Lessons on Foundations of Faith | Beit Midrash | Torah Lessons

articles on Foundations of Faith

series on Foundations of Faith

לדפדוף מהיר בסדרה

series on Foundations of Faith

articles on Foundations of Faith

More Soulful

How to add more inspiration to our soul

Setting Out on a New Path

working-from-within approach is destined to fail.

The Right Perspective

using Shabbat as the time to gain perspective.

The Progression to a Mankind Without Sin

There is no death without sin.

series on Foundations of Faith

40. Reward and Punishment

Rabbi Zalman Baruch Melamed | 5762

39. The Commandments - A Beloved Burden

Rabbi Zalman Baruch Melamed | 5762

38. “Israel, Through Whom I Will Be glorified”

Rabbi Zalman Baruch Melamed | 5762

37. Torah Commandments: The Ultimate Joy

Rabbi Zalman Baruch Melamed | 5762

Emuna From the Cradle

Rabbi Shalom Arush | Shvat 19 5782

45. The “Hassid” (Saintly Person)

The saintly person is a leader. All of his senses and attributes - both spiritual and physical - submit themselves to his command. This is what King Solomon says, “One who rules his spirit is greater than one who captures a city” (Proverbs 16:32).

Rabbi Zalman Baruch Melamed | 5762

47. The “Hassid” - The Ideal Jew

A 'Hassid' is the quintessential Jew. His heart is filled with faith in God. He constantly senses God's closeness, as if God were standing before him. He believes that God knows all, hidden thoughts, feelings of the heart - all is revealed to God.

Rabbi Zalman Baruch Melamed | 5762

48. More about the Ideal Jew

A Hassid senses that God accompanies him, protects him, and sustains him at all times. It is as if angels of God were accompanying and protecting him. True, he cannot actually see them, but he senses their presence. He feels protected and cared for.

Rabbi Zalman Baruch Melamed | 5762

49. True Faith Brings Trust in God

True and complete faith in God causes one to believe that whatever He does is for the best. This provides a most sturdy defense against hardships and suffering. One who has faith in God is not broken by hardships, but actually receives them lovingly.

Rabbi Zalman Baruch Melamed | 5762

50. One Hundred Blessings

The Sages ruled that a Jew must pronounce at least one hundred blessings each day. Ostensibly, this obligation is a burden and a nuisance. However, a more penetrating view teaches us that such blessings actually give a person pleasure and enjoyment.

Rabbi Zalman Baruch Melamed | 5762

51. Beginning the Day

Upon waking, one's heart becomes filled with rapture due to the renewed encounter with God's great and bountiful creation. This leads to a desire to give thanks to the Almighty for everything. The first word to come out of one's mouth is “Thanks.”

Rabbi Zalman Baruch Melamed | 5762

44. The Servant of God

Asceticism is not a virtue but a vice. The servant of God loves this world and long life, because through them he acquires the World to Come. With every good deed that a person does in this world he will acquire a higher level in the World to Come.

Rabbi Zalman Baruch Melamed | 5762

43. Hebrew's Preeminence - Continued

The Holy People has a Holy Tongue which possesses intrinsic value. It is a lofty language which God Himself employed when creating the world and giving His Law to Israel. It is a clean and pure language that befits the spiritual content it expresses.

Rabbi Zalman Baruch Melamed | 5762

42. The Preeminence of the Holy Tongue

The Hebrew language. It is only natural that the nation of Israel, which harbors such great, lofty, and divine ideas, should have a special language, a profound, pure, and rich tongue that allows for complete and accurate expression of its views.

Rabbi Zalman Baruch Melamed | 5762

Joy and Pleasure

Various Rabbis | 5775

Going The Distance

Rabbi Stewart Weiss | 5775

Altruism over personal interest

Rabbi Berel Wein zt"l

Hamapil for Those Who Take a Long Time to Fall Asleep

Rabbi Daniel Mann | Shvat 5773

The Right View of a Jewish Legal System

Rabbi Shaul Yisraeli zt"l | 5771

Daf Yomi - Horyos 8

Rabbi Ephraim Schreibman | Cheshvan 28 5771

Balak

Rabbi Berel Wein zt"l | תמוז תש"ע

Mishpatim

Rabbi Berel Wein zt"l | 5770

The Torah Is For All

Rabbi Berel Wein zt"l | 5769

The Main Purpose

Rabbi Berel Wein zt"l | 5769

Some Light Chanukah Questions

Some Light Chanukah Questions. Eating in one house ans sleeping in another, when is the optimal time to kandle the Menora? Lighting candles in a Hotel, Where does a Yeshiva Bachur light? and more....

Rabbi Yirmiyohu Kaganoff | 20 kislev 5769

The Crowns of Jerusalem

Jerusalem’s eminence stems from its being the city of the Holy Temple, the home of the kingdom of Israel, and the Torah center of the world. In liberating Jerusalem we merited advancing toward the full revelation of the greatness of the Holy City.

Rabbi Zalman Baruch Melamed | Iyar 5763