Mazal

Is it possible for someone to have bad luck? I am a college graduate, a learned man, but cannot seem to make any money...

Imagine if everyone saw you as you really are, as you see yourself. And you looked at everyone else and saw them as they see themselves. Our world would be a very different place, wouldn't it?

I always thought Mazel Tov meant “congratulations.” I recently heard that it actually means “good luck.” But I thought Jews don’t believe in luck . . . ?

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?

Ever wondered where that instant inspiration comes from? Where does that spontaneous urge of faith stem from? What truly is the essence of our soul?

This class addresses the Torah view on astrology, constellations and the zodiac: the mystical concept of ‘mazal’.

Question: I’m confused. Was the Passover offering that we used to eat a lamb or a kid goat? Answer: It could be either. The Hebrew term used in the Torah is seh, and, as Rashi comments, this can mean either a lamb or a kid goat. The verse actually ...

What is the point in celebrating an event that has already happened? This question applies to our birthday, anniversary or our Exodus from Egypt

Yud-Alef Nissan is the Rebbe’s birthday. A birthday is more than a day for songs and celebrations. Instead, a birthday is a day when mazalo gover, the spiritual source of a person’s soul shines with power. When we say “the spiritual source of a person’s ...

Thus the above-quoted phrase -- "G-d's infinite light extends ... downward without end" -- refers to its revelation and utterly boundless diffusion even as it is revealed at the lowest levels of creation. The infinite worlds that precede the tzimtzum, ...