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The Shabbos Realignment
Chazal instituted that every week we read a different parshah—Bereishis, Noach, and so on and so forth. In this way,…
August 31, 2024 The Inner Light of Shabbos
Between Me and Hashem
There was a very special Yid who lived a few hundred years before the Baal Shem Tov. The story goes…
August 31, 2024 Stories of Tzadikim
Grab What You Can!
In previous weeks we discussed the real goal of tefillah: a time of closeness and connection to Hashem, and how…
August 31, 2024 The Heart of Tefillah
The Tosefes Shabbos Transition
We know that Shabbos has a very specific start and end time: it starts Friday night with nightfall, and ends…
Harav Yussie Zakutinsky Shlita August 24, 2024 The Inner Light of Shabbos
A Jewish Game
Rav Yisroel of Ruzhin, known as the Rizhiner, was an incredible tzaddik already from a young age. Even before he…
August 24, 2024 Stories of Tzadikim
The Ladder of Closeness
Tefillah is a unique and special time to cultivate closeness to Hashem. The more we view tefillah as such, the…
August 24, 2024 The Heart of Tefillah
Hashem’s Chossid
Chazal (Shabbos 111b) tell us a most amazing thing about Shabbos. The Gemara says that someone who keeps Shabbos properly,…
Harav Yussie Zakutinsky Shlita August 17, 2024 The Inner Light of Shabbos
Pockets Full of Faith
The Maggid of Mezeritch, who took over the Chassidus after the passing of the Baal Shem Tov, once shared the…
August 17, 2024 Stories of Tzadikim
What Tefillah Really Is
In a powerful essay on the true purpose of davening, the sefer Beyam Darkecha challenges perspectives we may have had…
August 17, 2024 The Heart of Tefillah
The Avodah of Tu B’Av
Based on a shuir from Harav Yussie Zakutinsky B’Av may seem like a “minor” holiday, but according to the the…
Harav Yussie Zakutinsky Shlita August 17, 2024
The Power of Chicken Soup
The Zohar Hakadosh teaches us that Shabbos is the source of all good things. This means everything from our livelihood…
Harav Yussie Zakutinsky Shlita August 10, 2024 The Inner Light of Shabbos
Stay Unfrozen!
The Baal Shem Tov once chose a few of his students to go on a trip with him. They traveled…
August 10, 2024 Stories of Tzadikim
I Don’t Feel My Davening!
How long does it take to daven? The answer could range from 2 seconds to many hours! We can daven…
August 10, 2024 The Heart of Tefillah
Torah Behind the Tune
Shivisi HaShem L’Negdi Tamid is a familiar phrase from Tehillim and the first halachah in the Shulchan Aruch. It reminds…
January 4, 2024 Torah Behind The Tune
The Secret of Friday Night Davening
There is a debate in the gemara in Brochos as to whether the davening of Maariv is a chovah, an…
Harav Yussie Zakutinsky Shlita November 23, 0204 The Inner Light of Shabbos
The 12 Pesukim (Part One)
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Little Bardichevers
TYH Boys 9 songs
