Blessing

It's the time of year that Jews bless each other with life and health, sustenance and happiness. How does the blessing thing work?

To my mind, "G-d helps those who help themselves" is a perfectly religious statement

It is in the power of women to ignite the souls of all human beings—to be the catalyst for their emerging out of spiritual dormancy and to become beautiful expressive flames that rises upwards toward their Creator.

The following poem was written for my daughter Madison shortly after her birth. Madison was born with Down Syndrome...

Suddenly I saw a kaleidoscope-like view of all the individual candles, but they were no longer individuals. Each flame had burst into a circle of light, glowing within itself while extending outward...

"Fire consumes fire,." said the Rebbe. "The 'fiery law' of Torah will consume the fever induced by the frost..."

If you had one wish to be granted by G‑d ... what would it be?

When dedicating a new home, the shehecheyanu blessing is recited. The words are: Baruch Ata A-do-nai Elo-heinu Melech Haolam she-hech-e-ya-nu v'ki-ma-nu v'hi-gi-ya-nu li-z'man hazeh. Blessed are You, L-rd our G‑d, King of the Universe, who has granted us ...

Question: Is there such a thing as "taharat klalot" ("curse removal")? Recently, everything that could -- and some things which we thought couldn't -- go wrong, has. My son told me that someone suggested that we look into the possibility of "taharat ...

Question: Why do the Cohanim cover themselves and their hands when they do the priestly blessing? Why do the people cover themselves in their talitot? Answer: The Cohanim are meant to concentrate on blessing the congregation, and the congregation should ...