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...
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Rabbi Mordechai of Lechovitz: Loud Prayer of the Angels on Earth
Rabbi Mordechai Yoffe of Lechovitz was born in 5502 (1742) to Rabbi Noach Haparnas of Nesvizh (in Belarus). He was orphaned as a child. In...
Ba’al Shem Tov: From the Heart
Translated from Rabbi Ginsburgh’s trilogy on the Ba’al Shem Tov, Or Yisrael, vol. 2, p. 206. Once the entire congregation was reciting Psalms in the...
Moses from Generation to Generation
In this fascinating lecture, Rabbi Ginsburgh describes a full array of Moses' persona according to the sefirot....
Q&A: Prayer for Myself and Others
Q: Is there is a special chapter of Psalms that I can say for myself? A: According to the Ba'al Shem Tov, a person should...
The Essence of Prayer: Turning to God as “You”: Part 1
Click here for part 2 Our connection with God expresses itself in different ways. When we study Torah and perform God’s commandments, we connect to...
The Ten Plagues and the Morning Prayer
In Chassidic thought[1] it is explained that every day we are entrusted with the task of afflicting our evil inclination with the same Ten Plagues...
Pray for It, Sing for It
My dove, in the clefts of the rock, in the covert of the cliff, let me see your countenance, let me hear your voice;...
Q&A: How Should I Pray?
Q: I don’t know what I am supposed to be doing during prayer. How do I contemplate? What is the goal? What am I supposed...
Fasting: Pirkei Avot 6:4
“Such is the way of Torah: Bread with salt you shall eat, water in small measure you shall drink.” Does this mishnah mean that...
