Spirituality and Faith

A juicy orange, a deep breath of air to fill your lungs, a cup of coffee at breakfast... What's the big deal? It's a VERY big deal! Read on...

The single, most important factor in determining your happiness is being thankful for what you have! Try these proven ways to grow your gratitude and live a happier life.

Ready to start a truly good year - a year that you’re happy, healthy and fulfilled? Here’s how you can make that dream a reality...

Saying the simple Psalm 100 can fortify your emuna and lead to simcha (happiness) even during distressing times!

What are the "klipot" that we always hear people talking about? Are they ever useful? How do they affect our daily lives? Let's get some answers…

Here is Rabbi Shalom Arush's amazing interpretation of the allegorical Gemara passage about the four scholars who entered the esoteric portals of Torah knowledge...

Is Rebbe Nachman in favor of learning Kabbalah? Why does he discourage us from praying with Kabalistic intent? Rav Kivak sorts things out for us...

There are quite a few different types of reincarnation; the exact same soul never comes back twice, but becomes a sort of 'admixture' of many different souls...

Even when it looks like you aren’t going anywhere, you are moving in place – you just don’t know it. You can move higher and higher on your path to Hashem without taking a single step forward.

Businesses and institutions develop an “agenda” to meet their goals. The soul also has a goal - maturing from a taker into a giver. What is the soul’s agenda and how does it fit with our notion of freedom? 

If we judge a wheat field by the way it looked at a single point in time, we might make the tragic error of judging it to be worthless. Same goes with judging people (including ourselves). Never underestimate the ability to repent!

Arrogance can temper our attitude toward others, often blinding us to their inherent good. How do we uproot that in our lives? 

Even when it looks like you aren’t going anywhere, you are moving in place – you just don’t know it. You can move higher and higher on your path to Hashem without taking a single step forward.

How often have we reacted hastily, only to regret it later?! The Kalever Rebbe advises to wait an hour when temptations and emotions start to rise.

Businesses and institutions develop an “agenda” to meet their goals. The soul also has a goal - maturing from a taker into a giver. What is the soul’s agenda and how does it fit with our notion of freedom? 

Emuna means that Hashem loves us! Often, people who are seemingly baalei emuna get stuck at “It is Hashem’s will”. They don’t move on to the deep emuna that brings about true joyfulness. Our efforts during Sefirat HaOmer can help move us in the right direction.