Dedicated by Moris and Lillian Tabacinic · In loving memory of Menachem Mendel and Shaindel Tabacinic
There will always be people in our lives who meander from the straight and narrow. How can we set them straight?
He found him in a desert land, in a desolate, howling waste…As an eagle awakening its nest, fluttering over His eaglets, so did He spread His wings and take Him…
In the month of Elul, He found you wandering in a desert.
Did He ever lose you?
No. But the Torah uses the word “found” to say that what He found there...
Teshuva requires that a person make an honest assessment of his spiritual standing. To do this, it would seem ideal to isolate oneself from all distractions, to focus on one’s past deeds. Why do we...
Eventually, I grew tired of playing the martyr and blaming Him. I started to wonder if the pain I blamed on heaven was coming from within.
It is customary to ask for and receive "lekach" (sweet cake -- signifying a sweet year) from someone (usually one's mentor or parent) on the day before Yom Kippur.
I used to be embarrassed when people asked me ‘What is a Jewish girl doing in the military?’ Now, I am proud.
A congregational rabbi shares three remarkable tales, each one demonstrating the miracles embedded within us.
This chassidic melody is sung to the words of the Yom Kippur prayer Yaaleh Tachanuneinu. Yosef Peysin and Mordy Kurtz of Rogers Park Band perform this traditional tune with a fresh modern sound (The...
How to listen to the voice of your own heart—advice from a meditation of the Alter Rebbe.
Recently I realized that my problem was my understanding of what forgiveness is. In my mind, it was conflated with absolution or pardon.
When Rabbi Schneur Zalman of Liadi wished to bless R. Yekusiel Liepler with wealth, the latter said he did not want to be distracted from studying Chassidus and from his service of G-d. When the Rebbe wished to bless him with longevity, his answer was: "But not 'peasant years' in which one has eyes but does not see, has ears but does not hear -- not years of those who do not perceive G-dliness nor do they hear G-dliness..."
– Hayom Yom, Cheshvan 6
Jethro Advises Moses
(1313 BCE)
The day after Moses’ descent from Mount Sinai on Yom Kippur, his
father-in-law Jethro encountered... Read More »
Donations Brought for the Mishkan (Tabernacle)
(1313 BCE)
The day after Moses’ descent from Mount Sinai on Yom Kippur, he
gathered the nation of Israel and... Read More »
Tachnun (confession of sins) and similar prayers are... Read More »
It is customary to begin working on -- or at least planning -- the construction of the sukkah... Read More »
According to an old Chassidic tradition -- mentioned in the writings of the Baal Shem Tov -- the day... Read More »
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