Divine Speech, Creation by

Confounded by the confusion of a duplicate Zaidy and a reckless fly-fighting Feivel, Miri's attempt to create a pet camel ends up in cosmic catastrophe.

Why did the Creator have to speak in order to create? Wouldn't it be so much more wonderful if we were all just a thought?

Galut seems an impossible reality: impossible to comprehend, and impossible to overcome

“I have only been created to serve my Master.”(Ethics of the Fathers) There was once a newspaper advertisement filled with the words “left right, left right” repeated over and over. At the foot of the page, in bold letters was the question, “But where ...

The names of all creations are the letters in the Holy Tongue which descend through stages from G-d's Ten Utterances of Creation.

Only G-d can play the game inside and out

Think about your deepest wish. I don't mean an ice cream sundae or new shoes; I mean something that strikes at your very core. How would you feel if someone made this wish a reality? Well, that's how G‑d feels when we live right...

A thought about how G-d constantly speaks the world into existence.

Divine Providence refers to the way in which every entity and action in this world is guided to its ultimate purpose by G-d's wisdom and choice. The Baal Shem Tov's teachings enrich our understanding of these Divine patterns of causation and destiny.

One must be careful to direct the great spiritual potential invested in one's hands.