From Redemption to Prayer
The great power of the Jewish people is their ironclad emuna that cannot be influenced by any sorrow or suffering. The best gauge of a one’s emuna is his prayer. With strong emuna, one's prayer can bring miracles.
Articles on "Shabbat Parah"
Shabbat Parah: Double Dimensions
The same function can be the greatest mitzvah or the worst transgression, an elixir of life if one is deserving or an elixir of death if he is undeserving...
Come Back to Life and See the Good
Shabbat Parah Adumah: Belief in ourselves is critical before we can extricate ourselves from all the bad in us. How can we focus on the good within without blurring the lines between good and evil?
Shabbat Parah: Pleasures and Priorities
Shabbat Parah Adumah: The lesson of the Red Heifer is to channel life’s pleasures toward the benefit of the soul. When channeled toward the benefit of the body, the same pleasures become lust.
Shabbat Parah: Choose Your Emotion
The purification water of the Red Heifer is a necessary preparation for Passover. We must purify ourselves of negative emotions about others just as we rid our domains of chometz.
Sweet Subjugation
Most people don't understand how an airplane functions, but that doesn't stop them from boarding a flight. The lesson of the Red Heifer is that we don’t let our lack of understanding get in the way of moving forward.
Make His Will Your Own
We must learn to subjugate our good intentions to Hashem’s Will. The Four Parshiyot (Zachor, Shekalim, HaChodesh, and HaGadol) demonstrate that the Torah must be our guide, not the path that seems proper to us.