One Short Prayer

Hashem sent Moshe the gift of anxiety, and self-persecution in order to help him to see the silliness of serving himself and not Hashem...

The Best Job on Earth

I always thought I would go back to work after I had a baby. No, even more than that: I always assumed I would want to go back to work after I had a baby...

Angel Kids

Rabbi Arush reminds us that even the great Rabbi Akiva said that there was no one, even in his holy generation, who was on the level to give rebuke to others...

Don’t Worry, Father

David – forced into the socially-acceptable mold that his parents wanted – suffocated. But, once he began to pursue his own path, he began to flower...

Longterm Challenge

Why must life be such an ongoing struggle? Hashem knows that if we're not challenged all the time, we become spiritually flabby to the point of losing emotional health...

Parenting in Reverse

Parenting is not only educating a child, but the obligation that parents have for the emotional, moral and spiritual development of their children...

Standing Alone

Rabbi Arush says that anyone who wants to serve Hashem in Truth must be willing to be separate from others as though they do not exist. What does he mean?

The Red Suitcase

On Purim we give charity to the poor. We have no idea of the power of charity. Read a true story of what resulted by giving to a destitute person... 

Dear Nachlaot

Zev Ballen writes a message of hope to the residents of a once-quiet Jerusalem neighborhood who were shocked to discover an organized band of child-molesters in their midst...

Uprooting the Pain

Medical and psychotherapeutic advice that take you out of "Hashem's House" may temporarily relieve your pain, but in the end you will have more to worry about...

Swimming Stormy Seas

In this generation, when the world is in total chaos and on the brink of total oblivion, Hashem has again taken pity on us by sending us a very special tzaddik…

Enemies of Hashem

The cynics reject Hashem because they lack humility and therefore make public statements about the world that are based on their own flawed, and literal human understandings...