Short Idea- Parshat Emor 5782💡Looking for the openings, Striving for more Every morning as part of my daily learning I read from the letters of Reb Noson z”l, Rebbe Nachman’s top student. His letters, most of which he wrote to one of his sons, are filled with incredible chizuk (encouragement) 🔥and insights. As I wasContinue reading “Parshat Emor 5782”
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Parashat Kedoshim 5782
Parshat Kedoshim 5782- Short Idea💡Being Clean.In this week’s parsha Hashem gives us different mitzvahs which help us to be holy. “You shall be holy, for holy am I, Hashem your God.”In addition to the mitzvahs that we learn about in this weeks parsha, I think🤔 that another aspect of holiness is working on introspection; takingContinue reading “Parashat Kedoshim 5782”
Parshat Shmini 5782
Parshat Shmini 5782💡All our beginnings are from Purim now. Rebbe Nachman teaches us to start anew all the time.🔥 Rebbe Nachman teaches in Likutei Moharan that the light of Purim leads the path and prepares us for Pesach. In the beginning (of our history as a people), all new beginnings were from the light ofContinue reading “Parshat Shmini 5782”
Purim 5782
Purim 5782💡💡Some short ideas about Purim. In an incredible prayer about Purim,💥 Rebbe Natan of Breslov says that the miracle of Purim, (where everything seemed so hidden🧐), is greater than all the other miracles that Hashem has done with us as a people! 🚀Why is there no day, and no illumination which is greater thanContinue reading “Purim 5782”
Parshat Vayikra 5782
Parshat Vayikra 5782💡The 12 Steps- Roots of Healing❤️ It is taught in the 12 step program that the actual addiction, whatever it might be, is not the real source of the problem. It is just the result. It is the action we are engaging in, in order to escape the real pain💔. What are someContinue reading “Parshat Vayikra 5782”
Parshat Pekudei 5782
Parshat Pekudei 5782💡The 12 Steps; I’m helpless to change without help from Hashem and others. I started learning last week in a twelve step program💖 run by an Israeli outreach organization. There were people there from all backgrounds. Some of the participants are recovering addicts, but many of the participants are those who came toContinue reading “Parshat Pekudei 5782”
Joey Rosenfeld on Brokenness
A friend of mine sent me this quote recently, while he was listening to Joey Rosenfeld’s interview on the Meaningful People podcast. I think it is a very powerful insight which complements my last article about the beauty of a broken heart. Joey Rosenfeld is a brilliant young teacher and therapist living in St. Louis,Continue reading “Joey Rosenfeld on Brokenness”
Mindfulness According to Rebbe Nachman 9- A Broken Heart
What does it mean to have a broken heart? Is having a broken heart the same thing as sadness? What is the difference between them? We touched on the subject of sadness in the first article in this series- Mindfulness According to Rebbe Nachman. Let us explore what Rebbe Nachman teaches us regarding these questions.Continue reading “Mindfulness According to Rebbe Nachman 9- A Broken Heart”
Mindfulness According to Rebbe Nachman 8- Shabbat
Every week we have an opportunity to connect to a space 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 to our eternal connection with God. We can leave behind the struggles of the week, theContinue reading “Mindfulness According to Rebbe Nachman 8- Shabbat”
Mindfulness According to Rebbe Nachman 7- Lag B’Omer
There is a lot of interest today in a part of the Torah which is becoming more and more revealed in our time, Penimiut HaTorah, the inner light of the Torah. What does the inner light of the Torah mean? What does it mean to learn the inner light? Is this part of the TorahContinue reading “Mindfulness According to Rebbe Nachman 7- Lag B’Omer”