Keep Fighting, Rocky
Rocky is a boxing hero, but not because he knocks out his opponent. Rather, because he takes punches repeatedly and, with will and stamina, remains standing…
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Sweet Surrender
We spend so much time fighting the inevitable. But in my husband's final hours, I learned that surrender is not giving up—it is an opening. Here's how letting go brought me a comfort I didn't know was possible. A true story...
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How Much Hishtadlut (Personal Effort), Part 2
How much personal effort does God actually want from us? How do we balance effort with emuna and prayer? Discover why 99% of our efforts should focus on prayer and faith, and how to create the perfect "vessel" to receive blessings.
How Much Hishtadlut (Personal Effort), Part 1
How much personal effort does God actually want from us? How do we balance effort with emuna and prayer? Discover why 99% of our efforts should focus on prayer and faith, and how to create the perfect "vessel" to receive blessings.
Why Success Feels Empty: Insight on Shaatnez
Why do we feel disconnected today? This Torah insight on shaatnez reveals the hidden tension between success and real human connection.
Turning Blessings Into Brotherhood
Your success might be hurting people more than helping them—and you don’t even realize it. Discover how the Thanksgiving Offering teaches you to turn your blessings into something that uplifts everyone around you.
The Cost You Were Meant to Feel
What if the Torah didn't just want you to regret your mistakes — but for you to truly feel them? And what if this feeling is what could change your life?
Practical Mercy, Part 2
“My wife and I are broken, Rabbi, we really don’t know what has happened to our sweet daughter. She was so tzaddikah, so modest, so sweet, so gentle, a homebody who always helped. And now she acts like a dybbuk (demon) got into her..."
No Time Like Now
Tired of being scatterbrained while engaged in mitzvot? Given up on being mindful during prayers? There's no time like the present to get back on track...
Why? Abba!
Why was I put through that traumatic experience? What's my purpose in life? What's going to be with me? Rabbi Arush shows how all of these deep questions are really one question with a single answer...
The Key to a Successful Winter
You think winter is a slowdown, but step through your front door and you’ll discover a world in full spiritual bloom. This season isn’t here to bury you — it’s here to jump-start your soul.
If You Believe – It’s Possible to Fix
What is it that we all lack? What is the deep reason we give up on ourselves? More importantly, what can we do about it? Rabbi Arush gives a surprising answer. A MUST READ!
How to Leave Mitzrayim Every Day
Our perception of life defaults to one dimension: Get a job. Make money. Have friends. Be the best. However, we are Am Israel, and our national name and symbol represent how our job is to break free from the narrow boundaries that the world straitjackets us into.
The Adventures of Milo
For a year, my rabbit Milo sat on a balcony and ate. He didn’t do much of anything until we set him free. After he was released, he hopped higher and moved faster than I’d ever seen him. It’s amazing what someone can do when they are in the right place!
The Only One Who Knows What’s Coming Next
Emunah means believing that everything Hashem does is good, and it’s for our benefit. One of the great keys to opening a vault of emunah is realizing that we have no clue who we will be tomorrow, let alone years from now.
Going Nowhere
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.
Becoming a Giver
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?
The Full Life of a Wheat Field
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!