Hashgacha & Bechira Chofshis

Yosef seems to exonerate the brothers – he is saying it is all due to…

Avos 4:13: Laxity in Learning. The Crown of Torah.

Shigegas talmud olah zadon: opinions in the Rishonim about what the nature of the mistake…

1) Avos 4:12 2) The mitzvos of Chanukah & Purim

Avos: 4:12 – Rambam Sefer Mitzvos 209, 210, 211 – Rambam counts kavod & moreh…

Chanukah: Hallel and/vs. Hoda’ah

Hoda’ah – acknowledge that even the darkness of galus Yavan itself was l’tova. The avodah…

Hischadshus. Torah as a Source Thereof.

Hischadhus, renewal, is very important. Yomim tovim bring spiritual hischadshus, and on the natural level…

Doing Teshuva B’Simcha

Teshuva has to be done b’simcha as well. How do the merirus haLev that is…

Avodas Hashem: True Source of Simcha

Physical things (money, health) are not me, they can be lost overnight, and are not…

Torah Reflects HKBH Even More than Nature Does

Pikudei Hashem mesamchei lev – Ibn Ezra: because the Torah positions you for olam Habbah,…

Simcha Generated By Reflection on Mitzvos

Kuzari 2:50 – Real simcha is preceded by thought / reflection. Thought / reflection on…

Simcha – a Fixture in a Life of Avodas Hashem

Devarim 26:11 – “v’somachta b’chol hatov” – Ohr Hachaim Hakadosh – be happy with that…