Harav Yussie Zakutinsky Shlita
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As Long As We Live
As long as there is a breath within us, we must aspire to be great. In the outskirts of the…
Harav Yussie Zakutinsky Shlita November 8, 2025
An Open Letter to Klal Yisroel
To Acheinu Beis Yisroel, As we stand today, in the time known as “Ikvesa DiMoshicha,” the “Footsteps of Moshiach,” we…
Harav Yussie Zakutinsky Shlita October 25, 2025
The Greatest Defense Attorney
We all know the famous stories about Reb Levi Yitzchak of Berditchev, the way he could take a scene that…
Harav Yussie Zakutinsky Shlita October 25, 2025
Double Dose of Joy
One of the common themes across all the Yamim Tovim — Pesach, Shavuos, and Sukkos — is the mitzvah of…
Rabbi Maury Rosenfeld, Harav Yussie Zakutinsky Shlita October 4, 2025
Trembling With Joy
When’s the real Opposite Day? Purim is the yuntif we usually associate with the theme of opposites (v’nahafechu). But it’s…
Harav Yussie Zakutinsky Shlita September 20, 2025
The Secret of Selichos
Selichos is one of those aspects of Yiddishkeit where, through no one’s fault in particular, we may not fully understand.…
Harav Yussie Zakutinsky Shlita September 13, 2025
Thank You Hashem!
One of the great students of the Baal Shem Tov was the Toldos Yakov Yosef, Rev Yakov Yosef of Polnoya.…
Harav Yussie Zakutinsky Shlita July 26, 2025
Simcha Gets Us Through
Reb Herschel Lisker (who was the Rebbe of Reb Shayele of Kerestir) had a close relationship with the heiligeh Komarana,…
Harav Yussie Zakutinsky Shlita July 6, 2025 Stories of Tzadikim
Defend Your People
Every Yid can be a defense attorney in the heavenly court Based on recent teachings of Harav Yussie Zakutinsky Shlita,…
Harav Yussie Zakutinsky Shlita July 2, 2025
Mission Focused
There are so many different layers and aspects of a Tzadik like the Lubavitcher Rebbe, even just in the aspects…
Harav Yussie Zakutinsky Shlita June 28, 2025
To Help Another Jew
Let me tell you a maaseh. There was once a Yid named Avremele, whose son became very sick. Avremele was…
Harav Yussie Zakutinsky Shlita June 21, 2025 Stories of Tzadikim
From Mind to Crown
What We’re Really Reaching for on Shavuos Night Unlike other Yomim Tovim that come with clear mitzvos — matzah on…
Harav Yussie Zakutinsky Shlita May 31, 2025
Bezchus Rabi Shimon
Reb Herschel of Zitichov was once sitting by his Lag Ba’omer tish, and he shared the following gematria with his…
Harav Yussie Zakutinsky Shlita May 17, 2025 Stories of Tzadikim
The Path to Prophecy for Our Generation
The souls’ journey to truly experience Hashem, to develop mochin d’gadlus, expanded spiritual awareness, begins on Pesach. The Tzadikim teach…
Harav Yussie Zakutinsky Shlita April 12, 2025
The Lifestyle of a Yid
Everything in Yiddishkeit is very, very big. The Ribbono Shel Olam is big, which means that every mitzvah He gives…
Harav Yussie Zakutinsky Shlita January 25, 2025
The Relationship of Kavod and Oneg Shabbos
There are two mitzvos d’Rabbanan, (mitzvos of rabbinic origin), that are somewhat similar when it comes to Shabbos. One is…
Harav Yussie Zakutinsky Shlita November 30, 2024 The Inner Light of Shabbos
Shabbos During the Six Days of the Week
There is a contradiction in Shulchan Aruch. In one place the Shulchan Aruch writes that if one accepts Shabbos early,…
Harav Yussie Zakutinsky Shlita November 16, 2024 The Inner Light of Shabbos
The Inner Light of Shabbos
One of melachos of Shabbos is ho’tzahah, carrying something from a reshus hayachid, a private domain, to a reshus harabim,…
Harav Yussie Zakutinsky Shlita November 9, 2024 The Inner Light of Shabbos
Defend Your People!
Based on the TYH podcast “Tachlis, What’s My Avoda?” with Harav Yussie Zakutinsky Shlita and Yakov Wohlgelerner. Listen to more,…
Harav Yussie Zakutinsky Shlita November 2, 2024
The Mystery of the Yid
Based on the TYH podcast “Tachlis, What’s My Avoda?” with Harav Yussie Zakutinsky Shlita and Yakov Wohlgelerner. Listen to more,…
Harav Yussie Zakutinsky Shlita November 2, 2024
An Open Letter to Klal Yisroel
As we stand today, in the time known as “Ikvesa DiMoshicha”, the “Footsteps of Moshiach”, we fervently pray for our…
Harav Yussie Zakutinsky Shlita November 2, 2024
The Root of Vitality
After Noach left the teivah, Hashem promised that He would never destroy the world again. The passuk says: “Yom v’laila…
Harav Yussie Zakutinsky Shlita September 21, 2024 The Inner Light of Shabbos
The Source of ‘Veryness
Chazal instituted that on each of the three meals on Shabbos, we establish the meal on lechem mishnah, two loaves…
Harav Yussie Zakutinsky Shlita September 14, 2024 The Inner Light of Shabbos
The Oneness of Shabbos
There are certain aveiros that a person needs to bring a korban chatas for if they do it unintentionally. If…
Harav Yussie Zakutinsky Shlita September 7, 2024 The Inner Light of Shabbos