The little Jew said, “I think I can, I think I can”

“For none may enter the King’s get clothed in sackcloth.”(Esther 4:2) If we do not take responsibility to take a few moments before prayer, torah study to make sure we are dressed well and clean, how can we truly keep the fear of Hashem like we should? If in the moments when we purposely stand [...]

Eating is something we have to do constantly to sustain ourselves. Before and after we eat, we have to say a blessing. Therefore, the real purpose of eating is to bless Hashem. If we bless Hashem for food with deep thought, concentration, emotion… the entire world is sustained & blessing flows down to us & [...]

Sefer Yom LeYom Children 1. We always underestmiate a childs ability to comprehend. We should soak their minds each day with knowledge & faith. 2. When children speak we should listen. We learn this from Hashem who listens to all his childrens prayers, speech and concerns. 3. The world would be a different [...]

There is a certain pressure people feel in all classes of life. A rich person feels he has to live up to the expectations of his friends and neighbors. Middle class and even poor also feel this sort of pressure. It is unfortunate but in the religous world, we feel this as well. This pressure [...]

Sefer Yom LeYom eating: (I’m sending this from wifi near Yeshiva shaim v aver in tzfat)

Make sure to eat slowly and with concentration. Your thoughts while eating can lead you on the path of righteousness or evil when the food starts to digest and starts to be used by the body. It is better [...]

I would like to thank all the wonderful people who have come to take part in this simcha. I was learning in medresh that Avraham at first questioned the bris milah, he asked, Why did you not give it to the first man Adam? Why me? He worried that he would no longer be able [...]

I prayed by the Ari, I cried by the ari, then I went to the mikvah ari & washed just my eyes. Then I was able to see that which I could not. That Hashem’s plan which at first was confusing is only for good. Therefore, if you are ever confused, I recommend you take [...]

To some a nigun is just a nigun. Something to enjoy because of its interesting rhythm and sound. They cannot fathom that a nigun could be much more. Inside a nigun is the 3 main aspects we must strive to keep. Torah, prayer and Kindness to others. A wise person understands this and this is [...]

Do you think we were really ready in Mitzrayim, Egypt for the Torah? When we went to Har Sinai, we messed up right away. Here we are just days before Shavuos & we wonder how we are ready and worthy to receive the Torah once again. The understanding of Hashem is more powerful then we [...]

Just as we dance around watching the fire here on earth. There are similar activities residing in Gan Eden. Rebbe Shimon sits on a chair next to a great fire and around him are his main students. Next to them are our holy forefathers and other great sages. Around them dances thousands upon thousands of [...]

I have been trying to visit a holy Rabbi in Tiberias for davening now each week. He is a very holy man whom some say isn’t in this world. One thing I noticed was that when he wanted to reattach himself to Hashem, he would take his tzitzis and touch both his eyes with them. [...]

After Chatzos, I headed out to Meron to daven, put on my extra pairs of tefillin and recite shir Hashirim. This has become a regular practice for me slowly. Then I went to the Idra and smoked my pipe to elevate the tefillos of the week and sang some nigunim. While there, I was imagining [...]

I am taking a bit of Gan Eden & putting it into the Pesach food tonight. Making chicken soup, chicken & fish now. The magic ingredient is Gan-Eden. The secret is to simply believe with perfect faith that you are taking from the holy garden lekovod Pesach! Happy Pesach & happy preparing!

Nison is a month of miracles but it isn’t so simple. You have to be patient for your own personal miracle, even the Jews had to first be in Egypt and travel through the treacherous terrain of galus. So to us as well, we must be patient as the first part of this month is [...]

Tonight at Meron, I was pondering why I have suddenly been taken from teaching Torah because of my busy schedule. Suddenly I realized that all my difficulties are related to the concept of humility. In order for me to continue to teach Torah on the next level, I must go down. Since I was with [...]