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What’s your greatest challenge/difficulty in life? That just might be why you exist;   According to Torah tradition the challenges which we consistently face, the difficulties which don’t seem to just go away, which we seem to fail when we face, over and over… specifically, these, are the reason we

When we dedicated the temple the Torah tells us that each leader of the twelve tribes brought an offering to the tabernacle to celebrate its inauguration. Each of them brought the EXACT SAME offering, yet the Torah goes into detailed description of each one. The exact same words 12 times!

ובטובו מחדש בכל יום תמיד מעשה בראשית – Feel the kindness and the love of every new moment!- And He renews every day and continuously the act of creation. (Morning Prayers)  According to Torah tradition the universe is constantly being renewed. Every atom is being re-energized and powered by the

Throughout history there’s always been good and evil. In Jewish history, good is represented by our ancestor Jacob. Evil is represented by his twin brother Esau. It says that Esau was born with a reddish complexion – “vayeitzei harishon admoni”. He had a very aggressive personality and he used that

The Torah writes with regard to Abraham near the end of his life “Abraham was old, he came with his days” What does “he came with his days” teach us?   The Rabbis explain that Abraham utilized every single day of his life. Every single day he grew and accomplished

We find in the Talmud a famous phrase: “בראתי יצר הרע ובראתי לו תורה תבלין” – “I created the negative instinct, and created the Torah as a spice for it.” It is hard to understand this concept, since spices are apparently secondary elements that adorn a meal. Was the Torah