One small act
BS’D Man is a small world connected to bigger and greater worlds above. When we awaken ourselves below we switch on lights from above that in turn shine back with even greater power onto us. The secret is that this power was first hidden and can only be lit due to our actions in this […]
What to do?
BS’D The students of the Besht asked what is the core work to hasten the redemption? There was a time when the earlier Sages would fast from Shabbat to Shabbat and subjugate their body to harsh conditions in order to bring out the soul’s energy. Yet, the Besht suggests that the Jew can illuminate her soul […]
The light of the world to come
BS’D The beauty of greeting guests into our home (the mitzvah of hachna’saat orchim) is seen through the simple understanding of the Hebrew word for guest (ora’yach – broken into two, the word ohr and the letter chet). According to the teaching of the holy Besht (taught through the book Degel Machaneh Efraim) when one welcomes […]
MAKE A RABBI FOR YOURSELF
L’iluy nishmat HaRav HaGaon Chaim Zev HaLevi ben Avraham Aharon ztk’l BS’D In chapter 1, Mishna 16 Rabban Gamliel teaches a most important lesson for all Jewish people to follow “Make a Rabbi for yourself and remove yourself from doubt”. Rashi comments this to mean do not learn on your own from your own logic, […]