How the Mishkan Was Built In what is perhaps his most well-known lesson in Likutei Moharan, R' Nachman of Breslov explains the importance of looking for, and finding (!), the good points in every Jew, even in someone we might consider a rasha (see L.M. 282). He also teaches there the necessity of looking for…
In last week's article, The Danger of Breathing in Poisoned Air, we learned that the transgression that led to the Jewish men leaving their holy encampment and going to the Midianite market was because they were not breathing in the pure air that emanated from the mouth of Moshe Rabbeinu. In this week's essay, we…
In the early days of the automobile, if someone wanted to start his engine, he inserted the hand crank and turned it forcefully. Although he probably did not understand what was actually going on under the hood when he turned the crank, i.e. he did not understand the physical mechanism that connected his action in…
We all know that the Torah instructs us to offer appropriate correction when we witness a fellow Jew behaving in a way contrary to the teachings of the Torah, as it is written (Vayikra 19:17): 诇止讗志转执砖职讉谞指讗 讗侄转志讗指讞执讬讱指 讘执旨诇职讘指讘侄讱指 讛讜止讻值讞址 转旨讜止讻执讬讞址 讗侄转志注植诪执讬转侄讱指 讜职诇止讗志转执砖指旨讉讗 注指诇指讬讜 讞值讟职讗 (You shall not hate your brother in your heart; you shall…
A Teaching on Likutei Halachot Orach Chaim Chanukah 2 Many laws exist pertaining to the lighting of the menorah during Chanukah. Let鈥檚 focus on just one halachah (Shabbat 21b): 讗指诪址专 专指讘执讬谞指讗 诪执砖旨讈讜旨诐 讚职旨专址讘指旨讛: 讝止讗转 讗讜止诪侄专侄转 谞值专 讞植谞讜旨讻指旨讛 诪执爪职讜指讛 诇职讛址谞执旨讬讞指讛旨 讘职旨转讜止讱职 注植砖指讉专指讛 (Ravina said in the name of Rabbah, 鈥楾his is to say, it is a…
Last week in our article Don鈥檛 Worry, You Won鈥檛 Die we examined Chavah鈥檚 grave error in eating from the fruit of the Tree of the Knowledge of Good and Evil. The Torah describes her acceptance of the advice of the Nachash [Primordial Serpent] as a form of seduction, as it says in Likutei Moharan 7:3:…