Character traitsPrideAdarmain postsPurimLearning to Hate AmalekGal EinaiFebruary 24, 2026February 25, 2026 by Gal EinaiFebruary 24, 2026February 25, 20260212 In the latter part of the 5767 (2007), HaRav Ginsburgh introduced a model of 4 types of role models every person needs: a rebbe, a...
Chassidic PsychologyAdarmain postsPurimThe Jewish YearPermitting DoubtGal EinaiFebruary 24, 2026February 25, 2026 by Gal EinaiFebruary 24, 2026February 25, 20260297 One of the Ba’al Shem Tov’s most famous gematriot is that Amalek has the same value as doubt. In a farbrengen given in English a...
Adarmain postsCharity and Wine in AdarGal EinaiFebruary 18, 2026 by Gal EinaiFebruary 18, 20260212 Kabbalah provides us with two options for the permutation of God’s essential Name Havayah that illuminates the month of Adar. One points us in the...
PartzufimAdarPurimTwo Partzufim: The Elements of Purim and the Thirteen Principles of Divine MercyGal EinaiMarch 12, 2025March 12, 2025 by Gal EinaiMarch 12, 2025March 12, 20250499 Undoubtedly, the high point of the Scroll of Esther is the verse, “The Jews had light and joy and gladness and honor”[1] (לַיְּהוּדִים הָיְתָה אוֹרָה...
Adarmain postsPurimMonkey or King?Gal EinaiMarch 12, 2025 by Gal EinaiMarch 12, 20250545 Does a person turn into a monkey or a king at the end of his life? Purim is a great holiday for children, but can't...
PartzufimAdarParshaTetzavehPartzuf: The Four Parashot: Shekalim, Zachor, Parah, and HaChodeshGal EinaiMarch 5, 2025March 5, 2025 by Gal EinaiMarch 5, 2025March 5, 20250718 What Are the Four Parashot The sages established the custom known as the Four Parashiyot: When the New Moon of Adar occurs on Shabbat, parashat...
Adarmain postsPurimJust the OppositeGal EinaiMarch 5, 2025 by Gal EinaiMarch 5, 20250514 The essence of the Purim miracle is "v'nahafoch hu" – "it turned about – that the Jews ruled over those who hated them," to the...
Adarmain postsPurimCareful! Look out for Amalek!Gal EinaiMarch 21, 2024March 21, 2024 by Gal EinaiMarch 21, 2024March 21, 20240813 They have been married for ten years, and for a long time, he no longer quite remembers what a natural feeling of love for her...
Adarmain postsPurimHide and Seek on PurimGal EinaiMarch 13, 2024 by Gal EinaiMarch 13, 20240736 The costume party is in full swing. Everybody loves to hide behind a different persona. To don a costume so convincing that nobody will recognize...
Adarmain postsDoes History Repeat Itself? Moses and ReincarnationGal EinaiFebruary 14, 2024 by Gal EinaiFebruary 14, 202401060 Of all the figures in the Bible, it is Moses who returns in reincarnations more than anyone else. The Zohar explains that “a generation goes...