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| The Key to National Security |
| By Rabbi Lazer Brody |
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| Other nations - even our allies - have been threatening us that we are in danger of political and international isolation. Should we really fear isolation? |
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| The Magnitude of Torah |
| By Rabbi Mordechai Kornfeld |
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| The Pentateuch is only the tip of an iceberg. Infinite knowledge can be gleaned from the Written Law through inference by applying the 13 rules of Biblical exegesis… |
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| Breslover Customs for Yom Tov |
| By Rabbi Dovid Sears |
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| The Rebbe taught that by giving tzedakah before the festival, one is enabled to see through the illusion... |
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| Her Crown of Torah - Simchat Torah |
| By Rebbetzin Chana Bracha Siegelbaum |
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| Can Jewish women earn the crown of Torah? The new generation of Jewish women wants more than just to sit back passively and listen to the wisdom of others… |
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| Hoshana Rabba |
| By Breslev Israel staff |
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| Although it is part of the intermediate days of Sukkot, Hoshana Rabba is a Yom Tov unto itself. Its source lies in the traditions of the Prophets. Although the Books are... |
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| Sukkot and the Clouds of Glory |
| By Rabbi Mordechai Kornfeld |
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| What is the Torah speaking about when it refers to Sukkot? Are they tents or clouds of glory? What does Sukkot have to do with the month of Tishrei and with the Land of Israel? |
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| Rebbe Nachman's Yahrzeit |
| By Rabbi Dovid Shapiro |
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| “What shall we do?! With whom will you leave us?” The Rebbe then replied, “Just stay together and you will be good Jews… |
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| The Three Bedouins |
| By Noam Arnon |
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| Tradition tells that our forefathers reappear in the flesh in times of need, especially in the holy city of Hevron. One Succoth eve, they appeared in the guise of three Bedouins… |
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| Hoshana Raba: The Role of the Willow |
| By Rabbi Avraham Isaac Kook zatza”l |
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| On Hoshana Raba, after waving all four species, we set aside the other three species and raise just the willow. Then, after the Hoshana prayers, we beat the willow on the floor… |
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| The Annual Telegram |
| By Rabbi Lazer Brody |
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| Succoth is a manufacturer’s required exit from the comfort zone that teaches us to focus on the spiritual and eternal, and not on the material and finite. |
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| The Guide for Sukkot |
| By Breslev Israel staff |
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| “You shall dwell in booths for a seven-day period…So that your generations will know that I caused the Children of Israel to dwell in booths when I took them... |
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| The Spiritual Triangle |
| By Debbie Shapiro |
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| He described it as a triangle – we can determine the strength of our relationship to God through the intensity of how we observe the commandment of... |
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| Jacob's Special Sukkah Guest |
| By Agnes Romer Segal |
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| How could Jacob possible be happy? This had always been his favourite time with Zayde. He would watch Zayde put up his sukkah. Then when all was ready… |
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| Barometer Of Joy |
| By Rabbi Lazer Brody |
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| Simchat Torah is the time to harvest happiness – "joy in the heart" – for the whole year; and fourth, Rebbe Nachman himself danced as an expression... |
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