Daily Bitachon

Universal Chesed : Beyond the Inner Circle Welcome back to our daily character refinement class. We are still on the topic of chesed (loving-kindness). We have spent several introductory sessions delving into the...

Introduction: The Foundation of Chesed Welcome to Daily Character Refinement , our new series! It is going to take a while until we get the new name down completely. Today, we are discussing working on the trait of...

A Shift Toward Character Development Welcome to our daily bitachon class. We could almost change the title now to "Daily Character Perfection," because we are going to be working on middot for the next little while. For...

Episode 05: Stored Sunshine Welcome to the Daily Bitachon and Middot series. We spoke previously about the profound benefits the human soul and emotions derive from a warm smile, and we quoted the Gemara in Ketubot...

The Mitzvah of Ha'arat Panim Welcome to Daily Bitachon . In our middot series, we are discussing the concept of ha'arat panim —shining one's face upon someone else—which is a fundamental pillar of chesed . The Gemara (...

Introduction to Ha'arat Panim Welcome to Daily Bitachon. In our new middot series based on Alei Shur , we are currently exploring the topic of chesed (loving-kindness). The first two lessons focused on recognizing...

Welcome to a special Shabbos edition. In the beginning of creation, after Adam and Chava sinned, the Torah states: ויעש השם אלוקים לאדם ולאשתו כתנות עור וילבישם —Hashem made garments of skin for Adam and his wife, and...

Welcome to Daily Bitachon in our middot series on the topic of chesed . Yesterday, we discussed how the first step of chesed is not necessarily about physical giving. Rather, it is viewing the world through the lens of...

Welcome to Daily Bitachon. We are going to shift our focus slightly and work on perfecting our middot (character traits). This series will be based on Rav Wolbe's Alei Shur , where he outlines various middot to develop...

The Sefer Chemdat Yamim (on the topic of Shabbos, section one, chapter two) discusses the critical importance of preparing for Shabbos ( hachanah ) and the unique spiritual power inherent in Friday. As we know, Adam...

Welcome back to our daily dose of bitachon . This will be, be'ezrat Hashem , the final class in the series we began on Rosh Chodesh Tammuz, which has taken us through the months of mourning, comfort, teshuvah , joy, and...

Rav Chaim Palagi, in Moed LeChol Chai (24:25), cites Nazir Shimshon on Masechet Sukkah, which records an ancient manuscript detailing a well-known custom: on Hoshana Rabbah, women bite off the pitom of the etrog...

Welcome to Daily Bitachon, a special edition for Isru Chag, the day immediately following Yom Tov. The primary source for the concept of Isru Chag is found in Gemara Sukkah 45b, expounding on Tehillim 118:27: אל ה ויאר...

Continuing our theme of humility during the holiday of Sukkot, we will now connect it to Hoshana Rabbah, based on the teachings of the holy Ben Ish Chai. First, we look at what the Kaf HaChaim writes in siman 664 in the...

Welcome to Daily Bitachon . We have been discussing the concept that Sukkos is fundamentally an era of humility. Rav Avraham Schorr, in his Sefer Lekach VeHaLibov on Sukkos (page 20), teaches that the Yom Tov of Sukkos...