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 Yehudis Fishman has been teaching Torah and Chassidic writings for over forty years to students of all ages and backgrounds, both on the East Coast and the Midwest. She has been a director of several Jewish organizations in Santa Fe and Colorado. Her articles and poetry on a wide variety of Jewish topics have been printed in many publications, and also are available online.
Yehudis Fishman shares how she developed a deeply personal connection to the Rebbe, who guided her through life's challenges, and how she finds fulfillment and happiness as an older adult.
Mystical Lessons from the Solar Eclipse
Mystical Lessons from the Solar Eclipse
I heard angry shouts, banging and desperate cries.
Acts of kindness should be performed to bring about closeness and unity between the giver and the receiver.
Acts of kindness should be performed to bring about closeness and unity between the giver and the receiver.
From Passover to Tisha B’Av
For a large part of my life, I have felt out of sync with my surroundings. On one hand, I guess the sense of disconnect pushed me to go deeper within, but on the other hand it created obvious dissonance. I even felt it when I discovered the magic of the J...
My initial fear to shake the Four Kinds with others
As I approached my twenties, I was determined to overcome my shyness and have the chutzpah to approach people and ask if they would like to say a blessing on the Four Kinds, which the sages say bring unity to the Jewish people.
Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow
What kept me there for almost half a century was the realization that I had a long-lasting impact on children—and later adults—that continued over a lifetime, and, in some cases, from my theological vantage point, even beyond...
Sitting on the stairs outside the Rebbe’s office, I found myself daydreaming, asking myself, “If I had unlimited time with the Rebbe, what would I ask him?”
When did you hide the smoldering embers of your soul in the stifling closet of propriety? Was it when you tasted the pride of peer embrace, that cast you in a less than suitable space, of sterile proportions?
The Rebbe told me, “You are very different from each other. Remove him from your agenda.”
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