Gutman Locks

The spiritual elevation that results from lighting Shabbos candles can be revealed by studying the nature of light.

I was walking on Fairfax Avenue in Los Angeles, California, when a Chabad rabbinical student asked me to put on tefillin. I blew up. I yelled at him, "You rotten Jew! You just embarrassed me in public." And I stormed away angrily.

Join one of the Old City of Jerusalem's most beloved personalities, Gutman Locks, as he connects with people and dispenses wisdom at the Western Wall.

A touching video about fathers blessing their children. Shot on location at the Western Wall with Gutman Locks.

“When was the last time you put on tefillin?”I asked. He smiled and proudly said, “72 years ago!” He held out his arm to show me the fading tattooed numbers. “1938. It was the day of Kristallnacht. Do you know what Kristallnacht is?”

You can light thousands of candles from one flame without losing the slightest amount of its light; but put thousands of candles in a room, and there will still be a single light...

He was standing by the side of the road speaking through the open window of my car. "From this moment on," I said to him, "every good deed I do will also be credited to your account..."

"You see all these men?" The Chief asked. "They are all lost!" Shimon's face dropped. The Chief continued: "They don't know what tribe they come from!"

When the water lies still and the sunlight rests upon it, a single globe will reflect from the water. But when the wind stirs the water into waves, it will form a thousand reflections

Reality is influenced by our perspective.