Bitachon, trust in G-d, is one of the foundations of our relationship with Hashem. How do we apply this essential principle when facing significant difficulties in our lives? Should it depend upon our merits? These classical sources should help us to understand what bitachon actually means. This is Rabbi Resnick’s first of two essays addressing... Read more »

This is the final essay of a three-part series on “Understanding and Accepting Nechama.” Click here to read Part Two.    Guidance of What to Say, and What Not to Say, at a Shiva (House of Mourning) As helpful as many ideas may be for our personal understanding and acceptance of nechama, it is extremely important to realize that they may be... Read more »

This is the final essay of a three-part series on “Understanding and Accepting Nechama.” Click here to read Part Two.    Guidance of what to say, and what not to say, at a shiva (house of mourning) As helpful as many ideas may be for our personal understanding and acceptance of nechama, it is extremely important to realize that they may be... Read more »

This essay is Part Two of a three-part series on “Understanding and Accepting Nechama.” Click here to read Part One.    Rav Moshe Weinberger, based on an essay from Rav Kluger, explained the meaning of nechama:  “A family was sitting shiva for their loved ones that had died in a terrible accident. They were trying to think... Read more »

IS THE CHOSEN PEOPLE A RACIST IDEA? Part 1: Defining the Meaning of “Chosen People”  The Questions – “Chosen People” raises many different questions: Why does any group need to be chosen or different from everybody else?2. Is the existence of a single chosen group within mankind an ideal situation?3. What exactly does it mean to be chosen?4.... Read more »