Remember What Amalek Did to You: Symbols of Wine and Vinegar
A Chassidic discourse on “Remember what Amalek did to you on the road when you were going out of Egypt.” The symbolism of wine and vinegar.
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Love in the Ice Age
On Tevet 10th of the year 3336 from creation (426 B.C.E.) we were plunged into a winter from which we have yet to emerge. On that day, Babylon’s armies laid siege to Jerusalem.
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The Difficult Lamb
The meekness of the sheep, no matter how difficult a problem it poses, can also be reclaimed as a virtue.
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The Impoverished Scholar
A person who fulfills the Torah in poverty—who recognizes the poverty of his mind before the infinite perfection of the divine truth—will ultimately fulfill it in wealth.
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Wet Matzah
Prohibitions of chametz on Passover reflect G-d’s utter abhorrence of arrogance and pride.
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How the Alter Rebbe Changed the World
Over two centuries ago Rabbi Schneur Zalman presented us with an invaluable model of life that can be appreciated now more than ever. Freud and his colleagues may be the fathers of psychology today. But the Alter Rebbe is the true father of the psychology of tomorrow.
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Shemini: A Tale of Two Titanics
Titanic embodied the dangerous overconfidence of an immature generation. A new revolutionary Chassidic treatise, the longest and deepest mystical epic, now teaches the critical need for humility to check our ravenous and all-consuming self-assurance.
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Simchat Torah: Do You Want to Dance?
To enter a higher reality we have a narrow passage called “ayin.” To enter this passage you must first shed layers of ego and self-interest, recognizing that there is a reality that precedes you and is concealed from view; a reality beyond your grasp and of another dimension.
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Matos-Masei: 1967: The Summer of Awakening Part II
This week’s essay – a sequel to last week – discusses the power of inspiration and the profound consequences of not acting on a call from above….
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