Who doesn't want joy from wonderful children? The Gemara and the Baal Shem Tov teach us the key to bringing beautiful children - inside and out - into the… [Read more...]

A good coach, whether in sports or in spirituality, can tame a tiger easier than he can motivate a pussycat. Taped in a classroom at a remedial school, I told these wonderful teenage "tigers" that the Creator gave them the power to attain greatness. If they haven't yet done that, it's not because… [Read more...]

Today’s lesson provides practical tools for parents of special needs children. We learn the type of living emuna that enables the families of a special-needs child to cope with the many challenges they… [Read more...]

Raising a special needs child is not only a tremendous challenge, but a difficult test of emuna as well. Many parents of special needs children ask, "Why me?" Good question! Let's get some… [Read more...]

You know the old expression: Sticks and stones can break my bones but words can never hurt me! Whoever coined that never learned Torah and didn't understand much about the human soul. Many have emotional scars from a derogatory nickname that someone gave them when they were… [Read more...]

To maintain our emotional and spiritual health, we must look for opportunities to practice daily soul-searching and self-assessment. That way, we open a window to our souls. Let's look inside and ask ourselves why we're not… [Read more...]

Leah is a righteous convert, beautiful inside and out. She is un upright Jew and learned as well. Yet, she can't walk to synagogue or cross the street without suffering verbal abuse. Inane people break her heart. No wonder that we're still in… [Read more...]

A distraught teacher was having terrible disciplinary problems with a boy in his class. He sought advice from the great Rabbi Shmuel Halevi Vozner, of blessed memory...… [Read more...]

For the morally bankrupt UN, funneling fuel to Hamas is "humanitarian aid." Freeing orphaned toddlers from the hellish nightmare of captivity in murderer's dungeons is not. Why? The toddlers are Jewish. Here is the cold truth, and it's not at all politically… [Read more...]

A slice of life in southern Israel: a young Chassidic family with 7 children rely on their faith to weather a missile attack. They take cover in their tiny in-apartment bomb shelter. The family sings Psalm 130 in unison; a lesson in real-life… [Read more...]

Don’t let your child grow up like a mental couch potato. Teach children's minds to be active, not passive. Active brains have the ability to learn quickly and efficiently. The also have cogent powers of understanding and… [Read more...]

In two words, the Torah tells a parent how to educate and raise emotionally-healthy children. The converse of these same two words shows what a parent should avoid doing. Are our priorities in the right… [Read more...]