The Light on the Other Side of the Wall

Why do we really light Shabbos Candles? There are many correct answers, but there is a far deeper one….. At the end of the Book of Genesis we read about Jacob summoning his sons to attend his death bed, and telling them what “will happen to them” and “what they...

Count Like G-d

This time next year, Moshiach will be lighting the Chanukah candles beside us… I was thinking about what Rabbi Abuhatzeira, the grandson of the prominent Moroccan miracle working kabbalist, Rabbi Israel Abuhatzeira, the Baba Sali, said about the Hebrew phrase...

Hello from the Other Side

Whenever the tzaddikim, the sages and the prophets told us to count something or to read a Torah portion at a specific time, it was for a divinely given, very good reason. It was not an extra-credit assignment. The counting and reading were either to awaken our souls...

Stranded on Third!

Stranded or Appointed to Be on Third? In our past two articles we have revealed much about how to use G-d’s Name and Unconditional Love, but it also feels like we didn’t quite reveal everything. It also feels like desperation is settling into our world, and quickly...