Have you ever felt that everything worthwhile in life eventually fades? The energy of youth fades into old age, the excitement of beginnings fade into routine, the inspiration of a new goal fades into habit. This experience extends to...

In this week's parsha, Parshas Yisro, Klal Yisrael hear the Aseres Hadibros, the Ten Commandments, as they embraced their lofty mission in this world. We are commanded to treat every parsha, pasuk, and word in the Torah with equal awe and...

As we begin Parshas Beshalach, Klal Yisrael has just witnessed the miracles of leaving Mitzrayim and are now traveling towards Har Sinai, ready to receive the Torah. In between, however, lies a cosmic event: Krias Yam Suf, the splitting of...

An old man sat with his grandson by the campfire, staring into the dancing flames. With a sparkle in his eye the old man looked at the young boy and began telling him a story. "Legend has it that there is a fight going on inside each of us between...

Imagine you meet someone and immediately notice something peculiar: he incessantly claps­ his hands. The next day, you realize that once again he is walking around clapping his hands. As this pattern continues for several weeks, you...

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There were once two boys who went skating on a frozen lake. As they were enjoying themselves, the ice suddenly cracked, and one of the boys fell through into the icy water. His friend started...

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An old man had the habit of walking along the beach every morning before he began work. Early one morning, he was walking along the shore after a big storm had passed and found the beach...

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The Chinese Bamboo Tree

There's a story of a man who visited his friend in a far-off town once a year. When he arrived that year, he was shocked to find an immensely tall tree in his friend's backyard,...

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Parshas Mikeitz always falls out around Chanukah, and Chazal explain that this is not coincidental. In explanation of this phenomenon, the commentaries discuss how Yosef is connected to Chanukah, and how he...

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There was once a public debate between a rabbi and an astrophysicist regarding the nature of our universe. The astrophysicist, representing the atheist perspective,...