I see a ball moving up and down on the screen--is it really rebounding against the bottom of the screen? Does the menu bar really have drop-down menus hidden behind it? To explain our world without examining its inner depth is as shallow as explaining the workings of a computer by describing the images viewed on its
monitor...
A chassid is a mystic. A chassid is pious. A chassid is joyous. A chassid is selfless. A chassid is a revolutionary. What is the common denominator of all these traits? That a chassid lives life from the inside
G-d gives us things. G-d does not give others these same things. This can and does cause jealousy, an unvoiced "Why does she deserve it?," and somewhere on High that energy does not dissipate. It gravitates, and brings into question "Maybe she doesn’t deserve it after all?"
I was given a red string by a friend -- she called it a "Kabbalah bracelet", and says it brings success and protection and guards against the Evil Eye. Is this for real?
Predicting the future is big business, as newspaper astrologers and corporate consultants profit from our
insatiable desire to know the unknown. Is there anything to it? Do the stars hold any power over our lives?