Wednesday
Sep252019
Is There Something Wrong With “Me”?
September 25, 2019Two Jews who still did not observe Torah and mitzvos met one another at the entrance to the local grocery store.
Entries in Nitzavim-VaYeilech (10)
Wednesday
Sep132017
THE SEVEN STEPS OF CLOSENESS
One of the most frequently cited verses in the Torah is: “For this thing is very near to you, in your mouth and in your heart, to observe it.”
Wednesday
Sep132017
SEVENTH MONTH; SEVENTH GENERATION
This Shabbos (Nitzavim-VaYeilech, 25 Elul) is Shabbos Mevarchim Chodesh Tishrei. While the minhag Chabad is to say T’hillim and have a farbrengen on this Shabbos as we do every Shabbos Mevarchim, we will not say the “Birchas HaChodesh” in davening.
Wednesday
Sep282016
DIGGING FOR THE ROOTS WITH THE SHOFAR
The Parsha Nitzavim is always read on the Shabbos before Rosh Hashanah.
Wednesday
Sep092015
THE YEAR OF SALVATION
This parsha is always read the Shabbos before Rosh Hashanah. According to the Baal Shem Tov, this is hinted in the word “today,” which our Sages state alludes to the day of Rosh Hashanah, the Day of Judgment. These words are intended to instill within us the confidence that we will stand firm and victorious on this day.
Wednesday
Sep172014
ULTIMATE LIFE AND GOODNESS
In this, the last parsha we will read before reaching the New Year, 5775, Moses exhorts the Jewish people: “See, I have set before you this day, life and good, and death and evil.”
Saturday
Aug312013
G-D’S RETURN WITH THE JEWISH PEOPLE FROM EXILE
“Our Rabbis learned… that the Divine Presence resides with the Jewish people, as it were, amidst the suffering of their exile. But He has inscribed redemption for Himself when they are to be redeemed, for He will return with them.”
Friday
Aug232013
G-D HOLDS OUR HANDS IN THE DARKNESS OF EXILE AND REDEEMS US
A Jews asks: How is it possible, amidst these difficult and challenging times of exile, to properly serve G-d and prepare to usher in the era of the true and complete redemption?! * Even though “darkness shall cover the earth,” that has no bearing on a Jew at all, knowing that G-d Alm-ghty is present with him in every circumstance.
Thursday
Sep132012
HEARING THE SOUNDS OF SINAI
While our conscious mind does not hear this voice, the part of the soul that is not cloaked within our body does indeed hear the voice emerging from Sinai and relays its subliminal message to the conscious mind. When this occurs we feel inspired, if only for a few seconds, and we harbor thoughts of T’shuva. So whenever we feel inspired, especially when the inspiration is spontaneous, it is a sign that our soul has just heard that Heavenly voice.
Friday
Sep072012
UNDOING THE DISGUISE OF GALUS
The disguise is so great that we don’t at all perceive that it is a concealment, to the extent that it can result in, G-d forbid, “They esteem darkness as light…” * Likkutei Sichos Vol. 9, pg. 193-195.