People think that they can have a life of fun and games with no responsibility or accountability and then expect to earn a first-class seat with all the amenities up in Heaven. It doesn't work that… [Read more...]

We have no idea what we're accomplishing on Seder night. Our sages tell us that it's Hashem's favorite night of the year. The entire Seder is about gratitude. There's an individual message for everyone in the family as well as our guests. No one feels like a… [Read more...]

Rebbe Nachman teaches that being happy always is a tremendous mitzvah. Therefore, each of us must make every effort to avoid sadness and depression at all costs. What's more, the core cause of all illness is a breakdown of one's joy. Passover is a fantastic opportunity to recover our joy, and… [Read more...]

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...]