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Recently I’ve been having trouble sleeping at night (again). Obviously the late-night hours affects my productivity the next day, because I either sleep late...

“The reason why the world is far from Hashem…is ONLY because they don’t have yishuv hadaas, [the ability to unite with their “present moment awareness”]. The...

Rebbe Nachman said many times that the essential tool in ascending in Avodas Hashem is simcha, real joy. So much of what the rebbe taught was advice how to b...

In Torah 25, Rebbe Nachman writes about spiritually ascending from level to level. He says that at the entrance, so to speak, of every new level there are kl...

“You should know, [Hashem’s] presence fills the entire earth and there is no place that is empty of Him…Even if someone does business [far away from his home...

Is there an end in sight to all of our struggling? In Torah 72, Rebbe Nachman teaches thought even a complete victory over the physical and emotional appetit...

On a recent road trip I organized with some friends in Northern Israel, it became all too clear that executing the entire itinerary was a far-away dream. At ...

This is my one hundredth post on this blog! King David called his hundredth Psalm “A song of thanks”, so I’d like to also take this opportunity and express m...

The Holy Arizal said that he merited his exalted levels of Divine spirit from all of his toil to find joy in performing mitzvos. How does one enjoy performin...

Why do we replay old uncomfortable episodes in our heads time and again? Granted, we’re not that happy with how we acted or reacted, but what’s the point in ...

“Greatness isn’t about accomplishing more, but about fully appreciating what you already accomplish.” –  Davy Dombrowsky It’s hard to be mindful these days. ...

In Tinyana 24 the Rebbe lit up the world with the famous words that we can’t live without: “מצוה גדולה להיות בשמחה תמיד” “It’s a great mitzvah to be constant...

Today is the yahrtzeit of Rabbi Yisrael Dov Ber Odesser z”l, known as Sabba Yisrael. He was the leader of the Na Nach movement who died in 1994. Late last ni...

“You should know that every type of wisdom in the world has a unique song. In fact, it’s from that particular song, where we draw the wisdom…Faith also has a...

The Talmud describes the events at Mt. Sinai. “When the Jews said they would perform the mitzvos even before they heard what the mitzvos were, also known as ...

One of the basic tenets of coming back to God is confession. (Maimonides, Laws of Repentance 1:1). In Torah 178 Rebbe Nachman astutely acknowledges that ther...

Rebbe Nachman tells a story of a certain tzaddik who became so depressed that he couldn’t get out of bed. He tried whatever possible to bring himself joy but...

It’s really very simple. We all want the same thing. We just want to be happy. In fact, even our limited understanding of the next world is associated with h...

How do we define ourselves? What makes us special? Rebbe Nachman, a major promoter of happiness, gave advice how to be truly joyous. In תנינא כ״ג he gives a ...