Every breaking is a preparation for correction. There is no destruction in the world that does not give rise to the condition for a renewed and higher construction. All suffering, exiles, and losses are a call to the soul to…
Every breaking is a preparation for correction. There is no destruction in the world that does not give rise to the condition for a renewed and higher construction. All suffering, exiles, and losses are a call to the soul to…
Jewish spiritual leaders throughout the ages warned us time and again that unless we united, we would suffer. However, time and again, we would not listen. Today, the price for not listening will, in all likelihood, be too heavy to…
The Jewish nation began in the cradle of modern civilization: Mesopotamia, known as “the land between two rivers.” Mesopotamia was a vast and fertile land between the Tigris and Euphrates rivers in what is now Iraq. It was the birthplace…
More than 45 years ago, I left the Soviet Union for Israel. Back in Leningrad (now St. Petersburg), I once witnessed a brutal attack on a Jewish man. When I stepped in to help, the police explained that they punished…
For decades, America has stood as a symbol of liberty, opportunity, and freedom. Jews who immigrated to its shores believed they had found refuge, a land where they could prosper and contribute to society without fear of persecution. But the…
The meaning of Lag B’Omer is generally not well understood. Its historical background and the sequence of events leading up to the holiday are unfamiliar, not to mention its spiritual significance, which has all but vanished from the public’s view.…
The First and Second Temples were built from above. A spiritual force came down and united us. They were not the work of people, or in other words, they were states of unity that we did not achieve by ourselves.…
The connection to the source of life, the force of love, bestowal, and connection, goes through Israel. Israel here is meant in the spiritual sense (“Israel” from the words, “Yashar-El” [straight to the upper force]), not as a geographic location…