The most important of Rebbe Nachman's teachings is about hitbodedut, personal prayer, one's intimate private conversations with the Creator. We learn that each of us has the priceless birthright of our own personal relationship with Him. This is an asset greater than anything, which only a… [Read more...]

The Pascal sacrifice, the Tenth and final plague and the Exodus of Egypt are the subjects of this lesson, the third of our "Story of Passover" series. The events took place 3,337 years ago in the Hebrew year of 2448 (1312 BCE). Note that this is only 111 generations… [Read more...]

Could you believe that a brilliant investment banker would be gullible enough to sell his twenty million-dollar mansion in Beverly Hills for a mere thousendth of its value? Today's podcast exposes the sly methods of the Yetzer Hara, the evil inclination, who is capable of getting any unsuspecting… [Read more...]

We do a great job in guarding our homes on Passover from chametz. But what about our hearts? Shouldn't we be guarding them against all kinds of non-kosher emotions like hate and jealousy? Here's the key for a meaningful… [Read more...]

In our concluding lesson of Torah 55, we not only review the earlier five lessons but learn a beautiful upward spiral. The more we enhance emuna, the better we pray. The better we pray, the closer we get to Hashem. The closer we get to Hashem, the more we become purified. That way, even a… [Read more...]

The Almighty chooses Moses as the leader of Israel. He sends Moses on a fateful mission to Egypt. There, Moses has a series of dramatic confrontations with Pharaoh, which culminate in the Ten… [Read more...]

The light of our patriarchs is an endless spiritual power plant. That's because the Divine Presence never leaves them. As such, when we follow in their footsteps and fully connect to them, we connect to the Divine Presence.… [Read more...]

The Purim story, seems like a rapid series of events that happened within a year. Actually, though, the Purim story transpires the events of 13 years. It begins when Achashverosh ascended to the throne of Persia in 3392 (369 BCE) to the time when the Jews overcame their enemies and celebrated the… [Read more...]

In prayer, we must direct our voices exclusively toward the Almighty. When we do, we correct three different voices that mislead us along errant paths. Such directed prayer has the power of a ritual sacrifice in the Holy… [Read more...]

Today's lesson concludes the Book of Psalms. How do we know when body and soul are in healthy synchronization? With every breath a person takes, he or she revitalizes the body. The soul praises Hashem with every breath…… [Read more...]

Mordechai wasn't politically correct, but he saved the Jewish People from annihilation. There's nothing new under the sun. The battle between the liberal Jewish establishment's political correctness and the seemingly antiquated Torah sages that took place in Mordechai's time back is still taking… [Read more...]

Once night while drinking and shooting the breeze, one of the drunk loafers in Novardok sighed deeply and asked his friends, "My brothers, what are we going to do when the time comes for us to stand trial and give reckoning in the Heavenly Court? What will we say?" We must ask ourselves the same… [Read more...]