Torah

First, thanks for lighting up my life and for showing me that I am not the only one with this nisayon and there's a beautiful shining hope! I had such an intense experience this Yom Kippur, and I feel the need to shout from the rooftops that Hashem loves all of us so very much, and we all deserve...

This week's Parsha begins with the word "Tzav" which means command. Why over here specifically did the Torah feel it necessary to command Aharon, while by other Korbanos it simply said "Daber" which means to speak? ;Rashi explains that the Torah uses the word Tzav when it is afraid that the peopl...

Hashem made an interesting world, The greatest secret of strength and winning is admitting that we can't, and giving it over to Hashem. (And this is the underlying secret of the power of the 12-Steps in helping addicts stop acting-out). If Kings would know this secret, they would succeed in conqu...

These 4 ;parshiyos ;resemble ;our journey in recovery. ; First comes Shkalim, which means we have to weigh our actions, put them ;in balance - the ;inventory. After that comes ;Zachor: we find the bad that has to be eliminated and we do so just like with Amalek. ; After we got rid of the bad, com...

In the beginning of "Machshivos charutz," R' Tzadok Hacohen of Lublin explains the deepest secrets of milchemes hayetzer. He explains that there are two "drachim" in milchemes hayetzer that are both legitimate but only when used together. IE: Although some people have more of a connection to one ...

In the spirit of Purim, I figured I would ;share a thought of Torah with everyone here. ;The Bnei Yisaschar (Rav Zmi Elimelech Shapiro of Dinov) points out something very interesting about Purim. In naming the Moadim, the Torah refers to each particular holiday with a name that reflects the mirac...

"Moshe took the Book of the Covenant and read it in earshot of the people and they said: 'Everything that G-d has said, WE WILL DO AND WE WILL OBEY!'" ;(Exodus/Shemos 24:7) As we follow the narrative of the Jewish People from the time they spent as brutalized slaves in Egypt - to the demonstrati...

I struggled with shmiras einayim for years. I tried every trick in the book, every kind of inspiration, but nothing lasted for the long term. Until I finally gave up. ; Surprisingly though, it was actually when I gave up that things finally changed. I came to the realization that I just can't bea...

"On the third day when it was morning, there was Thunder and Lightning and a Heavy Cloud on The Mountain, and the Sound of the Shofar was very powerful, and the entire people that were ;around the camp ;shuddered" ;(Exodus/Shemos 19:16) Can you even imagine the DRAMA, the ANTICIPATION, the EXCIT...

; "He harnessed his chariot...He took six hundred elite chariots and all the chariots of Egypt, with officers on them all. ;Hashem strengthened the heart of Pharaoh, king of Egypt and he pursued the Children of Israel" ;(Exodus/Shemos 14:6) "It was told to the king of Egypt that the people ha...