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YOSSI: “Yoeli, how was your Shabbos?” YOELI: “Amazing, Yos, how was yours?” YOSSI: “Truly Eretz Yisraeldig Yoeli, truly Eretz Yisraeldig.”…

The spinning finally stopped. Baruch found himself standing, in the snow, touching his neighbor’s mailbox. He shook his head. That…

The Baal Hatanya was once traveling during Chol Hamoed Sukkos, and stopped off in a small village along the way…

Shacharis > Pesukei D’zimra > Mizmor Shir Based on Aish Ha’avodah The sefer Mishnas Chassidim writes that this chapter of…

This song is rooted in the creation of Adam – the epic and foundational moment when Hashem Himself breathed life…

Based on Beyam Darkecha When Hashem freed the Jewish people from the brutal Egyptian slavery, and chose us as His…

Everything in Yiddishkeit is very, very big. The Ribbono Shel Olam is big, which means that every mitzvah He gives…

…Fast on Asara B’Teves? Whoa! Good question! Not only do we fast, but Chazal say that it’s the only “Churban…

Hey Yoeli, what’s that in your hand?” “It’s dirt, Yos, what does it look like?” “Well it looks like dirt……

Baruch pressed a button on the mailbox and went back in time in his neighbor’s Time Machine, where he met…

One of the sons of the Chozeh of Lublin was once traveling and stopped at an inn overnight. The next…

1. Rebbe Nosson “The whole entire world is a very narrow bridge, and the main thing is not to be…

It was a cold Sunday afternoon in Queens, NY, when I found myself at the Ohel, the resting place of…

Shacharis > Korbonos > Hodu Based on Aish Ha’avodah The Tefillah of Hodu is said as an introductory prayer before…

The Arizal writes that the exile of Egypt represented golus hadaas, an exile of ‘daas.’ Daas, which is a form…

The first letter of the first 6 Torah portions in the book of Shemos spell out the Hebrew word “Shovavim.”…

…Do Mitzvos? Well what a Great Question! Let’s dig a little deeper! The possuk in Mishlei says, “B’chol Dirachecha De’eihu”…

“Yos, last week we laid the groundwork-” “Groundwork-  funny, Yoeli!” “So I thought maybe we’d dig a bit deeper…” “Good…

Ribnitz! Baruch looked around. Everything around him had a grey foggy tinge to it. There was snow on the ground.…

Collecting Sparks: A mission for a meaningful life In the profound teachings of Kabbalah, we find a concept that transforms…

Shacharis > Korbonos >  Eizehu Towards the end of the morning Korbonos, we say the Mishnayos of Eizehu M’komon Shel…

Before becoming the Lubavitcher Rebbe himself, Rav Menachem Mendel Schneerson (known then as the ‘Ramash’) was once sitting with his…

וַיִּקְרָ֥א יַעֲקֹ֖ב אֶל־בָּנָ֑יו וַיֹּ֗אמֶר הֵאָֽסְפוּ֙ וְאַגִּ֣ידָה לָכֶ֔ם אֵ֛ת אֲשֶׁר־יִקְרָ֥א אֶתְכֶ֖ם בְּאַחֲרִ֥ית הַיָּמִֽים הִקָּבְצ֥וּ וְשִׁמְע֖וּ בְּנֵ֣י יַעֲקֹ֑ב וְשִׁמְע֖וּ אֶל־יִשְׂרָאֵ֥ל אֲבִיכֶֽם And…

This past year has been a year of incredible spiritual growth. Jews around the world have risen up to embrace…