Shorts
Passover Greeting
Passover is the original fifteen step program to achieve growth and freedom. Every ritual at the seder is meant to open a channel connecting your inner and outer life.
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A Talmudic Mind
A poor woman sent to ask if she could use milk for the Four Cups; obviously, then, she could afford neither wine nor meat for her seder table.
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Why Get Married?
Two people may love and care for each other, but without a divine force, what is to bond temporal human beings eternally?
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What Leadership Is (And Is Not)
By discovering what a leader is not, we can come to understand what a leader is. What leadership is…
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A Change of Heart: A Chassidic Story About Teshuvah
“To truly experience teshuvah,” concluded Rabbi Schneur Zalman, “is to experience the same degree of regret over one’s past actions as was experienced by the peasant from Shklov as the raging river swept him away.”
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Chanukah: A Journey by Candlelight
See the candle and how she doth dance. Shy first steps before she takes the chance.
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Chanukah Remnants
The Karliner Rebbe’s menorah started a small fire which left burn-marks on one of the walls of his home. Rabbi Shlomo was overjoyed: a residue of Chanukah would now linger on until its lights would be again kindled next year!
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Why The Alter Rebbe Went to Mezeritch
The Alter Rebbe went to Mezeritch to learn how to pray.
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A Shattering Reunion
It is told of Rabbi Levi Yitzchak of Berditchev that one year after Shemini Atzeret and Simchat Torah, he stayed up all night waiting to put on tefillin.
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Michoel’s Merchandise
At a Simchat Torah gathering, Rabbi Israel Baal Shem told his disciples this story.
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