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Recap Until now we have explained that clothing protects us from the klippos, which try to redirect our focus onto…

Elul, more than any other of the Jewish months, inspires the usage of acronyms to fit with the letters that…

It was Erev Shabbos in the house of the heilige Baal Shem Tov. The Baal Shem Tov was doing his…

The halacha is that in order for a fish to be kosher it needs fins and scales. If the fish…

There is a bird called the chassidah. Rashi says that it is called this because it does chesed with its…

Yahrtzeit next Wednesday, Aug 12 LIVED 
1816-1893 133rd yahrtzeit 
28 AV
BURIED 
Warsaw, Poland   Reb Naftali Tzvi Yehudah Berlin was…

It can be so hard to actually daven. Both for people who daven at their set shtender in shul, and…

A little while ago, I wrote an I wrote an article in the Nekuda Tova called ‘Missing Diamonds, Finding Love’.…

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In the previous article, we explained that the body’s greatness is in its role as the vessel that holds…

Rav Zev Leff once said that he has an issue with some methods used by some individuals involved in kiruv.…

Thank You Hashem, I am in a position where I am zoche to (try to) help Yidden who are going…

The passuk says in this week’s parsha says, “U’le’ovdo b’chol levavchem” — “To serve Him with all your heart.” Chazal…

The seforim hakedoshim teach that even though we are living in the time of Ikvesa d’Meshicha, the end of galus,…

The Sma”g writes that from the passuk, “Hishomer lecha pen tishkach es Hashem Elokecha” — “Guard yourself lest you forget…

Yahrtzeit next Tuesday, Aug 4 LIVED 
1880-1957 69th yahrtzeit 
21 AV
BURIED 
Har Hamenuchos Rebbe Aharon of Belz was one of…

Can I share with you my favorite story of all time? I first heard it from the eim bayit (“dorm…

Before the sin of Adom Harishon, there was no such thing as clothing. Only after the sin did Adom and…

Some friends I know closely were having quite a hard time with one of their children. Their son was anxious…

The Chofetz Chaim used to travel and sell his seforim. One day, he arrived in Vilna and went to an…

After the passing of the Maggid of Mezritch, his talmidim gathered to decide who should become the next Rebbe. After…

What’s really real? Is this world the main stage, and Shabbos is there to force us to take a pause…

Reb Tzadok teaches that even though it seems like Moshe Rabbeinu’s many tefillos were not answered, he actually received something…

The passuk says, “Ki mi go gadol asher lo Elokim krovim eilav” — “For what great nation has Hashem so…

119th yahrtzeit 
11 AV
BURIED 
Har Hazeisim Reb Itzele Blazer was one of the greatest talmidim of the famous Reb Yisroel…