The L’Chaim Downfall – Alan’s Odyssey 2
Alan had kicked his habits, and was now active helping others in rehab. Then one day, he went to a Chassidic get-together, and somebody stuffed a “l’chaim” in his hand…
Birth Control Blues
Rav Shalom Arush says, “If a person turns off the faucet, he can’t be sure that when he decides to turn it on again water will flow forth…”
The Master of Prayer, Part 3
Rebbe Nachman as the Master of Prayer helps your prayer. His gravesite is the gate of prayer. Since Rebbe Nachman is the Master of Prayer...
Living Better with Less
Healthy eating has its qualitative side - eating the right foods. Its quantitative side is avoiding gluttony and overeating. We can live better on less food.
No Room for Anger
Whatever a parent does, a child construes as accepted norm of behavior. Violent parents can't expect calm and peace-loving children.
Rainbows
Are we allowed to stare at rainbows? A worried young lady that wants to know the implications of seeing a rainbow. Is it a bad omen?
Healthy Eating Part 2
So folks don’t want to hear about real living: don’t want to hear – they want their beer and pizza and they don’t care about the consequences…
A Very Dangerous Mission
Comparison of the descent of the soul earthwards from its lofty place beneath the Heavenly Throne to a dangerous commando mission behind enemy...
Rosh Chodesh Nissan: Freedom from Nonsense
Rebbe Nachman was born on the first day of Nissan – the beginning of the month of freedom. Pesach is tied to freedom from physical slavery, and to freedom from foreign intellectual wisdom.
Count Olivier’s Dog
An old French-Jewish story about King Charles and the assassination of his closest minister. The assassin would never have been...
The Kosher Musician – Guy Tzvi Mintz
If Guy Tzvi were a cake, he’d be made of a cup of teshuva, a cup of Breslever thought, a tablespoon of mischief, two teaspoons of sharp wit, and a cup of wildflower honey...
Rabbis are Cool
Fifteen year-old Phil from Tennessee writes a letter to editor Rabbi Lazer Brody with a stiff complaint – “rabbis are nerds!” Is that really so?