Meron leaving at 1pm on Lag B'Omer. But hundreds of people were waiting, and there were no buses…

Read a riveting and inspiring story of one woman's efforts to obtain forgiveness for her childhood wrongs...

Do you feel stuck in a rut? Are you waiting for something to give you a push forward? David Ben Horin gives great advice that will even help us prepare for the new year...now!

Freelancing is a lesson in humility with zero expectations. But the upside potential is also that much more. If only we could freelance with God…

Frustrated that you make the same goals every year with little change? Here are simple steps to ensure a favorable judgment for the coming year.

Passover cleaning, kids, crumbs everywhere, pressure...IIEEEE! How do we properly deal with our children when we are under the pressure of Passover cleaning?

Pesach, the holiday when Jews eat only unleavened bread, commemorates the exodus from Egypt. The dietary restrictions can be challenging. Here are easy-to-make recipes with minimum preparation time.

The same function can be the greatest mitzvah or the worst transgression, an elixir of life if one is deserving or an elixir of death if he is undeserving...

On Shevi’i shel Pesach, Nachshon ben Aminadav’s emuna brought about the survival of an entire nation. Imagine that your emuna, your personal holiness, your interpersonal relationships, your teshuva can save every Jew on the planet!

Passover cleaning, kids, crumbs everywhere, pressure...IIEEEE! How do we properly deal with our children when we are under the pressure of Passover cleaning?

It seems that everyone is facing deep anxieties during these days of tremendous upheaval. Whether one lives in Eretz Yisrael or abroad, the turmoil grows from day to day. How does one deal with this? Rabbi Arush’s advice is not just for Purim...

Although Purim is past, our private war with Amalek continues unabated. What timeless messages can we learn from Mordecai and our tzaddikim to help us win the war?

Would you like to drink all the wine you want on Purim without suffering so much as a headache? No drunkenness, only joy! Rav Shalom Arush says this prayer:

We are approaching the Day of Judgment when we will promise (again) to improve. Let's listen to Hashem's advice on how to succeed in really changing!

Celebrate the new year and a new beginning with these delicious recipes from Jamie Geller's kitchen.

Don’t despair and don’t get depressed! This is the best Rosh Hashanah EVER! Don’t understand how? READ THIS URGENT MESSAGE FROM RABBI ARUSH FROM UMAN!

The lesson we can learn from this special request customarily recited on Rosh Hashanah is one particularly suited for our generation…

Acquiring the Torah is a daily task, not a one-time event. We will count 50 days from Pesach to Shavuot to refine our middot, but the work never ends. That's what is so beautiful about life. One is always moving forward, improving oneself, discovering new things.

In life we have to count. When we want something, we wait and count, we set goals and count. Counting is a part of life.

As I stood near the gravesites, the stunning view of Jerusalem from the silent, sun-bleached peak of the Mount of Olives caught my breath; the indescribable holiness…

Observing the commandments between man and fellow man must be every person's highest priority all year long - especially so during the Counting of the Omer.

We all want our prayers to be accepted by Hashem. We want to be counted among those who fear and love Him. We want to develop good middot, holiness, and purity. One prerequisite will bring all of these... 

It's not enough to continually ask, “When will Mashiach come”. Working on one’s emuna and and spreading it with family and friends  – that is  looking forward to the geula, and that is what brings Mashiach!

In the final days before Shavuot, let's internalize the unique purpose of a Jew's life. When we accepted Torah on Mount Sinai and became Hashem's people, we were set aside from the other nations.

Oh no, we have less than a week until Shavuot! I need to get my grocery list ready for major shopping. What kind of dairy course should I serve? I absolutely must find a new outfit... WAIT!! Rabbi Arush explains that the REAL preparation is in the heart. Also read about Rabbi Palagi's segula for Erev Shavuot.

What a powerful message! A Hollywood A-lister and social progressive who promotes everything that is destroying the world, conceded that natural disasters occur because Hashem is angry with us.

David tells it like it is - what exactly is the endgame of lust???

Celebrate New Years now? Yes! We have an amazing opportunity to renew our spiritual lives during this period.

What's the connection among Parashat Beshalach, Parshat Shirah, Tu B'Shvat, and Shovavim? RENEWAL! We are in a time of renewal for trees and for every Jew.

From Rosh Chodesh Elul until Yom Kippur we all become so forgiving to everyone. But what happens the day after? That’s when we have to restart, once again…

When the People of Israel leave their homes and enter the sukkah for the sake of Hashem's Name, they merit to welcome the Divine presence there, and all the seven shepherds...

We can learn from everything - even a wobbly sukkah - to focus on what's important in life. David Ben Horin explains...

…each night of the seven nights of Sukkot expresses Hashem’s love in a different way...

In these times, when it is harder for everyone to make a living, let's pay more attention to our friends: listen to them, encourage them, be considerate. Give more tzedaka and help. Read an unbelievable, true story of such a person...

As we progress through the three weeks of mourning for the destruction of the Holy Temple and our extended exile, let’s remember that the cause is baseless hatred. This can only be remedied by fostering love of Yisrael, both within ourselves and others.

It can be challenging to connect emotionally to something we’ve never seen, something that happened so long ago, but I want to encourage you that it is possible.

When we travel on the path of gratitude, the Evil Inclination sets up land mines and booby traps. How can we possibly succeed? Here are some simple suggestions...

Celebrate New Years now? Yes! We have an amazing opportunity to renew our spiritual lives during this period.

What's the connection among Parashat Beshalach, Parshat Shirah, Tu B'Shvat, and Shovavim? RENEWAL! We are in a time of renewal for trees and for every Jew.

Can the modern man, armed with the latest generation of smartphone, connected to the internet and to hi-tech, relate to an arbor birthday or learn something from a humble tree?

A man is like a tree, and the most important thing is - water! Also find out why do we need to judge the trees at all?

Is there any significance that Israeli Independence Day is on 5-Iyar? YES, says the Vilna Gaon! This date is  closely tied to Mashiach and the Final Redemption. Let's not pass up this golden opportunity to pray especially hard for both!

Israeli Memorial Day: 25-Apr. Here is a three-part series of personal stories by those who lived in Israel during those days. Stories of emuna, bitachon, and wonderful achdut (brotherhood).

Gideon Lichtman taught under the assumed name of "Rimon" after Israeli President Ezer Weizman warned him that he could be a target for Arab assassination…

Ben wanted to be one of those guys, but he knew that he had little chance of being accepted to Golani. He was out of shape and almost 90 pounds overweight…

We are approaching the Day of Judgment when we will promise (again) to improve. Let's listen to Hashem's advice on how to succeed in really changing!

You might think that the Day of Atonement should be terrifying, begging for mercy at the feet of the King of Kings. But it is actually a day of love! A MUST READ!

One's own teshuva isn’t enough! Loving Hashem means to ease His suffering by helping one's fellow Jews find their way home as well.

The typical, millennial-old, break-the-fast menu of bagels, lox (salmon), and cream cheese never tasted so good. Check out these recipes and see for yourself!

  Hashem says: "I will not build Jerusalem, the Holy City, in Heaven until I build Jerusalem on earth." Watch a beautiful video by Rabbanit Arush.

28-Iyar: Yom Yerushalayim: I put my hand on the stones but the tears that flowed were not mine. They were the tears of all Israel, tears that scorched and burned the heavy gray stone. A MUST READ!!

Why are we once more faced with the threat of losing parts of Jerusalem, Heaven forbid? Each Jew has a share in Jerusalem, the heart and focal point of our people…

Regardless of years of political discourse and negotiations about Jerusalem, her future depends on each of us!