CHANUKAH….it is all about light. The neshomah is all about light. But what is it about the chanukah menorah that draws a Jew so strongly? We light in total 36 candles over the eight days of Chanukah. Inside those lights is hidden the light that Hashem created and hid during the first six days of […]
Today is the holy day of Yud Shevat, the yahrtzeit of the Frierdike Rebbe (Previous Lubavitcher Rebbe) and the day that, one year later, the Lubavitcher Rebbe took over the mantle of leadership from his father in law and became the next Lubavitcher Rebbe, the leader of world Jewry. In his first public address, the
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In Adar we must increase in joy, as we mentioned before. In general, serving the Almighty with joy is a Torah directive. In fact, if we are lacking happiness in our service of G-d, exile is the result, as the Torah says “As you did not serve G-d, your G-d, with joy and good heartedness”.
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During Shavuot we read the portion in Torah about God giving us the Ten commandments. And included in those are the commandments is “thou shalt not steal”, “thou shalt not kill”, “thou shalt not commit adultery”. This is apropos for today’s situation of the riots taking place across America. Of course everyone needs to
Is America truly a democratic country anymore? With the rise of the leftists to power, America is now becoming, effectively, almost a communist style regime. It is not really democractic or republican anymore. Why do I say that? Because , although we are still a capitalistic country, capitalism is now only relevant for the wealthy.
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Some time ago my husband and I started talking about moving to a cleaner place, with fresh air, maybe near the beach. The main reason was health related. We were seriously considering the idea, even took a few trips to see our “prospective” places. We returned very excited about moving. We even contacted a real estate
So many people are frustrated with their lives. They want things to be different. People make many assumptions. People expect things to happen at certain times, in certain ways. When those expectations are disappointed, people become frustrated, fall into despair, depression or bad moods. But the problem is that we make too many calculations in
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