Someone notifies you that your son has been badly wounded, rushed by helicopter from the battlefield to the hospital. Nearly berserk, you get in the car and drive as fast as you can to the hospital… [Read more...]

The Assuta Hospital in Ashdod does fabulous work. They've treated many of our soldiers that were injured in Gaza. There's a helicopter landing pad right behind the hospital to enable quick transport of battle casualties from Gaza to here for treatment as fast as… [Read more...]

Lewd, evil and idolatrous thoughts all come from Fantasy World. This is a domain under the exclusive control of the evil inclination. It shows a person illusions of extreme pleasure which are none other than dark-side spirits to lower the victim to the depths of depression. Here's how to avoid… [Read more...]

Psalm 107 is the psalm of thanksgiving, especially obligating a person who survives a dangerous situation. The psalm mentions four cycles of peril and deliverance. These constitute the four groups who are particularly required to thank Hashem for rescuing… [Read more...]

To find the right soul mate, you have to look for a soul mate, not a body mate. Why and what's the difference? Just as the body is finite and the soul is not, a body-based relationship is sorely finite but a soul-based relationship is… [Read more...]

An interviewer once asked me what I most like about Lebanon. I answered: the cedar trees. He asked me what else. I answered: the mosquitoes, between JabJennine and Sultan Yacoub. In 1982, they saved my life. Here's the amazing story from "Shlom HaGalil", the First Lebanon… [Read more...]

The evil inclination with its three layers resembles an almond. On the outside, there's a course shell. Once you break through that, there's a thin husk that clings to the meat of the nut. Yet on the inside, there's a fine biochemical – glycoside – that's dangerous, because the body breaks it… [Read more...]

Imagine that a rich man is cruising on his yacht. He's a billionaire with every amenity in life. Yet, he's always complaining. That's the "whine-o", addicted to whining and the biggest ingrate imaginable. On a national level, such behavior is catastrophic…… [Read more...]

Many offer flowery advice for staying calm under pressure, but unfortunately, not much of the textbook and magazine ideas hold up when the bombs are falling, as they say in the… [Read more...]

People on high levels of emuna and observance of Torah rise to a level where their evil inclination is a holy angel. On a very high level, we find lofty type of angel that fought with Jacob. A similar angel pounced on King David, in the episode of… [Read more...]

King David reviews the magnificent miracles that Hashem did for the Jewish Nation since the dawn of its history. Psalm 105 is also the certificate of birthright that Hashem grants His chosen people – the deed to the Land of Israel. … [Read more...]

Jealousy is a useless negative emotion that the evil inclination uses to disarm you. It wastes a lot of your brain power, clarity and self-composure. Worst of all, it gets you down on yourself. In that respect, jealousy wastes your life. Don't let it! Here's what you can do right… [Read more...]