The things in this world that arouse our fear are reminders that we should fear no one other than Hashem. The things in the world that arouse our love are reminders of just how much we must love Hashem. Both the seemingly good and the seemingly bad in life are messengers from… [Read more...]

The insurance company invites you to contact them for a quote. They don't list the prices of their various cardiac insurance policies because you'd be turned off on the spot. But at any rate, what are you getting for the high price of cardiac insurance? Can anyone insure you a healthy… [Read more...]

Are you a calm person or a time-bomb of turbulence? How would you objectively rate yourself along a scale of total turbulence at the bottom and total inner peace at the top? Today's lesson helps you get to know… [Read more...]

When the Almighty wants to uplift a person to a higher spiritual level, He first sends them some sort of verbal abuse. Verbal abuse breaks a person's heart. Yet, in striving to overcome a broken heart, a person builds an emotionally-stronger heart. Here's a lesson in spiritual resistance… [Read more...]

Metaphorically, raw gold symbolizes the soul, whose mission on earth is to refine and purify itself from its unrectified blemishes. Extreme heat is not a punishment for the raw gold, but a mode of purification. Extreme tribulations in like manner remove the blemishes from the… [Read more...]

Are the Torah's commandments logical? Do they have a basis in intellect? Today's lesson provides some answers that are missing pieces to a very old… [Read more...]

Just as cholesterol clogs the arteries, transgressions clog the pathways to the heart and the heart itself. A clogged and hardened heart has no desire to pray, for it cannot feel the Divine presence. Today, we learn how to perform a spiritual stent. Powerful prayer - a silent scream - penetrates… [Read more...]

A "Gett" in Hebrew is a writ of divorce. That's exactly what we're about to give to all of our regrets in life. They are nothing but iron shackles that hold us down and prevent us from moving forward and climbing higher. Today's lesson is a preparation for the happiest New Year you ever… [Read more...]

In this special preparatory lesson for Rosh Hashanah, we learn that one should avoid judging others altogether, especially during the month of Elul. What's more, when we forgive those who harmed us, we invoke Divine forgiveness for our own… [Read more...]

Yaacov Langer, host of the eminently popular Inspiration for the Nation podcast, interviews Rabbi Lazer Brody. Here’s how emuna opens up locked doors for happiness and… [Read more...]

People think that a poodle is great for a pet and an Arabian horse is superb for a ride. Both are correct. But much more, they fantastic therapy animals. From the heartland of Israel, multi-talented psychotherapist and animal-breeder Esther Nava Aharony introduces us to animal-assisted… [Read more...]

Like the sweet prickly pear, there are types of verbal abuse that can uplift or atone, just like the sweet fruit that's concealed in thorns. Although no one seeks embarrassment or humiliation, when a person reacts with emuna, he or she reaps phenomenal benefits, both material and… [Read more...]