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Defining the “Shechinah”: Mediating between a simple G-d and a complex creation | 28 Iyar | Day 188 | Leap Year
2 mins; June 04, 2024
Absolute Concealment: The lifeforce of the seemingly lifeless | 27 Iyar | Day 187 | Leap Year
2 mins; June 03, 2024
Tailored Energy: The divine energy that gives each creation its identity | 26 Iyar | Day 186 | Leap Year
2 mins; June 02, 2024
The Great Equalizer: Hidden from the hidden ones | 25 Iyar | Day 185 | Leap Year
2 mins; June 01, 2024
Understanding the “Resting of the Shechinah”: What makes certain places holier than others? | 24 Iyar | Day 184 | Leap Year
6 mins; May 30, 2024
Desire and Commitment: The two dynamics that power the Jew’s service | 23 Iyar | Day 183 | Leap Year
6 mins; May 30, 2024
A Golden Love: The love that harbors no personal agenda | 22 Iyar | Day 182 | Leap Year
3 mins; May 30, 2024
Articulating the Love: Keeping Sight of the Purpose | 21 Iyar | Day 181 | Leap Year
3 mins; May 28, 2024
The Upshot of the Love: The desire to connect must lead to actual connection | 20 Iyar | Day 180 | Leap Year
1 min; May 27, 2024
Overwhelmed by G-d’s Love: G-d’s highly surprising choice | 19 Iyar | Day 179 | Leap Year
3 mins; May 26, 2024
Angelic Fervor: How the blessings of the Shema lead to reflective love | 18 Iyar | Day 178 | Leap Year
2 mins; May 25, 2024
The End Goal of All the Contractions: When “love squeezes the flesh” | 17 Iyar | Day 177 | Leap Year
4 mins; May 23, 2024
An Unfathomable Oneness: The uniqueness of G-d’s providence | 16 Iyar | Day 176 | Leap Year
3 mins; May 23, 2024
The Dual Energy System: Why does creation require both “encompassing” and “filling” light? 15 Iyar | Day 175 | Leap Year
3 mins; May 22, 2024
Omnipresent Yet Utterly Hidden: How can something be encompassed to the last detail–yet oblivious to that reality? | 14 Iyar | Day 174 | Leap Year
2 mins; May 21, 2024
Memale and Sovev: Two modalities of divine light | 13 Iyar | Day 173 | Leap Year
2 mins; May 20, 2024
Quantum Leap: The divide between the finite and the infinite | 12 Iyar | Day 172 | Leap Year
2 mins; May 19, 2024
Bridging an Unbridgeable Divide: Why G-d needed tzimtzum (contraction) in order to create | 11 Iyar | Day 171 | Leap Year
2 mins; May 18, 2024
Exodus: Every Era and Every Day: Why we mention the Exodus during the Shema | 10 Iyar | Day 170 | Leap Year
6 mins; May 16, 2024
Clueless but Connected: The benefit of lowliness | 9 Iyar | Day 169 | Leap Year
5 mins; May 16, 2024
“He ‘Sanctified’ Us with His Commandments”: A deeper look at the word “sanctified” | 8 Iyar | Day 168 | Leap Year
3 mins; May 15, 2024
From the Depths of Unholiness to a Relationship with G-d: Why didn’t G-d send an angel to redeem us from Egypt? | 7 Iyar | Day 167 | Leap Year
3 mins; May 14, 2024
An Imbalanced Relationship: The analogue of the king-pauper analogy | 6 Iyar | Day 166 | Leap Year
3 mins; May 13, 2024
The King and the Lowly Commoner: The dynamics of an unequal relationship | 5 Iyar | Day 165 | Leap Year
2 mins; May 12, 2024
Reflective Love: A love that is very very accessible | 4 Iyar | Day 164 | Leap Year
2 mins; May 11, 2024
The Compassion that Unlocks Love: Have Mercy on Your Soul! | 3 Iyar | Day 163 | Leap Year
3 mins; May 09, 2024
G-d’s Desire to be Known: The advantage of passionate love over serene love | 2 Iyar | Day 162 | Leap Year
4 mins; May 09, 2024
The Best of Both Worlds: The superiority of the hybrid loves | 1 Iyar | Day 161 | Leap Year
3 mins; May 08, 2024
The “Good Thought” that G-d “Joins” to the Deed: When the thought skips the heart and directly leads to action | 30 Nisan | Day 160 | Leap Year
4 mins; May 07, 2024
Hybrid Love II: Focus on our father-child relationship with G-d | 29 Nisan | Day 159 | Leap Year
5 mins; May 06, 2024
Hybrid Love I: For the Love of Life | 28 Nisan | Day 158 | Leap Year
4 mins; May 05, 2024
Putting Love and Awe in Proper Order: Can a wicked person experience a genuine love for G-d? | 27 Nisan | Day 157 | Leap Year
5 mins; May 04, 2024
The Higher and Lower Levels of Awe and Love: Resolving the Awe Catch-22 | 26 Nisan | Day 156 | Leap Year
4 mins; May 02, 2024
Accepting the Yoke: When feelings fail us, resolve takes over | 25 Nisan | Day 155 | Leap Year
2 mins; May 02, 2024
Seeing G-d through His Garments: The deeper meaning of the word Emunah (faith) | 24 Nisan | Day 154 | Leap Year
2 mins; May 01, 2024
Regular Awe Reminders: How deeply do I have to feel the awe of G-d? | 23 Nisan | Day 153 | Leap Year
3 mins; April 30, 2024
The Extent of G-d’s Self-Knowledge: Why G-d doesn’t need eyes or ears to be aware of our deeds | 22 Nisan | Day 152 | Leap Year
3 mins; April 27, 2024
Digging for Treasure: Your soul possesses awe of G-d. How do you reveal it? | 21 Nisan | Day 151 | Leap Year
2 mins; April 27, 2024
Attaining Daas: Two Steps to Emotional Connection | 20 Nisan | Day 150 | Leap Year
2 mins; April 27, 2024
Awe of G-d: Mission Possible: Why Moshe insisted that having awe for G-d is a “simple matter” | 19 Nisan | Day 149 | Leap Year
4 mins; April 25, 2024
Intention to Please G-d: Serving G-d so that He should have nachas from you | 18 Nisan | Day 148 | Leap Year
3 mins; April 25, 2024
The Hourly Reminder: Infusing the day with Mesiras Nefesh | 17 Nisan | Day 147 | Leap Year
3 mins; April 24, 2024
Altruistic Love: How to actualize the soul’s yearning for self-sacrifice | 16 Nisan | Day 146 | Leap Year
3 mins; April 21, 2024
Does Awe Need to be a Feeling? Rabbi Yochanan ben Zakai’s deathbed wish | 15 Nisan | Day 145 | Leap Year
4 mins; April 21, 2024
To Be of Service: The importance of the king-subject relationship with G-d | 14 Nisan | Day 144 | Leap Year
3 mins; April 21, 2024
In Service: Whether you feel it or not | 13 Nisan | Day 143 | Leap Year
2 mins; April 20, 2024
The Awe in the Act: Arriving at reverence for G-d through contemplating the significance of a mitzvah | 12 Nisan | Day 142 | Leap Year
3 mins; April 18, 2024
Basic Mitzvah Meditation: G-d stands upon you | 11 Nisan | Day 141 | Leap Year
4 mins; April 18, 2024
Step One in Serving G-d: Is it enough if I love G-d, or do I also need awe? | 10 Nisan | Day 140 | Leap Year
4 mins; April 17, 2024
Service Mitzvos: What differentiates love and awe from all other mitzvos | 9 Nisan | Day 139 | Leap Year
3 mins; April 16, 2024
The Body of the Mitzvah: A deeper understanding of the wings metaphor | 8 Nisan | Day 138 | Leap Year
2 mins; April 15, 2024
Giving a Mitzvah Wings to Soar: How do we provide the lighting for G-d’s home? | 7 Nisan | Day 137 | Leap Year
3 mins; April 14, 2024
Supernal Unions: The Cosmic Effect of a Mitzvah | 6 Nisan | Day 136 | Leap Year
3 mins; April 13, 2024
A Mitzvah that Lacks Conductivity: No distortion, but also no revelation | 5 Nisan | Day 135 | Leap Year
3 mins; April 11, 2024
Repenting for One’s Mitzvos: When a mitzvah becomes trapped in kelipah | 4 Nisan | Day 134 | Leap Year
3 mins; April 11, 2024
Mitzvos that Go Nowhere: The problem with doing mitzvos out of habit | 3 Nisan | Day 133 | Leap Year
3 mins; April 10, 2024
In What World is Your Mitzvah? Why is a detailed understanding of Gan Eden relevant? 2 Nisan | Day 132 | Leap Year
4 mins; April 09, 2024
The Highest Rung of the Prayer Ladder: The daily climb to the world of Atzilus | 1 Nisan | Day 131 | Leap Year
3 mins; April 08, 2024
The Chariot: What’s greater than saying “I love You, G-d!”? | 29 Adar II | Day 130 | Leap Year
3 mins; April 07, 2024
Utter Nullification: The spiritual realm utterly united with the Infinite Light | 28 Adar II | #129
2 mins; April 06, 2024
Two-Tiered Paradise: Which souls go to the higher level of Gan Eden? | 27 Adar II | #128 | Leap Year
5 mins; April 04, 2024
Four Degrees of Divine Revelation: Inanimate, vegetable, animal, and human mitzvos | 26 Adar II | Day 127 | Leap Year
5 mins; April 04, 2024
Essential Will: Does G-d value our feelings more than our actions? | 25 Adar II | Day 126 | Leap Year
3 mins; April 03, 2024
Four Levels of Creation: The difference between a “body” mitzvah and a “soul” mitzvah | 24 Adar II | Day 125 | Leap Year
3 mins; April 02, 2024
As Different as Body and Soul: G-d is in everything–but the divine voltage varies | 23 Adar II | Day 124 | Leap Year
3 mins; April 01, 2024
The Importance of Intent: Like a body without a soul | 22 Adar II | Day 123 | Leap Year
2 mins; March 31, 2024
Words Matter: Is there value to mumbled prayers? | 21 Adar II | Day 122 | Leap Year
3 mins; March 30, 2024
Two Super Mitzvos: The mitzvos that pack disproportionately powerful punches | 20 Adar II | Day 121 | Leap Year
5 mins; March 28, 2024
Proper Perspective of this World: Is the material, mundane world an obstacle to serving G-d? 19 Adar II | Day 120 | Leap Year
3 mins; March 28, 2024
The Spiritual Significance of “Made in China”: How a single mitzvah elevates large swaths of creation | 18 Adar II | Day 119 | Leap Year
4 mins; March 27, 2024
613 Tools of Elevation: A deeper understanding of the function of mitzvos |17 Adar II | Day 118 | Leap Year
2 mins; March 26, 2024
Further Expanding the Circle of Elevation: Eliminating the kelipah middleman | 16 Adar II | Day 117 | Leap Year
3 mins; March 25, 2024
Inward Focus: Elevating the world starts with elevating oneself | 15 Adar II | Day 116 | Leap Year
3 mins; March 24, 2024
Expanding the Circle of Elevation: Converting food into (Divine) energy | 14 Adar II | Day 115 | Leap Year
2 mins; March 23, 2024
Call to Action: A philosophical response to an emotional question | 13 Adar II | Day 114 | Leap Year
5 mins; March 21, 2024
Making Mitzvos Meaningful: The building blocks of G-d’s home | 12 Adar II | Day 113 | Leap Year
5 mins; March 21, 2024
Greater vs. Higher: Why “greater” and “higher” are mutually exclusive | 11 Adar II | Day 112 | Leap Year
4 mins; March 20, 2024
A Taste of Mashiach: When our nation collectively experienced a Messianic moment | 10 Adar II | Day 111 | Leap Year
2 mins; March 19, 2024
Torah Power: Completely reframing our work and its reward | 9 Adar II | Day 110 | Leap Year
3 mins; March 18, 2024
The Uniqueness of Darkness: Making sense of the seemingly nonsensical | 8 Adar II | Day 109 | Leap Year
3 mins; March 17, 2024
G-d’s All-Embracing Agenda: A Desire for the Lowly | 7 Adar II | Day 108 | Leap Year
4 mins; March 16, 2024
The Problem with Love: Why the point is not inner perfection | 6 Adar II | Day 107 | Leap Year
4 mins; March 14, 2024
The Candle Metaphor: The need for oil to connect to G-d | 5 Adar II | Day 106 | Leap Year
3 mins; March 14, 2024
Why is Judaism Action-Obsessed? Answering the big “why”s of Judaism | 4 Adar II | Day 105 | Leap Year
3 mins; March 13, 2024
A Living Paradox: Experiencing the full spectrum of emotions–simultaneously | 3 Adar II | Day 104 | Leap Year
3 mins; March 12, 2024
G-d’s Right-Hand Man: Closeness to G-d that lasts all day long | 2 Adar II | Day 103 | Leap Year
3 mins; March 11, 2024
The Human Holy Temple: Hosting G-d through Torah study | 1 Adar II | Day 102 | Leap Year
3 mins; March 10, 2024
The Chariot: Can I take joy in closeness to G-d if I don’t feel it? | 30 Adar I | Day 101 | Leap Year
3 mins; March 09, 2024
A Royal Visit: The joy of unearned wealth | 29 Adar I | Day 100 | Leap Year
5 mins; March 07, 2024
A Love-Hate Relationship: Love, hate, and a sprinkling of compassion | 28 Adar I | Day 99 | Leap Year
2 mins; March 07, 2024
Hate Requirement #2: Why should we ever hate another? | 27 Adar I | Day 98 | Leap Year
4 mins; March 06, 2024
Hate Requirement #1: When the Torah obligates us to hate another Jew | 26 Adar I | Day 97 | Leap Year
3 mins; March 05, 2024
What Judaism is All About: Boiling down Judaism to one mitzvah | 25 Adar I | Day 96 | Leap Year
4 mins; March 04, 2024
Eliminating the Competition: How to experience unconditional love | 24 Adar I | Day 95 | Leap Year
4 mins; March 03, 2024
The Human Holy Temple: Hosting G-d through Torah study | 1 Adar II | Day 102 | Leap Year
3 mins; March 03, 2024
Loving Every Jew: The second outcome of living soulfully | 23 Adar I | Day 94 | Leap Year
3 mins; March 02, 2024
The Release of the Hostage Prince: The inner brokenness that leads to wholeness | 22 Adar I | Day 93 | Leap Year
6 mins; February 29, 2024
Higher Expectations: Why excuses are fine for others–but not for you | 21 Adar I | Day 92 | Leap Year
4 mins; February 29, 2024
The “Small” Indiscretions: How a closer look might reveal subtle failures | 20 Adar I | Day 91 | Leap Year
5 mins; February 28, 2024
The Bottom Line: Is there a difference between doing wrong and not doing right? | 19 Adar I | Day 90
4 mins; February 27, 2024
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