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The 28th of Shevat is the Yahrtzeit of Rav Menachem Nachum Twersky (ben Yochanon) of Chernoby...
The 29th of Shevat is the Yahrtzeit of Rav Chananya Yom Tov Lipa (ben Yekusiel Yehuda) Teitel...
Human prayer is the service of the spirit. Although people do not realize it, it involves the...
Thoughts that disturb your prayers can be an atonement for your sins. When you are not suspic...
The 1st of Adar is the Yahrtzeit of Rav Yitzchak Meir (ben Avrohom Yehoshua Heschel) of Zinko...
The question was raised as to why there are different customs regarding the order of prayer, ...
Listening to a musical melody on instruments played by a pious musician for the sake of heave...
The 1st of Adar is the Yahrtzeit of Rav Yitzchak Meir of Zinkov, son of the Apta Rav (1855). ...
It is written, “These are the histories of the heaven and the earth when they were created - ...
The 14th of Adar is the Yahrtzeit of Rav Yitzchok (ben Nosson) Sternhartz of Tulchin of Bresl...
When we see the element of corporeality in something or, heaven forbid, of evil, then we are ...
The divine soul of man is transmitted and descends to this world to be clothed in a human bod...
The 12th of Adar is the Yahrtzeit of Rav Shmuel (ben Yeshaya) Halevi Horowitz (1972). Born in...
One should make strenuous efforts to attain joy in any way possible, searching within himself...
The 29th of Shevat is the Yahrtzeit of Rav Reuven (ben Yaakov Chaim) Horowitz of Zamotzva (18...
Our Sages teach us that God constricted His Divine Presence between the two staves that were ...
This paragraph is sung by Mordechai and Esther as they reflect on the Purim story: “Give ...
I suspect that the Jews who heard of Haman’s decree did not celebrate God’s kindness, or perc...
The “Servant of God” who is singing the Hallel sees life as a series of challenges to grow as...
The Chasid Ya’avetz introduces this paragraph by explaining it as the praise of Israel when t...
The Chasid Ya’avetz continues his commentary on Hallel by pointing out that the Children of I...
According to the Chasid Ya’avetz, the key verse of the Adar Hallel is, “The heavens are God’s...
Hallel: Rosh Chodesh Kislev IV |
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![]() for all the good He has given to make me independent?” - The most important message of the Miracle of the Oil was that it was God’s acknowledgement of our efforts to act as if we, who had an insignificant army, a tiny jar of oil, were willing to fight as if we were a well-equipped power with sufficient oil for eight days. The Chanukah miracle of the Oil was a celebration of our independent efforts; we did not wait for God to save us. We sing with joy over God’s promise to always nurture our independent development and to feel that we have earned His Good. “I will lift up the cup of salvation
and I will call out in God’s Name. I will fulfill my promises to God in front of all His nation.” The Chashmonaim’s willingness to immediately rededicate the Beit Hamikdash, despite the army based in Antonia, just nearby, was their raising of the cup of salvation, a “L’Chaim to God,” to honor what He had done for them. We sing this paragraph as our L’Chaim to God for nurturing our independence and allowing us to succeed in our fundamental mission to master ourselves to attach to Him. |