Happy New Year!
Celebrate New Years now? Yes! We have an amazing opportunity to renew our spiritual lives during this period.
Shovevim
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Parshat Shirah and Tu B’Shvat
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.
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Fighting Back the Darkness
Do you want to make a positive impact on the world? Here's a concrete way to do just that!
Takeoff Power
During a lecture in Ashdod for newly observant Israelis, I asked the participants to tell me the hardest things they ever did…
Return, Mischievous Children
Teshuva is a misunderstood concept. It not a social movement that applies only to those from non-observant backgrounds…
Angry Wife or Divine Prod?
When we don't initiate teshuva on our own accord, Hashem – Who loves us so much – stimulates us. Often, He uses our wives as a prod, especially during the Shovevim weeks…
Grab It by the Tail
Why was Moses so terrified when his walking staff turned into a snake? He spent years in the wilderness, undaunted by snakes, lions, scorpions and other perils…
A Parent’s Responsibility
What happens if a person is displeased with his children because they refuse to observe the Shabbat, go with him to the synagogue, or behave in a manner that he wants them to?
Dirty Old Men
When we understand the teachings of Rebbe Nachman, we understand how politics, the media, and entertainment are full of licentiousness and insanity…
The Power of Shovevim
The six weeks of Shovevim is conducive to grow our personal holiness. What do we need to focus on during the weeks of Shovevim?
My Poor Kedusha
Here's a song for us women that would be a befitting anthem for the Shovevim weeks, when we're all trying to get stronger in personal holiness and to get closer to Hashem.
No Shortcuts
A young man asked me what his first task during these weeks of the Shovevim period should be, and what he should seek to achieve. I told him to start by guarding his eyes...
Pesach and Shovevim
The great Egyptian subjugation began when we chose to enslave ourselves; slavery begins with a choice and ends in losing the free will to choose…
Shovevim: Are You a Web Addict?
Almost all of us claim that we have no time. Can we honestly say that every moment spent surfing on the web was a necessary and productive endeavor?
Tu B’Shvat and Shovevim
“The righteous man shall flower like a date palm and grow tall like a cedar of Lebanon.” Why does King David use a double imagery of date palm and cedar? The answer...