faith
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,
The Ba’al Shem Tov’s Mount-Sinai-Stone ...
By Rabbi Yitzchak Ginsburgh The Ba’al Shem Tov, whose yahrtzeit is on Shavuot, said that one of the most important things that we should learn
Right and Left – Parashat Vayera
Abraham constantly advanced from intellect to faith until the surprising climax at the Binding of Isaac Parashat Vayera is the second Torah portion that deals
Six Things to Clarify
There are six things that one must clarify: Who am I? Where am I? Where did I come from? Where am I going? Who put
Never Too Late
Never give up. It's never too late. Apparent irreversible damage is also reversible. Even when it's all over it's not over. Life goes on. Maybe
The Heart and Mind of Dealing with Enemies
There are three ways to deal with enemies: surrender, fight, or make peace by neutralizing the root of their animosity. The Ba'al Shem Tov told it
Mitzvah: Close to God
The sign of having done a good deed is feeling close to God. Feeling far, estranged from God is the sign of having done something
Freedom of Speech
In Hebrew, the word for Passover, Pesach (פסח), reads Peh Sach (פה סח), "a talking mouth." Pesach celebrates freedom, first and foremost – freedom of
Not a Body
One of our basic tenets of faith in God, in the words of Maimonides: "He is not a body and not a power in a