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The Three Types of Fear in Judaism
Rabbi Yisroel Bernath, a Montreal-based Chabad rabbi, wrote a beautiful piece in which he distinguished between two different Hebrew words for fear: pachad and yira…
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The Dance between Fear of Heaven and Human Effort
Hashem will not break nature for us and therefore to live under Hashem’s hashgacha (supervision), we are obligated to protect ourselves to a reasonable degree…
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Where Does the Shemonei Esrei Come From?
Any discussion on Shemonei Esrei would be incomplete without mention of Chana, the beloved wife of Elkana, who lived during Temple times…
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Coping with Anxiety from a Torah Perspective
When Israel launched the Rising Lions War against Iran on the morning of June 13th, 2025, the nation of Israel did not know what to expect…
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Does Romantic Love Exist in Judaism?
Typically we conceive of love, and romantic love at that, as a quality that brings two people closer together, often through some shared experience…
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The Rise of Chassidut
The Torah is an Eitz Chaim: a living, breathing source of truth. It is at once eternal and creative, staunchly rooted and widely open…
