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It is now the start of the month of Elul.  Let us use this auspicious time properly to pray for all our needs. All year long, the King of Kings, the Creator of the universe, is in His “palace” and not so easily accessible except for his ministers .  But in Elul, the King leaves […]

The biggest collective trauma our generation  experienced was gimmel tamuz….the day we no longer could see or hear the Lubavitcher Rebbe….the day that our generation experienced the greatest concealment.  The biggest collective anxiety our generation experiences every day is a subconscious anxiety about why we are still in exile, why Moshiach is not here yet.

The name “reform” already says it all.  Judaism comes from Torah.   The Almighty gave us His Torah to live by and the only reason we have Judaism is because of the Torah.  We cannot change or modify something that is God given!   Reform means wanting to change the Torah.  How can a human being even

Many kids these days are straying from the proper path. Much of that, of course, is social influence, peer pressure etc.  But we can learn from the example of Moshe (Moses), the faithful shepherd of Israel. He used to shepherd sheep and if a sheep would stray from the flock, Moshe would go after that

This month of Iyar is an acronym for the words “Ani Hashem Refoecha” (I am G-d your healer). This is a month especially geared towards natural healing. It is the source of healing for the rest of the year.  A good website about food and health is  www.lchaimtohealth.com    It has a lot of good information

For generations societies have been occupied with the “pursuit of happiness”. Nowadays, many people are moving away from proper values and just trying to be happy, as they put it. So many people turn to marijuana, drinking and other pleasures to try to escape from whatever unhappiness they are experiencing Perhaps this entire notion of

Purim, the happiest day of the year. The day when our sins are forgiven through joy. Yom kippurim is called a day LIKE purim. On yom kippur we are forgiven through fasting and prayers. On purim, through joy. But how do we achieve true joy? Purim is all about defeating and eradicating Haman harasha. Of

Everyone is shocked by the war between the Ukraine and Russia. I am not going to get into the politics….I know this is all orchestrated from Above for a specific purpose (which I cannot attempt to understand) but we all pray this should bring the redemption with Moshiach. Nevertheless, although everything is by Divine Providence,

Many people these days say they want to be “modern orthodox” or they want a more “modern” shidduch. What does that mean? There really is no such thing as “modern” orthodox. Basically, that means compromising on Torah yet trying to give it an “orthodox” name.   It is a subtle form of “reform” in a certain

Today I woke up thinking about all the things I have to be happy about, and all the things I have to be sad about. And I thought to myself: which one will I choose to prioritize? The happy things or the sad ones? Well, being that it is the month of Adar I chose