In Hebrew, the word for “rain” (“Geshem”) contains the foundation, the root, and the beginning, of all corporeal life (the Hebrew word for “corporeality” is “Gashmiyut,” which shares the same linguistic root). This is because rain is essentially a blessing that…
Nature is the Creator, and the Creator is nature. They are one and the same. In Gematria, Elokim (God) and HaTeva (Nature) share the same numerical value (86) because they refer to the same upper governing force. If we enter into an equivalent relationship…
We can cultivate inner peace and live a more fulfilling life by learning to accept the many twists and turns of fate as a kind of game, not a cruel one, but a deeply meaningful and playful interaction with the…
One of my students raised this topic in relation to a quote from Viktor Frankl’s Man’s Search for Meaning: “No one has the right to do wrong, not even if wrong has been done to them.” There is a universal law…
When we live with a purpose, everything around us becomes part of the path toward that purpose. We do not ignore reality, but on the contrary, we perceive every event, person, and difficulty as a condition arranged by the upper…
As the forces wishing for Israel’s downfall become more demanding and sophisticated, new threats emerge over past ones. Indeed, antisemitism is nothing new. An inner hatred toward Jews runs through the pages of history, and each time it assumes a…
Pressures, pains, doctors. Maybe the tests show nothing unusual, but the distress continues. Therapists, psychologists, medications. Sometimes there is some relief, but not a solution. Work is hard, family is hard, life is hard everywhere. Why has this epidemic come…
Nothing in life happens by chance. We are all connected by invisible threads of our spiritual roots. Every interaction and every separation is predetermined within the system of the common soul. When your soul must meet another for its correction,…
To live life fully means to remain young in spirit. Youth is not about age. It is about aspiration. You can live two hundred years and still be young if you are constantly striving forward. My teacher, Kabbalist Baruch Shalom…
True friendship requires inner work. There is no such thing as a friend without flaws. When you look at another and see their shortcomings, you are in fact looking into a mirror: their flaws are yours. The world around us…
Behind everything that happens in the world is the upper light, i.e., an upper force of love and bestowal. Even where we perceive darkness, we must polish ourselves and not the world, until that very darkness begins to shine. Every…
It is impossible for relationships between people to exist only on good terms. True connection is always built upon the ruins of what was destroyed. Only through experiencing both ascent and descent, joy and pain, can a person truly value…