Embrace Your Inner Ice
On Fighting Ice with Ice
By Naftali Silberberg
How do we fight inner coldness? Well, the most obvious antidote to ice is heat. With enough heat you could melt a glacier. But there's another way...
Parshah » Festivals & Special Readings » Zachor » Parshah Columnists » Parshah Messages » Embrace Your Inner Ice
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I Have Come to My Garden
Exploring the Chassidic Discourse that Defines our Generation
By Naftali Silberberg
Which garden? Who's coming to the garden? And why is this arrival in the garden such an important message for our generation?
Library » Jewish History » Chassidism » Special Days on the Chassidic Calendar » Shevat 10: A Day of Two Rebbes » I Have Come to My Garden
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The Only Weight Loss Scheme That Works
By Naftali Silberberg
Don't consume more than you burn. The concept behind healthful eating is actually quite simple. The same applies to our spiritual eating regimen...
Society & Living » Daily Life » The Only Weight Loss Scheme That Works
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My GPS's Identity Crisis
By Naftali Silberberg
Do I detect a hint of snobbery in the polite lady's automated voice as she patiently informs me that she is "recalculating" (yes, I'm not even good at following spoon-fed instructions)? Perhaps she's really thinking to herself, "You poor idiot..."
Society & Living » Daily Life » My GPS's Identity Crisis
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My Wife, the Cat & the Mouse
By Naftali Silberberg
Proverbial mice are even more ubiquitous than the physical furry variety. Distasteful intruders that scurry into our lives, leaving behind even more distasteful "droppings" and effects.
Society & Living » Voices » Days of our Lives » My Wife, the Cat & the Mouse
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The Priestly Blessing
By Naftali Silberberg
Learn all about the Priestly Blessing: Who blesses and when, the preparations, the procedure of the actual blessing, the congregation's role, and the kabbalah behind it all.
Jewish Practice » Miscellaneous » The Priestly Blessing
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Put Away the Red Marker!
By Naftali Silberberg
"First read the article," I say. But the affinity for the red pen is many an editor's Achilles heel. And the tendency to focus on the details at the expense of the larger picture affects us all...
Society & Living » Daily Life » Put Away the Red Marker!
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My Passover in Dnepropetrovsk
A Memorable Trip to the Rebbe's Childhood City
By Naftali Silberberg
I was looking forward to what promised to be a new and fascinating experience. And Dnepropetrovsk isn't just any European city—it is the city where the Rebbe spent much of his childhood...
Society & Living » Jewish Life » Jewish Geography » My Passover in Dnepropetrovsk
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Some More Journalistic Bias, Please?
By Naftali Silberberg
We try to explain away evil as "misunderstood good." Often times, the only people that "enlightened" minds choose to label as evil are those who have the courage to identify evil for what it really is.
Society & Living » Current Events » News Archives » War in Gaza » Commentary » Some More Journalistic Bias, Please?
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Charity During Times of Economic Difficulty
By Naftali Silberberg
Is it indeed inappropriate to scale back on charitable disbursements when times are tough, when we are curtailing our spending in so many other lifestyle areas?
Society & Living » Daily Life » Economy » Charity » Charity Handbook » Charity During Times of Economic Difficulty
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Rabbi Naftali Silberberg, a native of Detroit, is on the editorial team of Chabad.org. He resides in Brooklyn, NY, with his wife Chaya Mushka and their three children.
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