Listen Yet Chazal tell us that when even one person is in distress, Hashem says, “My head aches… my arms ache…” (so to speak), as Hashem is distraught when Jews are afflicted — even wicked ones. Surely, Hashem is distraught ...
Listen When a person who follows the Torah is happy with all the good the Almighty has bestowed upon him, he is fulfilling the mitzvah of Kidush Hashem (sanctification of the Almighty’s name). People will see how fortunate are Torah ...
Listen One can’t say, adds Rav Boruch Sorotzkin, that Noach didn’t have the power of influence and that’s why he didn’t try to influence them. Since he was successful in raising his own children, he certainly would have been able ...
Listen Why should a person have trouble being aware of one’s strengths? Perhaps it is because if you are aware of your potential, you may feel obligated to live up to it, and if you do not actualize your potential, ...
Listen In response to your questions: 1. With regard to the concept of bitachon, and the question of whether it is necessary to create a medium [for Divine blessings]: [You write that] you have heard it said that righteous men ...
Listen On one of my trips to Israel I visited a friend, and asked him to pray at the Western Wall for my brother, who was ill with cancer. As I was leaving, he said, “May you have many worries.” ...
Listen Torah, on the other hand, must influence the behavior and character of the one who studies it to qualify as Torah. A person possesses wisdom; Torah possesses the person. Torah is compared to fire, for like fire it must ...
Listen Parenting is a weighty responsibility, perhaps the most important task of one’s entire lifetime. Yet most people approach this awesome responsibility with the assumption that all parents intuitively know how to raise their children and do not require any ...
Listen What we are always going to do is going to Scripture. I want to appeal to the Bible. This is not a show about Tovia. It is not a show about William. It’s a show about the God of ...
Listen But many people want nothing more than a “yes-or-no” answer. There is a joke: A person texts a Rabbi: I have a big problem. Is there a G-d? The answer: Yes. The sender replies: Thank you so much, Rabbi. ...
