Psychology & Behavior

This week’s parshah is Nitzavim-Vayelech (Nitzavim is always read on the Shabbat before Rosh Hashanah, and Vayelech is either being read together Nitzavim or on the Shabbat after Rosh Hashanah, Shabbat Shuvah). There are therefore many lessons to be found...

Every single person matters. We all play a role and have a story to create. This week’s story is about a miracle that happened on 9/11, as a continuation to a very special blessing from the Rebbe a decade earlier.

When we were humiliated and dejected, we accepted that we would have to change ourselves. But when life starts to return to normalcy, we lose the sense of urgency we so keenly felt at first...

This week's Torah reading begins Atem nitzavim, "You are standing here today, all of you... from the heads of tribes... to the woodcutters and water-drawers." The commentaries explain that nitzavim in Hebrew means "standing firm." This verse teaches us th...

Is living as a committed Jew difficult to you? Here's the answer from this week’s Torah portion.

The joy of young newlyweds is used by the prophet to describe the kind of joy we will experience.

This week we read the seventh haftorahIsaiah 61:10-63:9. of consoling. It is always read on the Shabbat before Rosh Hashanah. It is read with the portion of Nitzavim (and sometimes, Nitzavim-Vayelech) What is the connection between this haftorah and Rosh ...