7 Lessons
How To Truly Be Free
Shavuot and Pesach are connected by the Omer counting period, which leads up to the Receiving of the Torah. This holy day should be utilized for Torah study to the best of one's ability.
Rabbi Mishael Dahan, ztvk”l | Sivan 4 5782
Pure Faith, Intellectual Faith
The relationship between the simplicity of faith and intellectual analysis
Rabbi Mishael Dahan, ztvk”l | Kislev 8 5782
Marriage
Populating the planet and maintaining the chain of generations. These acts are grounded in the first Torah precept given to us by the Almighty in His holy Torah - the commandment to “be fruitful and multiply.” The entire Torah hinges upon this.
Rabbi Mishael Dahan, ztvk”l | 5769
Illness
The Almighty created all physical beings under the sun from four elements - fire, wind, water, and earth. When these elements are in a state of equilibrium the body is healthy. When not, the body is thrown out of kilter both physically and mentally.
Rabbi Mishael Dahan, ztvk”l | 5769
Humility
Being humble benefits the health. A person who pursues prestige destroys his health and ends up dying prematurely, for his life is nothing but misery and bitterness, anger and irritation. “Whoever seeks out honor, honor flees from him” (Eruvin 13b).
Rabbi Mishael Dahan, ztvk”l | 5769
Yom Kippur
Our sages teach: “If a person says, 'I will sin and Yom Kippur will atone,' Yom Kippur does not atone” (Yoma 85b). In this statement, they wish to underscore the fact that Yom Kippur is like a remedy for the sick and suffering soul. It can heal.
Rabbi Mishael Dahan, ztvk”l | 5765