Tag: Mussar


  • Mussar Without Love Is Noise — Yaakov Shows Us the Only Way

    In Parshat Vayeitzei, when Yaakov arrives at the well in Charan after his dream, he sees shepherds waiting around instead of tending their flocks. He eventually rebukes them — “The day is still long… give the sheep to drink and go pasture them.” But before he says a word of criticism, the Torah highlights something…

  • The Longest Distance: Head to Heart—Starts with One Step

    There’s a story I heard once about a religious man who got into a taxi in Israel.  As often happens, the driver struck up a conversation. “I can tell you’re religious,” the cab driver said. “I have a friend who became religious through a crazy story.” He continued: “My friend and I served in the…