Kavanot for the Seventh Week of Sefirat HaOmer
We are now entering the final week of Sefirat Ha’omer (the Counting of the Omer), the final week before Shavu’ot—the Giving of the Torah. As...
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Ba’al Shem Tov: The Storyteller
Once the Ba’al Shem Tov came to the town of Shargorod early in the morning and stood with his wagon in the town square. When...
Pirkei Avot 6:2: Stages in Receiving the Torah
"Anyone who engages in the study of Torah, is elevated, as it is said: “From Mattanah to Nahaliel, and from Nahaliel to Bamot.” (Pirkei Avot...
Parashat Bamidbar: Servicemen
Torah soldiers and Mishkan soldiers The Torah portion of Bamidbar is the first portion in the Book of Numbers. This book relates the long journey...
Behar-Bechukotai: Three Circles of Peace
Life is Worthless without Peace In the Torah portion of Behar, we read that as a result of observing the Sabbatical and Jubilee years, God...
Rabbi Menachem Mendel of Riminov: A New World to Come
Rabbi Menachem Mendel Torem of Riminov was born in 5605 (1745) to Rabbi Yosef Harif of Neustadt, Germany, and to his mother, Liba, the daughter...
Q&A: Being, Suffering, and Society
Question Why do we exist in the first place? No matter what God’s reason for creating us, why did He create us in such a...
Rabbi Naftali of Ropschitz: Family Lineage is Just the Beginning
Rabbi Naftali Tzvi Horowitz of Ropshitz (Ropczyce) was born on the holiday of Shavuot in 5620 (1760)—the very day that the Ba’al Shem Tov passed...
Pirkei Avot 3:2: Do We Need Government?
Rabbi Chanina, deputy to the Kohanim, would say: Pray for the integrity of the government; for were it not for the fear of its authority, a...
