Would you like to be rich? No problem! The Gemara gives us a time-tested promise, not only for an adequate income, but for abundance as well. Here is a spiritual financial strategy to boost your… [Read more...]

When King David said that "The meek shall inherit the earth (Psalms 37:11), he wasn't talking about submissive people with no back bone that don't know how to stand up for what's right. King David was referring to humble people, the opposite of the macho types, who see Hashem and other people… [Read more...]

The Miser wanted to rid himself of his wife in the worst way. He couldn’t divorce her, because then, he’d have to pay her a large sum of money. He asked the local rabbi what to do… For more on a truly happy marriage, see The Bond of… [Read more...]

We are all walking around with broken hearts, facing a major challenge to our emuna. The evil inclination yells in our ears, "How can Hashem allow something so cruel, so barbaric and so sadistic as the murder of Shiri Bibas and her two angelic red-headed sons, 4-year-old Ariel and 3-year-old Kfir?"… [Read more...]

Ever since the Simchat Torah war broke out with the infamous Hamas massacre of Oct. 7, 2023, there is a huge spiritual awakening in Israel. The demand for tefillin from people who can't afford them, such as soldiers, policemen, new immigrants and single-parent households is… [Read more...]

One thing is never lacking in the world – verbal abuse. No one needs to search for it. It finds each one of us. Verbal abuse is a general term for the humiliation, insult, embarrassment, and belittlement people suffer from those around them. Sometimes the aggressor is the closest of family, and… [Read more...]

We dream of a world that's full of peace and prosperity. That won't be attainable as long as power and privilege prevail. That's just one of the reasons that we're yearning for… [Read more...]

Should Haredim serve in the IDF? Israeli media personality and spokesman of Hevron Rabbi Yishai Fleisher interviews Rabbi Lazer Brody. This interview is not at all politically correct, but truth has nothing to do with political correctness. Here's what we need to know to make an equitable draft… [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...]

The Creator doesn't do anything without a reason. The fact that He put you on earth means that the world cannot exist without you. If you compete with or compare yourself to anyone, you can't be focused on your life's mission. Here's how and… [Read more...]

The main news item in Israeli media right now is the release of the hostages in Gaza after months of war and negotiation. What’s more, many of the hostages are no longer alive. Even worse, the price tag of their freedom is the release of over one thousand terrorist murderers from Israeli… [Read more...]

On the way to the combat zone, or on the way back, many of the soldiers stationed in the Gaza area are inspired to put on tefillin. Yet, for a variety of reasons, their tefillin are not with them or they lack tefillin altogether. Seeing the need for tefillin in the Kibbutz Be'eri synagogue, Emuna… [Read more...]