Sitting by the Tent and Hoping for Guests

Eyes and Heart in the Service of Israel

From Kinot to Tikkun

"Pull and Take" the Passover Lamb

The Month of Turning Sins into Merits

Starting Anew on Purim

To Live a New Life!

Noah and the Power of Shabbat

The Four Species of Sukkot - Victory!

The Torah Portion and the Unique Month of Elul

The Messiah Will Teach us How to Speak

Permission to be Proud

Making Aliyah Is a Matter of Will-Power

In this week's Torah portion, which we read every year just before the fast of Tisha B'Av, Moshe Rabbeinu reminds Israel that they 'didn't want to' enter the Land of Israel, following the Sin of the Spies. Bnei Yisrael did not see it that way: 'How can we go up [to the Land]?' they said, as if to say that it was not within their ability to do so.

Love-Based Zealousness

The main story in this week's Torah portion is how G-d blessed Pinhas for stabbing to death two public sinners, in his zeal to protect G-d's name from desecration. This blessing is particularly noteworthy, for the Torah specifically mentions that Pinhas was the grandson of man-of-peace par excellence Aharon HaKohen. Do peace and zeal truly come together?

Thoughts For Hanukka's Final Hours

Translated by Hillel Fendel

One must always remember three questions; they must always guide his path and light his way, so that he will always take the straight path and not allow the trickery of his negative inclinations to confuse him. He must always be connected to and focused on the true objective.