The Baal Shem Tov taught: One’s Torah study should be conducted with enthusiasm and joy; this [itself] will cause one to experience fewer alien thoughts.(Tzava’as HaRivash 51) Join … more →
Aryeh's Sharingswrote 16 hours ago: The Baal Shem Tov taught: One’s Torah study should be conducted with enthusiasm and joy … more →
wrote 1 day ago: He used to begin the order of blessings with the prayer Adon Olam.(Shulchan HaTahor, Birchos … more →
wrote 3 days ago: The words of Torah spoken at one’s table constitute the soul of the physical things ser … more →
wrote 4 days ago: The Baal Shem Tov taught: It is not necessary to “place” oneself in G-dliness, but only to re … more →
wrote 5 days ago: The Baal Shem Tov was particular to put on his tefillin at the beginning of the prayer servic … more →
wrote 6 days ago: If a woman experiences difficulties during childbirth, G-d forbid, her husband should immerse … more →
wrote 1 week ago: Before the Baal Shem Tov would deliver a Torah discourse to his disciples, they would sing a … more →
wrote 1 week ago: When one studies Torah, he must bear in mind before Whom he studies. Sometimes on can actuall … more →
wrote 1 week ago: A Jew is never alone: Wherever he goes and wherever he speaks, G-d is with him.(Likkutei Dibb … more →
wrote 1 week ago: The Creator is present in every movement, for it is impossible to make any gesture or to utte … more →
wrote 1 week ago: “Righteous (Tzaddik) is G-d in all His ways. ..” (Tehillim 145:17). If one is a Tzaddik and b … more →
wrote 2 weeks ago: I heard from [Rabbi Gedaliah of Linitz] that the Baal Shem Tov never kept money overnight. Wh … more →
wrote 2 weeks ago: The Baal Shem Tov once said, “If the Jewish people would sanctify themselves with Torah and m … more →
wrote 2 weeks ago: I heard in the name of Rabbi Yisrael Baal Shem Tov that when the Seven Universal Commandments … more →
wrote 2 weeks ago: The Baal Shem Tov was careful to pour the water used to wash his hands at the end of a meal ( … more →
wrote 2 weeks ago: One could not see a deficiency in someone else if he did not bear a trace of it within himsel … more →
wrote 3 weeks ago: Before going to sleep, one should contemplate that his consciousness is returning to the Holy … more →
wrote 3 weeks ago: In the winter, at times he would even break the ice in order to immerse in a nearby stream.(Sippurei … more →
wrote 3 weeks ago: The words of Torah spoken at one’s table constitute the soul of the physical things served. [T … more →