What motivates a person to do teshuvah (repent and return to Torah)?
Achav, king of Israel’s ten northern tribes was far from being righteous. According to the Mishna in Sanhedrin, he, Yeravam ben Nevat, and Menashe were the three kings who lost their inherent places in Gan Eden. Yet, despite his glaring faults and weaknesses, we can learn 2 valuable lessons from him.
All who are hungry for geula, come home. If you don’t like the situation in Eretz Yisrael, the address is not the secular members of the government, it is …
Every morning we pray to HaShem to protect us from negative individuals and cruel happenings. There are 20 threats we take into account. Some raise their eyes to the heavens and ask, “our Father, our King what kind of a world did you place us in?”!
Messages for the Month of Elul: Parts 1) Metaphysical and Empirical Worlds & their connection, and 2) Settling debts with our enemies.
Consideration, emancipation & fulfillment. In one word HaShem granted us – infinity. The vector of Jewish history in our long and challenging pilgrimage towards the goals set for us by HaShem is pointing upwards.
This week, we commemorate the 15th of Av – Tu B’Av. The Mishna in Tractate Ta’anit states: “There were no happier days than Yom Kippur and the 15th of Av.” Why is Tu B’Av elevated to that level of happiness?
