Chassidut
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
Messianic Fear
On the surface, at the conscious level, a person’s energies are measured and limited and he has to take advantage of them to the best
Boots on the Ground
When Rabbi Yehoshua Ben Levi asked the Mashiach when he would be coming, the Mashiach answered, “Today!” Rabbi Yehoshua Ben Levi understood the words of
A Whole Heart
Chassidut discusses three levels of teshuvah (return to God) – one higher than the next: The first level is a change to a lifestyle of
Baseless Love?
During the days of mourning for the Temple, we must rectify the reason for the destruction. Our sages teach that the destruction of the Temple
The Plague of Promiscuity: What is its Mess...
One of the most painful banes of our generation is promiscuity. The world around us is a permissive world. It seems that all the barriers
Marriage: The Litmus Test
The Shulchan Aruch, the most famous Code of Jewish Law written by Rabbi Yosef Caro in the 16th century is divided into four parts, with