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Shabbos Table Talk What are two things that you would call “made man”? Trace the materials these things are made…

Yossi: Isn’t Chevron called Kiryas Arba in the Torah? Yoeli: It is. The K’li Yakar says it was also called…

Many people react with humor when they first hear this brand new release from TYH Music, yet beneath its lightheartedness…

I’ll tell you a maaseh. One of the great Chassidishe Rebbes was Rav Mordechai of Lechovitch. The story goes about…

Reb Yaakov Kamenetsky’s daughter-in-law, Rebbetzin Itta Chaya, had three boys. Born back-to-back. A year apart. If you know, you know.…

Our parsha opens with the intriguing account of Yaakov Avinu’s dream.  “He came upon a certain place and stopped there…

Shabbos Table Talk What was a time you made a decision that you thought was a good choice 
but ended…

Reb Hillel Paritcher was a baal avodah and dedicated chassid of the Alter Rebbe and his successors. A Chasidic master…

There’s a peculiar Mishnah in Pirkei Avos at the end of Chapter five: “He used to say: At five years…

I tend to lose my temper all too often, especially when dealing with my kids or spouse. Can the Rebbe…

What do we call the avodah of looking for the best in every Yid? Some people call it looking for…

Shabbos Table Talk Share a time that you ran out of kindness. What does it mean that Hashem’s kindness ‘never…

Yossi: My Zaidy said that besides the Me’aras Hamachpelah there are other special kevarim in Chevron too! Yishai, Dovid Hamelech’s…

Rebbe Yaakov Yitzchak, the Chozeh or ‘Seer’ of Lublin zy’a was a wondrous light of righteousness and Torah scholarship, kedusha…

Last week, we began addressing someone who feels discouraged in learning because he doesn’t have enough time or focus to…

When Rav Dovid Feinstein zt’l passed away, the Lower East Side lost one of its greatest giants. Thousands came to…

One day, I woke up. Ok fine, it wasn’t actually “one day,” and truth be told, I’m still waking up.…

Yossi: Wow, Yoeli,we made it from Teveria, to Meron, to Yerushalayim, to Chevron! Yoeli: Yup and in a way, its…

In Jewish homes everywhere, the children are put to sleep with a song.  And there are endless variations on the…

Another form of connection to “etzem” — an intrinsic attachment to Hashem Himself, is through the avodah of Hishtokekus (yearning).…

I really would love to be mechazek myself in learning, but I feel that I never remember anything I learn,…

I’ll tell you a maiseh. One of the great Chassidic Rebbes was the holy Kotzker Rebbe. The Kotzker generally did…

As long as there is a breath within us, we must aspire to be great. In the outskirts of the…

The Meor Einayim, the tzadik Rebbe Menachem Nachum of Chernobyl, zy’a, was one of the leading disciples of the Baal…