Why Don’t We See the Meaning of What Happens?
Most of the time we will never learn exactly why something happens to us. But the principle of “measure for measure” shows…
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Who Even Needs Your Prayer?
God judges us not by the scale of our achievements but by the effort we invest: a handful of flour is no…
Why Is It So Hard for Us to Let Go of a Grudge?
The desire for revenge is almost a reflex, yet the Torah says: “Do not take revenge and do not bear a grudge.”…
Freedom Is Not About Circumstances. It’s About You.
Freedom is not the absence of outside limits but the ability not to shackle yourself from within. Most often we are slaves…
When You Have Humiliated Someone: What to Do With Guilt
In Jewish tradition, public humiliation is almost a spiritual murder, yet guilt is not a sentence but the signal of a living…
Love Is Not an Emotion. It Is a Shift in the Boundaries of the “I”
Love begins when a person realizes that others are just as alive as they are, and expands their “I” into “we.” In…
When Everything Falls Apart for No Apparent Reason.
Sometimes everything suddenly breaks down, as if someone had cast an evil eye. The sages explain that we sometimes put the evil…
Why It Matters to Be Able to Control Your Emotions (and How This Relates to Faith).
Emotions have two levels — what we feel inside and how we show it outside — and both require work. The sages…
When Counting Means Losing
King David counted his people — and 70,000 died. The Malbim explains that counting is not arithmetic but psychology: it draws the…
Why Did David Take Five Stones When He Could Have Taken One?
Going out against Goliath, David was certain that G-d was with him — and still he took five stones. True faith does…
“What Keeps Us from Being Heard”
Prayer is not a list of requests but an act of drawing near, possible only in sincerity. It can be blocked by…
Love According to the Torah. Or How Can Love Be Commanded?
How can love be commanded if love is a feeling? The commandment “love the Almighty” is not an order to feel emotions…
