Receiving Divine Inspiration
During Simchat Beit HaSho’eivah of Sukkot 5782, HaRav Ginsburgh taught a long and content-rich shiur revolving around several different topics. The following is just a...
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Rabbi Mordechai of Nadvorna: Above Time
Rabbi Mordechai Leifer of Nadvorna (Nadvirna, Ukraine) was born on the 19th of Iyar 5584 (1824) to Rabbi Yissachar Dov, the first Rebbe of Nadvorna....
Sensitive? The Etrog Challenge
In the words of the sages and in traditional teachings, many parallels are drawn between the Four Species and the organs of the body: the...
Connecting with Our Soul’s Root
Private Audience It is known that one can have a private audience with the Rebbe—a yechidut. Every chasid, and even those who are not chasidim,...
Rabbi Moshe Segal: The Yom Kippur Shofar of Liberty
Long ago, the mitzvah of blowing the shofar on Rosh Hashanah was performed during Shacharit—the morning prayer. The Jerusalem Talmud[1] explains that the sages moved...
Haazinu: Where is my Name in the Torah?
A former disciple of the Ramban (Nachmanides) scoffed at the entire Torah because he did not find his name in the Torah portion of Ha’azinu....
The Ba’al Shem Tov: When the Fox Forgot his Parables
The Midrash[1] relates the following parable: Once the lion, the king of the animals, became angry with all the animals. The animals consulted each other...
Blowing the Shofar from Elul to Yom Kippur
(Based on a class given on the 15th of Elul, 5775) Blowing the Shofar During the Month of Elul The Torah tells us to blow...
The Signs of the New Year: 5784
Following our annual custom, let us look at some of the many gematriot—numerical allusions—to the value of the year we are now beginning, 5784 since...
Good Morning, World
On Rosh Hashanah we pray, hear the shofar, eat an apple with honey and bless each other with “a good and sweet year.” But what...
