Part 2 of the Emunah Series: Three Souls and Three Forms of Faith
The Three Souls It is written at the beginning of the Tanya[1] that a person has two souls—a Divine soul and an animal soul. When...
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Healing with Faith
Faith is the beginning and foundation of all the faculties of the soul. If we wish to understand the soul and its well-being, we must...
Nissan: Faith Inside Us
What is the loftiest of the human faculties? Seemingly, we should give our intellect, this title. After all, the difference between a brute and a...
Why Do We Need Amalek?
In the first war with Amalek (related in the Torah in parashat Beshalach[1]), the conditions for eliminating him were excellent. Joshua waged the physical war,...
The Ba’al Shem Tov’s Mount-Sinai-Stone Leap of Faith
By Rabbi Yitzchak Ginsburgh The Ba’al Shem Tov, whose yahrtzeit is on Shavuot, said that one of the most important things that we should learn...
Right and Left – Parashat Vayera
Abraham constantly advanced from intellect to faith until the surprising climax at the Binding of Isaac Parashat Vayera is the second Torah portion that deals...
Six Things to Clarify
There are six things that one must clarify: Who am I? Where am I? Where did I come from? Where am I going? Who put...
Never Too Late
Never give up. It's never too late. Apparent irreversible damage is also reversible. Even when it's all over it's not over. Life goes on. Maybe...
The Heart and Mind of Dealing with Enemies
There are three ways to deal with enemies: surrender, fight, or make peace by neutralizing the root of their animosity. The Ba'al Shem Tov told...
Mitzvah: Close to God
The sign of having done a good deed is feeling close to God. Feeling far, estranged from God is the sign of having done something...
