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We tend to think of Tisha B’Av as a day for our own grief. After all, it was our loss;…

The Rashab of Lubavitch had tremendous ahavas Yisroel. He always looked for ways to help every Yid and never differentiated…

The Avodas Yisroel teaches that the 42 places where the Yidden traveled in the midbar correspond to the 21 days…

Hashem told Moshe to go to war with Midyan. Why did Moshe send Pinchas instead of going himself? The Chizkuni…

14th yahrtzeit 28 Tammuz BURIED Har Hamenuchos, Yerushalayim Rav Elyashiv was one of the most renowned gedolim of the previous…

This post does two things. First, it orients us into the avodah of our lifetime. Let’s get comfortable with the…

What makes our galus different from all the other galuses?  If the people who suffered through pogroms, Cossacks, expulsions, poritzes,…

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כשיכנס‭ ‬לבה”כ‭ ‬יאמר‭ ‬התכבדו‭ ‬מכובדים‭ ‬וכו’‭. ‬ועכשיו‭ ‬לא‭ ‬נהגו‭ ‬לאמרו‭ ‬ Outer Action The Shulchan Aruch brings down…

As we approach the consciousness of Tisha B’Av, we have to remember the astonishing language of Chazal: “Karai alai moed.”…

Two bachurim were learning in the yeshivah of Radin. It was a very hot day, and it was Shivah Asar…

Moshe Rabbeinu asked Hashem, “Yifkod Hashem Elokei haruchos l’chol basar — May Hashem, the G-d of all flesh, appoint someone…

Why do we get up later on Shabbos morning? The Mordechai says that this is because in the Torah it…

93rd yahrtzeit 21 Tammuz The Shtefineshter Rebbe was a descendant of the Rhuzhiner dynasty, and his father was a son…

I love love love this line from R’ Yitzchok Berkovits! My husband and I (along with quite a few members…

Emunah often resides in our thoughts, informing our understanding that Hashem Is, Was, and Always Will Be, and that He…

In the last few weeks, we’ve discussed how the inner intention of the morning routine of a Yid, including washing…

We know that Shabbos has an official start time, which is nightfall on Friday night, and a definitive end, when…

I wrote this quote inspired by Rachel Goldberg-Polin, mother of Hersh, who fought like a lioness to bring her son…

There was a chassid named Reb Chaim who was a textile merchant. Every Yom Tov, he would travel to his…

The Kedushas Levi says that the reason why there are chukim, mitzvos we don’t understand the reason behind them, is…

There was a Yid in Frankfurt de Main named Yankel. He was unfortunately a mosser, meaning that he would go…

283rd yahrtzeit: 15 Tammuz BURIED: Jerusalem  Story The Ohr HaChaim earned his parnassah by making women’s shoes. When the king…

I like to try and track the yetzer hara’s tactics. He’s a slippery strategist, but being able to spot his…

A friend of mine, who we’ll call Yehoshua, was standing in the cereal aisle recently, one kid on each side,…