Concealed Good

Along the route of every bad turn, a new path of even greater ascent has just opened.

When I was with her, my mask was off. And being around the real me was something I realized I don’t get to do very often...

Faith is the ability to accept that painful experiences can actually be a form of goodness that is beyond the mind's ability to grasp.

Are the darkest moments of our lives really G-d communicating with us on a higher level? The traditional prayer of mourning -- "Baruch Dayan Emet" -- holds the answer.

To cultivate real change that lasts, we must be willing to see ourselves clearly—not through the lens of the past but as we appear right now.

Join Rabbi Manis Friedman as he examines one of the most perplexing questions we have. Why do bad things happen, period?

We are here as Jews today, because generations of Jews understood this truth: That the exile is not the absence of G‑d’s love and presence, but merely a concealment of His grace.

Yes, loss of loved ones is going to happen, but why in such traumatic ways?

This week’s parshah, Re’eh, starts: “Behold I give before you a blessing and a curse ... ” This is G‑d speaking to the Jewish people (through Moses). We must ask: If G‑d is all good, what does it mean that He gives a curse? G‑d refers to Himself here as a...

The teachings of chassidus look beyond the surface of the terrible destruction of the Holy Temple and the subsequent exile, which we mourn during the 3 weeks, and finds the hidden good embedded inside—offering insight into why they’ll ultimately be transf...