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 Tzvi Freeman, a senior editor at Chabad.org, is also author of several books, including Wisdom to Heal the Earth. He writes Chabad.org's highly popular Daily Dose of Wisdom. Rabbi Freeman served for five years as mashpia of the West Coast Rabbinic Seminary in Los Angeles, and currently resides in Sandy Springs, Georgia. Subscribe to regular updates of Rabbi Freeman's writing with the Freeman Files subscription.
A Chabad Mindbender of Burning Relevance
Your mother told you so many times. Your high school principal didn’t seem so convinced. Certainly not your employer. But it’s true. And even more: You are not just the center of the world—you are the entire world. It’s an explicit Mishnah: Every human be...
Culled from the wisdom of the classic Jewish work called the Tanya
It’s your brain, after all, and it's still the most sophisticated device we know of. Why shouldn’t you be the exclusive user?
That play-by-play narrative is the main player in the game.
Much as our sense of touch knows a thing through manipulation, so too our minds.
If not now, when?
A young married couple had a child two years ago. They’re struggling to decide whether they should try to have another now, or hold out until they’ve got greater stability in their lives. So they wrote to me, and here’s how I responded: Yes, life with a c...
The Ultimate Victory of the Human Being
Chanukah is generally presented as a commemoration of a landmark victory for religious freedom and human liberty in ancient times. Big mistake. Chanukah’s greatest triumph is still to come—the victory of the human soul over artificial intelligence. Jewish...
So you've emptied your brain. Now what?
I like to sit and think. People think I’m mad. Try it.
A letter to a Jew at the doors of the next world
Even as the cold blade of a sharp sword lies upon your neck…
Getting down to the core of evil
It turns out that the greatest need of all is not to be needed, but to need others.
Sukkot Meditations for the Ultimate Tranquility
Sukkot is a season for total tranquility, total bliss, total reliance on the One Above. That's what we're saying when we leave our comfortable homes to sit in a makeshift hut that could be blown away with a single puff of a strong wind. It's also good to ...
DIY Soul Repair
Only you can fix yourself. What does a particular day of the year have to offer?
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