Today is the special and auspicious day of Yud Tes Kislev, when the first Chabad Rebbe, the Alter Rebbe, was freed from Russian prison, indicating Heavenly permission was granted to disseminate the teachings of Chassidus, the inner part of Torah, without limitations. The Alter Rebbe wrote the Tanya, innovating the teachings of Chabad Chassidus. Yud […]

I recently heard a class given by a Rabbi who was discussing the coronavirus (what else is new?). He made a very interesting point. He said that this virus is resulting in self quarantine. Many people are now isolated in their homes. In every society, people seek comfort together. In western society in particular, we

​How do we increase in simcha just because adar enters? The strange thing is that when adar enters, very often we find ourselves challenged by difficult situations, depression, sadness, worry and many problems. Because this is the month where we need to get rid of Amalek. And that requires a fight, a battle. It is

Today is zayin Adar, the 7th of Adar, the birthday and yom hilloula of Moshe Rabbenu.  It is a very special day.  I was thinking about Moshe Rabbenu’s greatness. He was such a huge tzadik and he spoke face to face to Hashem yet Moshe was always defending the Jewish nation and complaining to Hashem

What has become of our society? So many celebrities and politicians are suddenly speaking up in favor of abortion, trying to claim that nobody has a right to tell a woman what to do with her body. The entire discussion is taken out of context and twisted into a ridiculous argument. This is not about

I think our generation is living in historic times…..so much upheaval in the world, so many changes. The death of Osama Bin Laden, yemach shemo, is obviously part of the process of geulah. The day he was killed, Chaf Ches Nissan, is the day the Lubavitcher Rebbe said his famous sicha about how he has

This is a syndrome affecting much of our generation. Many people stand in between, not sure how to look at things, not sure how to relate to many issues facing society. In the past things were clear:  good was good, right was right, wrong was wrong and evil was evil. Now things have become blurred.

Israel is the aggressor? Israel is the occupier?  Such chutzpa beyond even normal logic to suggest such a thing. Yes, we occupy our own land, the land given to us by G-d Almighty!  Firing hundreds of rockets at Israel seems to me to be the “aggressor”.  How can the terrorists even have the audacity to

Our forefather Abraham (Avraham Avinu) stood up against the entire world. At that time, everyone worshipped idols.  He was one person against the multitude. He stood up against falseness and lies. The whole world was against him. Nimrod tried to kill him by throwing him in a fiery furnace. His own father Terach tried to

I must say that one thing is very comforting to me: something that is a constant in my life, no matter what is happening. No matter how stressed I am or how bored I am or how frustrated I am or even how depressed I am, when Shabbat enters, I have to be ready to