How many parents can objectively and honestly say that they focus on the good points of their children? How many parents are always forgiving? What parent places a child's needs before his/her own? That's only part of what it means to be a loving parent. Few can pass that… [Read more...]

Is a human any better than an animal? Animals eat, drink, and procreate. Many do productive tasks on farms and ranches. They also are a source of recreational enjoyment to their owners. So how is a human superior? Look at the… [Read more...]

Many people mistakenly think that if a person loves himself, then he’s a narcissist… Loving Yourself is not Narcissism The world is utterly confused between narcissism, a definitely undesirable trait, and loving yourself. When you love and appreciate yourself, you can love and… [Read more...]

The world seems to be exploding. Russia attacks the Ukraine. The stock market is taking a nosedive. Our own government here has declared war on traditional values and everything that the Torah holds sacred. Logic and intellect say that it's time for panic and despair. Emuna says that it's time to… [Read more...]

Without emuna, life's tribulations look like a lion about to devour us. No wonder so many people succumb to fear and anxiety. With emuna, life's tribulations still look like a lion. Yet, the lion is only a costume that our loving Father in Heaven is dressed up in. That changes our outlook… [Read more...]

A diabetic individual sees a dramatic improvement in health by getting off of junk food and sugar. A few minutes of exercise every day also enhances good health. Both are obvious, right? The same principle applies to the soul. By focusing on three simple words, we dramatically enhance emotional and… [Read more...]

People who succeed are totally focused on their goal. Those who don't succeed are not. Any marksman knows that you can't hit a target if it's out of focus. Today, we're going to learn what it means to focus on our goal and how to… [Read more...]

Divine Direction is the Creator's active determination of every detail and occurrence in the world. The more we enhance our emuna in Divine Direction, the more we improve our spiritual eyesight. This lets us see the Creator personally directing our… [Read more...]

There's one road whose beginning is rocky and its end is smooth. There's a second road whose beginning is smooth and the end is rocky. This fact of life that applies both to material and spiritual endeavors, as we learn in an old Chassidic… [Read more...]

Israel's turbulent history transcends all logic, military and otherwise. It's beyond nature to the extent that experts in military history and strategy understand everything but Jewish history. That's exactly the subject of our lesson today. Hashem's personal Divine Direction is constantly defying… [Read more...]

Today, we learn the true meaning of emuna and how to expedite Moshiach's arrival. Do we really love Hashem? The more one loves someone, the more one thinks about them. Let's ask ourselves how often we think about Hashem. Once a week? Once a day? Once an hour? More frequently? That's the most… [Read more...]

Who of us doesn't have difficulties or major troubles in life, especially in the age of COVID? We all do – that's part of the turf in this world. But today, we look at our difficulties from a different angle. When we do, we'll see something precious that we never saw… [Read more...]