Guest Posts
Sod HaTaanug #5 – Serenity in the Darkness
This series, of which installments will be”H be posted twice weekly, is adapted from an English translation of Rav Itche Meir Morgenstern shlita’s sefer Yam HaChochmah. This foundational pamphlet, “Sod HaTaanug”, presents a deep perspective on our desire for pleasure and the intense battle with the yetzer hara our generation is fighting before the coming of Moshiach. We hope…
Sod HaTaanug #4 – Teshuvah is Simple
This series, of which installments will be”H be posted twice weekly, is adapted from an English translation of Rav Itche Meir Morgenstern shlita’s sefer Yam HaChochmah. This foundational pamphlet, “Sod HaTaanug”, presents a deep perspective on our desire for pleasure and the intense battle with the yetzer hara our generation is fighting before the coming of Moshiach. We hope…
The Spiritual Treasures of Shabbat Kodesh
Each week, we have an opportunity to connect to an area in time that is unique, special and different from the other days of the week – Shabbat. Every week on Shabbat, we can return to our essential selves and our eternal connection with God. We can leave behind the struggles, pain, and anxiety of the…
From There to Here
It was a couple of Thursday nights ago, I don’t exactly remember when. Let’s just say it wasn’t a particularly easy time for Am Yisrael. A group of 14 and 15-year-old girls and I were sitting on the floor in one of their homes. Candles, popcorn, sweets- Voices. A Rosh Chodesh Kumzitz. Not such…
Sod HaTaanug #3 – The Great Illusion
This series, of which installments will be”H be posted twice weekly, is adapted from an English translation of Rav Itche Meir Morgenstern shlita’s sefer Yam HaChochmah. This foundational pamphlet, “Sod HaTaanug”, presents a deep perspective on our desire for pleasure and the intense battle with the yetzer hara our generation is fighting before the coming of Moshiach. We hope…
Sod HaTaanug #2 – Living My Best Life
This series, of which installments will be”H be posted twice weekly, is adapted from an English translation of Rav Itche Meir Morgenstern shlita’s sefer Yam HaChochmah. This foundational pamphlet, “Sod HaTaanug”, presents a deep perspective on our desire for pleasure and the intense battle with the yetzer hara our generation is fighting before the coming of Moshiach. We hope…
Sod HaTaanug #1 – What Are We Truly After?
This series, of which installments will be”H be posted twice weekly, is adapted from an English translation of Rav Itche Meir Morgenstern shlita’s sefer Yam HaChochmah. This foundational pamphlet, “Sod HaTaanug”, presents a deep perspective on our desire for pleasure and the intense battle with the yetzer hara our generation is fighting before the coming…
The Relationship Between Yesod and Malchus
In our counting of Sefiras Haomer, we have now progressed from the week of יסוד-Foundation to the week of מלכות-Kingship. In the ספרים הקדושים I overhear people quoting, the tzaddikim teach that keeping a connection between these two is critical – referring to אדם הראשון’s sin as having separated between these two middos. How are…
I Awoke
Shalom u’veracha brothers & sisters around the globe. We are all processing, grieving, healing… being (fill in the blank) in our own way during this time. You and I are not going to have the same feelings. We will probably have different thought processes. We may have different questions. You may not have any questions…
A Lesson from Donny z”l
As by now everybody knows, am Yisrael recently experienced a major tragedy. People traveled to Meron, a melting pot of all kind of Jews filled with song and joy. Tragically, forty-five people didn’t come home alive. One of them was my friend, Donny Morris z”l. I would like to share with you an encounter I…