Partzuf: Doctors and Healing
The verse in our parashah, "Heal, he shall heal"[1] (וְרַפֹּא יְרַפֵּא), is the primary biblical source for the concept of medical treatment by a physician. The...
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Healing Faith
The matzah that we will eat in another week is called "Michla DeMehemnuta" (Food of Faith) and "Michla DeAsvata" (Food of Healing). In the rectified...
Ba’al Shem Tov: The Secret Blessings in Rebuke
Once, on the Shabbat of parashat Bechukotai, Rebbe Menachem Nachum of Chernobyl, who was suffering from many ailments, came to the Ba’al Shem Tov. In...
Breishit and Healing
Rabbi Ginsburgh on the soul-body connection....
The Sar Shalom of Belz: A Genius in Compassion
Rabbi Shalom Roke’ach of Belz was born in 5541 (1781) to his father Rabbi Elazar Roke’ach, one of the scholars of the kloyz in Brody....
Q&A: Holistic Healing and Foreign Influence
Q: I am planning to found a holistic healing center here in Israel, based on Torah healing methods. Can the Rabbi give me some general...
Q&A: Spiritual Advice for Illness
Q: I have been diagnosed with a serious chronic illness. What can I do in the spiritual realm to heal? A: The main thing to...
Beshalach: Perfect Health
Sweetening the Waters Following the Splitting of the Sea, the Children of Israel reached a place called Marah—literally, “bitter,” in Hebrew—and complained about the bitter...
Q&A: Is Alternative Healing Kosher?
Q: I have heard that some alternative healing methods are not kosher. How can I know which method is fine and which is problematic? A:...
Cure for Paranoia
By Rabbi Yitzchak Ginsburgh What is the special healing property of the month of Iyar, the month whose name is an acronym for “Ani Havayah...
