ב"ה
Behaalotecha
Your Questions
What Does "Kvetch" Mean?
Kvetch literally means “squeeze” in Yiddish, and commonly refers to whining, complaining, and grousing.
Kvetch literally means “squeeze” in Yiddish, and commonly refers to whining, complaining, and grousing.
Why Is My Life So Hard?
The smooth and easy times may be pleasant, but the riches of life come when things take hard work.
The smooth and easy times may be pleasant, but the riches of life come when things take hard work.
Essay
The Inside Scoop on the Prophet Ezekiel
Ezekiel spent the bulk of his life in Babylonia, where he envisioned most of his prophecies.
Ezekiel spent the bulk of his life in Babylonia, where he envisioned most of his prophecies.
Women
Dealing With Customer Service Infuriates Me!
As I’ve grown older, I have tried to control my temper better and been fairly successful. Unfortunately, there’s one area of my life where I find this infinitely challenging.
As I’ve grown older, I have tried to control my temper better and been fairly successful. Unfortunately, there’s one area of my life where I find this infinitely challenging.
Video
Wouldn't Your Cat Be Better Off in the Wild?
Cats sometimes show a wild feral side that makes you wonder: Are cats really happy about being domestic animals? Which, by the way, is a question we might raise about ourselves; a question raised by Chassidut.
Cats sometimes show a wild feral side that makes you wonder: Are cats really happy about being domestic animals? Which, by the way, is a question we might raise about ourselves; a question raised by Chassidut.
Why It's a Mitzvah to Sleep
Although he may not feel it, every journey in a Jew’s life is ordained by his Creator and part of his Godly mission.
Although he may not feel it, every journey in a Jew’s life is ordained by his Creator and part of his Godly mission.
Story
The Jealous Neighbor
When the two neighbors would pass each other in the yard, the scholar would throw the crass materialist a look of contempt and hurry on to his holy pursuits.
When the two neighbors would pass each other in the yard, the scholar would throw the crass materialist a look of contempt and hurry on to his holy pursuits.
Parshah
Faith and Friendship
After all that had happened – the miracles, the exodus, the division of the sea, food from heaven, water from a rock, the revelation at Sinai and the covenant that went with it – the people, yet again, were complaining about the food. And not because they were hungry; merely because they were bored.
After all that had happened – the miracles, the exodus, the division of the sea, food from heaven, water from a rock, the revelation at Sinai and the covenant that went with it – the people, yet again, were complaining about the food. And not because they were hungry; merely because they were bored.
5 Powerful Insights From the Rebbe on the Parshah
Enjoy four short thoughts and a video adapted from the teachings of the Lubavitcher Rebbe on Parshat Behaalotecha.
Enjoy four short thoughts and a video adapted from the teachings of the Lubavitcher Rebbe on Parshat Behaalotecha.
Lifestyle
It's not enough to love G-d; you should also make that G-d should love you
— Rabbi Moshe of Kubrin
Print Magazine
The Baal Shem Tov described life as a spiral staircase, constantly deflecting away from your target in order to attain it.
In Yiddish it’s called a “swindling staircase.” Some wise chassidim have pointed out a connection: Life swindles you into believing you are going in circles when really you are traveling higher e...
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