The best peaches in the USA come from Georgia; the best apples come from Washington State. Each type of fruit tree has a preferred climate where it thrives best. Great wines come from California and upstate New York, from Italy, Spain and France. Yet, there's one place on earth where the vines… [Read more...]

What determines whether life is heaven on earth or jungle? How do we create a livable environment? It all depends on how we live our… [Read more...]

The Creator has already packed our backpacks for us. He has given us the tools we each need for our journey in life and to reach our individual destinations. Our job is to become acquainted with those tools, refine and cultivate them, and utilize them… [Read more...]

Gratitude is one of the most vital character traits a person could have. It's the key to happiness and to success in every type of relationship. This week's Torah portion, Va'era, teaches an important lesson in life that we must all… [Read more...]

Rebbe Nachman’s short fable, "The Horse and the Pump," tells about a simple yet greedy villager who didn't believe in the forces of the dark side. These demons, the evil-spirit agents of the Evil Inclination, decided to have some fun with… [Read more...]

Don't be afraid to ask yourself some serious questions in life that most people avoid. This is a necessary step in finding ourselves, choosing the right goal and living a life of fulfillment and… [Read more...]

In this week’s Torah portion, we learn the qualities that exemplify a true leader. Moses possessed all of these attributes. We’ll see them again soon when Moshiach… [Read more...]

The king was jealous that a poor repairman was happier than he was. He therefore tried all sorts of schemes to make the repairman's life miserable, with no success… Rebbe Nachman's classic tale shows that nothing invokes such a plentiful income like bitachon (trust in Hashem)… [Read more...]

A lost person doesn’t know where he or she is in life. To find ourselves, we must determine where we are, then establish our goal and go for… [Read more...]

Joseph's brothers thought that he was kind to them as long as their father Jacob was alive. But now, they fear that he will seek revenge for their selling him into slavery in Egypt. Joseph comforts them and teaches them a lesson in emuna that we all must… [Read more...]

By pondering the rationale of creation, we begin to think positively. Positive thinking is wonderful in that it is conducive to believing in ourselves. Believing in ourselves is not some flowery notion, but a vital human resource that is essential for success. Here's how to attain… [Read more...]

There are two ways to wake up a person who’s asleep. You can shout and make noise or you can shake them. But there’s a gentler way, too. You can simply turn on a bright… [Read more...]