Chassidut
Democracy, Equality and Conservatism
Politically, it looks likes today’s leftist agenda is a reflection of the Biblical Korach’s ideology. “The entire congregation is holy…and why should you lord over
Focusing Will to Bring the Mashiach
The Talmud[1] (in the Ein Yaakov reading) relates: Rabbi Yehoshua ben Levi asked Elijah, “When will Mashiach come?” Elijah responded, “When He [God], our Master
Nissan: Faith Inside Us
What is the loftiest of the human faculties? Seemingly, we should give our intellect, this title. After all, the difference between a brute and a
Why Do We Need Amalek?
In the first war with Amalek (related in the Torah in parashat Beshalach[1]), the conditions for eliminating him were excellent. Joshua waged the physical war,
Conflict and Love
Excerpted from a class that Rabbi Ginsburgh recently gave to the students of yeshivat Chomesh, which was recently destroyed by the Israeli government in response
Meeting the Other as ‘You’: Part 2
Click here for Part 1 Relating to another person with the pronoun “you” directly and honestly is the foundation of our relationships with others. Major
The Essence of Prayer: Turning to God as ...
Click here for part 2 Our connection with God expresses itself in different ways. When we study Torah and perform God’s commandments, we connect to
The Tenth of Tevet: Waking up from the Nigh...
The tenth of Tevet is a day of fasting in mourning of the beginning of the siege of Jerusalem in 588 BCE by Nebuchadnezzar II of Babylonia. The siege, which
19 Kislev: Between Heaven and Earth
Rabbi Ginsburgh on the founders of Chassidut, the Ba'al Shem Tov, the Magid of Mezritch and the Alter Rebbe of Chabad.
The Secret of the West
The Lubavitcher Rebbe coined the word Ufaratzta (“and you shall spread/burst forth”) as the slogan of Chassidut in our time. Ufaratzta is part of the