שפת אמת, בראשית, לחנוכה ג׳:ג׳ (ליל א) מצות נר חנוכה קצת נחמה בגלות שהיא זכר למנורת המקדש כי היא מצוה בדבר שהי' אז עבודה ולא יש מצוה כזו והיא ממילא רמז לעבודת המקדש וכ"כ הנרות הללו קודש הם...

In honor of & with gratitude for the Rebbe's leadership and light on this 3 Tamuz (& the 30th anniversary of the Rebbe's passing), I had the privilege to share a reading of the Rebbe's final maamar & some thoughts on leadership in Lubavitch International: lubavitch.com/a-philosophy-o…

There's a big reason why students operating in purely digital environments perform worse and are less likely to graduate: no empathy from educators. s.hbr.org/3zKPhnE

What a profound treatment of the Rebbe’s Torah. A wonderful I Read This Over Shabbos™️, and just after listening to R. Yosef on 18Forty!

"While I understand the parental impulse to know you can communicate with your child instantly and constantly, protecting children’s mental health is far more urgent than keeping tabs on them." -- Russell Shaw: theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/…

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teshuva

I read this over Shabbos—just published. I Read This Over Shabbos™️

The poetics of Zohar. Rav Froman.

Now available: • The Torah of Tomorrow: One Song • ⁠Teachings of Rabbi Avraham Yitzchak HaKohen Kook in Hebrew and English • Rachel Tova Ebner

Today, on Rav Kook’s yahrzeit, we turn to his vision of teshuva and spirituality. Rachel Tova Ebner speaks about Rav Kook’s call for deeper inner work, our yearning for God, and how his Torah helps us return to ourselves. Listen here: 18forty.org/podcast/rochi-…

Words are a divine gift that allow us to communicate with one another, but one of the things they communicate is there's a point words can only point to, a lonely place beyond the ability to communicate. This is the space of chassidus one encounters in Prof. Eliot Wolfson's

״מה שהצדיקים יכולים לפעול מהשם יתברך בראש השנה ויום הכיפורים, יכול יהודי פשוט לפעול מהשי"ת בזאת חנוכה.״