Raise Your Voice Like a Shofar
Mashiach and the Mechanics of Rebuke (Likutei Moharan II:8:1) A little over a year ago, we published a d’var Torah entitled To Rebuke or Not to Rebuke: That is the Question. In that article, we explained what happens to someone … Continued
Filling Your Eyes with Puch
How to Merit Seeing the Beit ha-Mikdash of Fire With words of comfort and consolation, Yeshayah ha-Navi records a promise from Hashem that even though B’nei Yisrael will experience much suffering over the years, He will rebuild for them the … Continued
Let’s Not Make Wings for the Nachash
The Importance of Correcting Our Speech (Likutei Moharan 63) Have you ever wondered why certain heresies, i..e. religious, scientific, psychological, educational, philosophical and political heresies, spread like wildfire while others never seem to gain much traction? Likewise, have you ever … Continued
To Know That We Don’t Know Anything
The Secret Kavanah of Brit Milah (Part 2) In last week’s article entitled Revealing a Tefach and Covering a Tefach, we began to explore a little bit of the hidden meaning of the mitzvah of brit milah. Guided by Likutei Moharan 63, we learned … Continued
Revealing a Tefach and Covering a Tefach
The Secret Kavanah of Brit Milah (Part 1) We accept the mitzvah of brit milah without question. Even some of the outwardly less-observant members of our nation, for example, those who desecrate the kedushah of Shabbat without even the slightest … Continued