Articles &amp; Newsletters

On his final day the Vilna Gaon held his tzitzit and wept over a few pennies he could no longer spend.

4d ago

Chevra Newsletter #23 — Hillel Says You're Withholding Life From Someone

A twenty-five-year-old at the Kotel had never heard Shema Yisrael. Hillel says that silence is on you.

1w ago

Chevra Newsletter #22 — The Rabble Lives Closer Than You Think

Rashi names names in Bamidbar, and the scariest part isn't who he's pointing at.

2w ago

Chevra Newsletter #21 — You Are Exactly as Holy as You Want to Be

Your entire standing in Torah and avodah comes down to one measurement

Chevra Newsletter #20— God Has Been Praying for You

The opening word of this week’s parsha is not a condition from God but a prayer, and it overturns what you think Torah is for.

Chevra Newsletter #19 — Your Best Moments Were Meant for Your Worst Days

Rashi hides a survival strategy inside a grammatical repetition, and it changes how you face every hard morning.

Chevra Newsletter #18 — The Commute That Made Him Holy

Rashi defines holiness with nothing mystical at all, and it starts with which road you choose to drive to work.

Chevra Newsletter #17 — Your Soul Came Down Here to Make Moves

King David felt trapped from every direction, and the Midrash turns his cry into a map of your entire life.

Chevra Newsletter #16 — She Refused to Sell. Elijah Showed Up.

When this Rebbetzin had nothing left for Pesach, one refusal changed where she ended up in the next world.

2mo ago

Chevra Newsletter #15 — God Made Names So You Could Touch Him

We say “You” to Hashem a hundred times a day, yet Reb Scheinberger once winced like he’d been struck when someone said that same name carelessly.

2mo ago

Chevra Newsletter #14 — Your Soul Is Not the Dirt

Every bad decision you have ever made left your soul completely untouched.

2mo ago

When Does a Broken Heart Stop Being Holy?

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The holy broken heart, its dangerous edge, and the rhythm that restores the beat in Likutey Moharan Tinyana 23 (Part 5)

Chevra Newsletter #13 — The Secret the Rabbis Knew Before Modern Science

Thousands of years before mycologists discovered the mycelium network, Chazal already understood that mushrooms draw their nourishment from another world entirely

Chevra Newsletter #12 — The Jew Who Laughed at Hitler

When a lone Jew stood before tens of thousands of Nazi soldiers and laughed — he wasn't being reckless. He was reading from a script he'd seen before.

Chevra Newsletter #11 — The Greatest Compassion: Teaching Someone How to Think

Why true kindness isn’t just sharing knowledge—it’s lighting a flame that can ignite others

Chevra Newsletter #10 — When Torah Becomes Yours: The Secret of Ownership

Here’s how the transformation happens and why it changes everything.

4mo ago

Chevra Newsletter #9 — The Giant Bird That Never Existed (And Why That Matters)

Taking Torah literally might make you a fool, taking nothing literally makes you a heretic, and learning the difference makes you wise

Chevra Newsletter #8 — Who’s Writing Your Life Story: The Algorithm or The King?

In a world of infinite scrolling and digital noise, King Solomon offers us the ultimate life hack

Chevra Newsletter #7 — It Wasn’t Them, It Was Hashem: Yosef’s Vision of Divine Providence

How can we develop eyes to see God running our story, even in our deepest pain?

Chevra Newsletter #6 — Getting Your Face Back: Chanukah and the Light That Remembers Your Dreams

Why does looking at the candles fix our eyes, restore our dreams, and teach us to see each other’s light?