Splash in a Bucket

The Evil Inclination wants us to waste our time on inconsequential things. He'll let a person splash in a bucket of water all day so nothing will change...

Veneer

Why there is so much emphasis on the outside looking good in this generation? It's because the inside is completely empty; people don't like to admit that...

Election Fever, 2012

Give the average person the choice between political activism and prayer, and he'll much prefer signing petitions, writing letters, convincing other people...

See You Later!

Some people breathe a sigh of relief after the High Holidays are over and then say, "See You Later, Hashem" until Pesach; that's not the Breslev way...

Breslever Shtick?

The Evil Inclination will be happy to let a person learn Gemara all day long, just as long as he doesn’t strive for emuna and personal holiness...

Fast Lane to Forgiveness

People who are stressed out by Yom Kippur think that teshuva is something heavy that normal people can't do; but, there's a fast lane to forgiveness that makes life easy…

Living the Dream

Doctor Zev Ballen, the world's first emuna-oriented psychotherapist, shows just how simple it really is to live your dream; don't waste decades for nothing...

They Don’t Decide

Each passing day brings Iran closer to a nuclear warhead. Despite the "nuclear agreement", the Iranian centrifuges are working 24/7. What can be done to stop this madness? A LOT - read on...

The Mirror

The Baal Shem Tov teaches that character defects we see in others (including our children) is a Hashem's way of mirroring back to us our obligation to fix...

Saved from The Dark Knight

Yisrael from Colorado had every intention of being at the debut of "The Dark Knight Rises" on Rosh Chodesh Av in the Aurora Theater outside of Denver. Hashem thought otherwise...

Don’t Kill Yourself!

He decided to commit suicide; he got in the car, went on the freeway, and pressed the accelerator to the floor. As the car hit 120 mph, he heard a voice...

Kosher Pigs

Are we living our lives as 'kosher pigs', obsessed with all the external trappings of Judaism and looking down our noses at Jews who aren't as 'frum' as we are?