Shmot
When your soul is free, your body does not remain enslaved for long.
The children of Israel begin to flourish. The Egyptians are not too pleased. Pharaoh conspires to annihilate the Jewish people. He goes after the children. A boy is born, concealed in a basket. Princess Batya, Pharaoh’s daughter, finds him and raises the boy in the king’s palace. She names him Moses. Moses defends his persecuted brethren. When he is found out, Moses flees to Midian. He marries Tzipporah, the daughter of Jethro, a Midianite high priest. G-d appears to Moses in a burning bush, instructing him to take the people out of slavery. Moses and his brother Aaron as spokesman come to the people with a message of redemption.
The Birth of a Legend: Discovering the Power of Moses Within Me
We must take a lesson from Moses and discover the power of Moses within each of us. Can I put my own selfish ego aside to see what my family and friends need? Can I step up and be a leader, a hero, bravely paving a path toward freedom of our constraints and limitations? Or am I getting in the way of myself?
Read MoreCan There Be Growth Without Pain?
The key to change is not pain, but exposing a new reality and shifting into a new paradigm. Discover how to achieve success without the need for suffering.
Read MoreDo You Hate Yourself?
Learn about the majesty of your being, how to identify the powers that undermine your security and above all, how to reclaim your self, your birthright.
Read MoreWhy Are You Not Connecting?
Learn the formula of excellent communication, which in turn will allow you to connect and bond with others in new and powerful ways.
Read MoreMysterious Man
In Parshat Shmot, Pharaoh’s daughter names baby Moses, revealing his connection with the water, as his sister Miriam looks on.
Read MoreThe Stutterer
In Parshat Shmot, Moses is revealed to be the first stutterer. Yet, he overcomes this challenge to become G/d’s communication channel to the world.
Read MoreDo You Care?
How many crimes and injustices in the world – and in history – would have been prevented had some people – someone, anyone – protested and intervened?
Read MoreA Jew in Madagascar
A freely-translated excerpt from a letter the Rebbe wrote in the fall of 1961 to a Jewish woman living in Madagascar.
Read MoreThe Extended Arm
Just as the difference between good writing and bad writing rests among the pattern of the letters, good and evil differ only in configuration.
Read MoreThe Infant Shepherd
Even as a baby, Moses was instrumental in bringing the Children on Israel out of a mindset of materialism and into one of spirituality.
Read MoreA Border Birth
A story of Yocheved, Moses’ mother, being born on the threshold between freedom and slavery.
Read MoreA Tailor’s Legacy
A story of two Rabbis discussing a marriage proposal, revealing the secrets of tailoring and life.
Read MoreName and Number
In the Book of Shmot, G-d counts and names the Children of Israel as they head into Egypt and again at their deaths to show His infinite love for them.
Read MoreThe Third Wagon
A story of Rabbi Shneur Zalman as he flees from Liadi in the third wagon of an escort procession from the Czar.
Read MoreLife in the River
Thirty-four hundred years after Egyptian slavery, Jewish children are still being forced into the Nile, a material lifestyle.
Read MoreAn Eye and a Sigh
A story of two devoted neighbors, one living a spiritual life and the other a material one, and their surprising judgments at death.
Read MoreThe Brick Factory
In Egypt, the slaves became the Jewish nation while baking bricks. These bricks show man’s power to build and be “partners in creation.”
Read MoreI Am Who I Am: The Names of G-d
Learn about the mystical meanings of the names of G-d – descriptions of the various behavior patterns that can be ascribed to His influence on our lives.
Read MoreShemot: I Am a Child and Believe
No matter how old you are, each of us has our inner child intact. Nothing can be healthier than getting – and staying – in touch with your child, with your own innocent essence, and allowing it to inform all your giluim, your defined experiences, expressiond and faculties.
Read MoreShemos: Gaza: Part II
Part two of a five part conversation about the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.
Read MoreHovering Soul
Moses was a force of light; Discover that light within all of us. Access the inherent goodness of man and access a deeper meaning of, “Let there be light.”
Read MoreThe War of Water and Land
In Parshat Shmot, Moses introduces us to the dichotomy of land and water, destruction and reparation, existing to keep the world in balance.
Read MoreShmot: Tsunami
In Parshat Shmot, Moses introduces us to the dichotomy of land and water, destruction and reparation, existing to keep the world in balance.
Read MoreShmot: Jerusalem Diary I
A detailed account of a trip to Israel (part I) with all of the emotions the Holy Land inspires.
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