Of all my original music compositions, this is my favorite - "Etz Chaim" - the tree of life. Close your eyes while listening and you'll feel like you're in the Land of Israel. In this recording, yours truly is playing the native-Israel flutes. Yosef Karduner and Guy Tzvi Mintz are playing guitars… [Read more...]

The human brain is quite similar to the hard disc of a computer. Just as your computer has a certain memory capacity, so does your brain. Professionals are careful in protecting their computers from needless files and programs that waste memory space. All the more so, people must protect their… [Read more...]

The forty-foot-high waves crashing down on the Pacific Coast are a tiny testament of Hashem's power and glory. The power and glory of the Creator is His royal garment, which no one possesses but the King Himself. … [Read more...]

A lack of motivation leads to laziness. That's only the beginning of the downward spiral because laziness leads to sadness. If a person lacks the power to persevere in any endeavor, he or she can forget about success. Perseverance requires motivation. So where do we acquire motivation, especially… [Read more...]

Star Wars is nothing compared to the battles that a soul must endure. If people had completely spiritual eyes, they couldn't live long. They'd faint in fright. The atmosphere is full of toxic enemy and lethal forces, both physical and spiritual. The "Protective Force" is our only… [Read more...]

The Maglan commandos of the IDF are one of Israel's most elite units. They're far from the limelight and few people know what these quiet yet powerful heroes do. Rabbi Lazer Brody was their guest yesterday; here is a 6-minute segment of the inspirational talk he delivered there. The talk is in… [Read more...]

There are two types of love. One is bodily-oriented. It's therefore finite like the body and often is as brief as last night's dinner. But the other, which stems from the soul, is a lasting love that also brings a person to inner peace.… [Read more...]

Caesar's daughter couldn't understand how the great Rebbe Yehoshua ben Chanania was so scholarly yet so unsightly. He answered with an interesting comparison, as told here (based on the Gemara, Tractate Nedarim… [Read more...]

The sound of the Shofar invokes unfathomable Divine compassion. As such we blow the shofar and Rosh Hashanah. But that's not all. The shofar heralds the arrival of Moshiach and the reestablishment of David's kingdom, our prayer in Psalm… [Read more...]

Have you seen any Babylonians, Spartans, Romans or Vikings lately? The greatest and mightiest civilizations have come and gone. Those who conquered the world no longer exist. Yet, the Jewish People defy all natural law. Despite never-ending persecution and exile, we are still… [Read more...]

A sign of a good athlete is the ability to relax the body quickly after high-stress exertion. We accomplish that through breathing properly. We can use those same techniques that champion athletes use to lower stress at home or in the office. Here's… [Read more...]

With emuna, a person peels away the layers of concealment that block Divine illumination. The more Hashem's presence becomes apparent in the world, the greater the peace in the world. As such, when the whole world learns emuna; even the wolf and the lamb will be able to dwell together in… [Read more...]