Daily Insights on Chasidic Thought, Halacha, Stories, Parsha, Nach, Mishnah, Talmud, Halacha, Holidays and Niggunim by Rabbi Eli Silberstein

Fascinating story told by the Previous Rebbe about a Jew a ‘Kantonist'

Beautiful vort from Reb Nochum Tschernobeler re a mitzvah and a candle

Fascinating Arizal and Or Hachaim Hakodosh re the Vov of ענו

Geshmake pshat of Reb Yitzchok of Vurke re the praise given to Aharon for not deviating from Hashem's instructions when lighting the Menorah

Some beautiful thoughts and stories by Chidushei Horim and the Kotzker on the issue of the מתאוננים - The Complainers

Why polishe tzadikim established parshas Para as an auspicious time for a chossid to be by his rebbe

אש תמיד תוקד על המזבח לא תכבה - של״ה בשם הרמ״ק, אדה״ז בשם המגיד

Golus is analogous to a fetus in the womb

Why no Jew entertained the possibility of converting out during the threat of Haman -maamar of the rebbe

The connection Purim Koton and 12 Shvotim - קדושת לוי and Chasam Sofer

Nice story of the tzadik Reb Shlomo Zviller related to the possuk כתית למאור

Beautiful Chasam Sofer re the Choshen's function in answering questions for the Jewish ppl during Moshe's lifetime

Beautiful pshat of the Degel Machne Efraim on ולא יזח החושן מעל האפוד

יכול עבד של עברי? תלמוד לומר כי ימכר וגו׳

Reb Akiva Egers question about the paid custodians liability and its spiritual implications

What's the meaning of chazal that the Torah should be like it's new every day? - maamar of the rebbe

The three things the Jews didn't want to change in Mitzrayim - or Hachaim

בני השפחות משעבדים בהם ושמחים בצרתם - רש״י Why does Rashi have to add that they rejoiced in the troubles of the Jewish ppl?

Nice Pshat of Sfas Emes on משכו ידיכם מעבודה זרה

‘Esav should be well compensated for his services' - Previous Rebbe - related to the מעשי השם

The Alter Rebbes interpretation of יציאת מצרים is contrary to מעשי השם

Great pshat from sefer מעשי השם on the meaning of the Exodus being ביד חזקה - with a mighty hand

Why does it say that if Paroh will say תנו לכם מופת? Why not just תנו מופת?

First part of the Rebbes maamar - The Essence of Chanukah

Famous question- why is Chanukah 8 days? Kedushas Levi

The excrements of Yitzchok's donkeys are preferred over the gold and silver of Avimelech

How Sara teaches us about true Simcha - maamar

The amazing story with Baal Shem Tov and the bishop and the reason Reb Pinchos Koritzer didnt recite Tachnun on the 3rd of Kislev

Rosh Chodesh Kislev in tanach according to Chasam Sofer is a day of atonement like Yom Kippur.

How Avrohom protected himself when buying the מערת המכפילה against דינא דבר מצרא

Beautiful pshat from פנים יפות on לספוד לשרה ולבכותה

Why was the mitzva of sanctification of the new month given to moshe and Aharon

לספוד לשרה ולבכותה Why Avrohom cried when he lost his wife Sarah

The Riziner brought healing to the sick with his mind, while the Belzer with his hands - great story

Beautiful insight of the holy Riziner on Eleh Toldos Noach- Today is his yartzeit

Geshmake Torah Or on בראשית ברא אלוקים

A creative way to connect the disobedience of the Earth with the sin of the Etz Hadaas based on the principle of אין שליח לדבר עבירה

Was the sin of the Etz Hadaas caused by the Earth's disobedience? Ponim Yofos

2 beautiful analogies of how darkness serves as a prelude to light

Why is Creation designed cyclically? The Holy Riziner

אין המקרא הזה אומר אלא דורשיני - פשט מהצדיק מרוזין

What is the meaning of the separation of of lower waters from the upper waters

Why would the Nations of the world, according to Rashi, accuses us as committing theft? Didn't all nations engage in conquest?

Rashi's question as to Why does the Torah begins with story of Creation?

A mystical translation of the mitzvah of השבת אבידה

Great story with רשב״ם and רבינו תם regarding the Mitzvah לא תחרוש בשור ובחמור יחדו

Geshmaker Sicho on the connection between קידושין and גטין in the parsha

The שמחה of Elul - Rebbe׳s fascinating explanation as to why there's no mitzva for שמחה on אלול as we have on a יום טוב