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The message of Hanukkah is that if we know what our goals are, even if they seem far from our reach, step by step will bring us to our destination.

What is Kosher?

Kashrut in a nutshell

Several factors can cause food to be non-kosher, here a short explanation about four main factors: non-kosher ingredients, mixing of meat and milk, food cooked by a Gentile, and a set time when a food is forbidden.

Define good and bad

Sparks of Teshuva (8) - Ideas From Orot Hatshuvah

When we come to do Teshuva we should define what is good and what is bad. First we set the goal and then we find the way to achieve it.

Sadness is only a guest

Sparks of Teshuva (7) - Ideas From Orot Hatshuvah

Sadness has an important role in Teshuva, but it should be only guest of the soul and not a permanent tenant.

Is Teshuva Artificial?

Sparks of Teshuva (6) - Ideas From Orot Hatshuvah

Does a one day of Teshuva have a meaning? Aren't the High Holidays artificial?

Tasteful Wood

Sparks of Teshuva (5) - Ideas From Orot Hatshuvah

Why do trees don't have the taste of their fruit, what is the analogy to our lives and how is this related to Teshuva?

How Does Teshuvah Work?

Sparks of Teshuva (4) - Ideas From Orot Hatshuvah

Sparks of Teshuva (4) - Ideas From Orot Hatshuvah

A Live Teshuvah

Sparks of Teshuva (3) - Ideas From Orot Hatshuvah

Sparks of Teshuva (3) - Ideas From Orot Hatshuvah

Perfection and Process

Sparks of Teshuva (2) - Ideas From Orot Hatshuvah

Sparks of Teshuva (2) - Ideas From Orot Hatshuvah

Introduction to Teshuvah

Sparks of Teshuva (1) - Ideas From Orot Hatshuvah

Sparks of Teshuva (1) - Ideas From Orot Hatshuvah

Counting the Omer as a process

In the process of leaving Egypt and becoming a nation we distinguish between the initial state which stands for itself, the goal at the end which stands for itself and the process.

Seeing the light

Even if a person sins, even if it's one of the worst sins, being close to a prophet affects him. Although there was the sin of the golden calf, when there is communication between Moses and the nation, they can still learn from him without being afraid of the light shining from his face.

Upon the heart

For Parashat Tetzaveh

Aaron wears the names of Israel, the Urim and the Thummim and shall bear the judgment of the children of Israel on his heart. What's the special emphasis and conection between the Hoshen and the heart and what are those three things that Aaron has upon his heart?

Two faces of relationship

For Parashat Terumah

They are two "faces", or view points to the Cherubim, a baby face who is completely dependent on his mother, and a couple with a great affection between them.

Receiving the Torah every day

How do "simple" laws allow us to experience every day the giving of the Torah?

Receiving the Torah every day

How do "simple" laws allow us to experience every day the giving of the Torah?

Don't be indifferent!

Yitro heard of all that God had done for Moses and the nation, so he came to the wilderness. What did Yitro hear? What caused him to leave his home and go to the wilderness? What happened that he couldn't be indifferent?

What is poetry?

Accepting an Appikoras?

One of the Korban Pesach laws is that apostate Jews may not eat the Korban. Why on other holidays we accept even Jewish criminals, but on Pesach the Torah forbade those people who cut themselves off from the nation from eating the Pesach lamb?

G-D's words come through us!

Moshe Rabenu, sent to take Am Yisrael out of Egypt, asks G-d how will Pharaoh listen to him if Israel didn't. This claim teaches us about the importance of Israel in bringing G-D's words into actual life.