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Shlomo EzaguiThe Times of Israel (Blogs) |
It’s not my thing to write about politics, but this current situation, we all acknowledge, goes beyond politics. I believe it is a moral obligation...
The Talmud teaches us, “A person is obligated to bless and acknowledge God over the bad and misfortune, just as he blesses and praises God over the...
We are living in very edgy and stressful times. Unfortunately, this isn’t our first rodeo in this kind of ring. Our Holy Torah gives us many tools...
“The first step to serving God is not to do what one feels like doing,” said Rabbi Menachem M. Schneerson. The Talmud tells of scholars who would...
Many times, just when we finally make up our minds to move ahead in life and to move in the right direction, we are challenged with more difficulties,...
There are no vowels or commas in the Bible. This is so because the Torah (Bible) contains the infinite wisdom of God. When He chose to communicate His...
This week, we begin in all synagogues to read the Torah from the start: “Beraishit Bara Elohim et Hashamayim ve et Haaretz.” “In the beginning,...
It is ludicrous to claim that there was no intelligent Creator of the universe. Even in the face of evidence and logical feasibility, scientists have...
One would think that happiness is a predictable outcome of genes and circumstances. Someone whose family is blessed with health and wealth should be...
Once, a Chassidic student went to His Rebbe and asked, “What is the point of asking God for forgiveness when we know, and certainly God knows, we...
The holiday of Sukkot has the unique power of Joy. The Bible repeats THREE times the special connection this holiday has with joy. Over the holiday,...
We are now in the season of Teshuvah, which is generally translated as “repentance.” This is, however, an approximate translation of the Hebrew...
On the holiest day of the year, at the most auspicious time of the day, the afternoon Mincha Services, we read “The Story of Jonah and the Whale.”...
Rabbi Shneur Zalman of Liadi, the Alter Rebbe, said, “Such is the way of the Baal Shem Tov (founder of the Chasidic movement) – One must learn a...
The mitzvah of Teshuva is the opportunity God gives us through this Mitzva and commandment to restore our soul and entire connection and relationship...
“..May everything that has been made know that You have made it, may everything that has been created understand that You have created it, and may...
God presented us with His infinite wisdom in the Torah for us “to improve (and perfect) the world under (imbued by) the sovereignty (and the...