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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

Feeling like you are nothing can be either positive or negative. The negative concept is when you feel you are good for nothing and basically useless.  Nobody wants to feel like they are nothing or worth nothing. The positive concept is when you understand you are truly nothing compared to Hashem: then you are truly

God created man in His image. This means many things. But we know, as Chassidus teaches, the Kingdom of earth reflects the kingdom of Heaven.   The fact that we have a desire to connect and marry, is because God has the same desire albeit in a somewhat different way. He created us, the Jewish nation,

Most people have an almost child like mentality: if I do good deeds and do what Hashem wants, why does Hashem not give me what I want or what I ask for? And we tend to become angry, moody, resentful, disappointed when our expectations and wishes are not realized etc. Pesach is the time to

Most people live a large portion of their lives in an imaginary world. We either recall past events in our lives (and sometimes get stuck in those events, unable to move forward) or we live in an imaginary future which may never materialize. We retreat into imagination (movies, books etc.) to make ourselves happy in

Again Israel is under attack and the terrorists and much of the media try to turn it around and make Israel look like the aggressor.  The United Nations again turns against Israel, trying to put the blame on them.  Well, the reason for all this is because we need to do the right thing and