The double three truths, that span literally from the beginning of time to today – Jews are kind; normal gentiles are good; and cruel gentiles are antisemites; but correspondingly: Jews seem to have a never ending supply of naive trust in evil gentiles – the good gentiles will refuse to do anything aka America and Britain until they themselves get attacked – and the savage gentles will use every opportunity to be savage

Reality, the only reality, to the exclusion of all fantasies

    As the Rebbe teaches, there is only one true reality, but many false human constructs   And the one true reality, revealed from Kabbalah through the Rebbe, in his final major address is as follows: life is an eternal, cosmic, development process   Both collectively and individually, we are, shall and eternally will,Continue reading “Reality, the only reality, to the exclusion of all fantasies”

Recently I had an interesting discussion with a very learned man – especially in the Rebbe’s talks – the discussion was, what was the Rebbe’s message regarding Moshiach?!

    He felt the Rebbe effectively is calling us to action – I felt that the Rebbe is waking us up to a new paradigm – in other words, the Rebbe’s call, though it leads to action is not about action; rather, it is a reality check – “You are not living in exileContinue reading “Recently I had an interesting discussion with a very learned man – especially in the Rebbe’s talks – the discussion was, what was the Rebbe’s message regarding Moshiach?!”

The attitude that prevents attitude

Fundamentally as the Alter Rebbe teaches us, we can either believe we deserve what we get, hence with everything we get – as often happens in marriage – we believe we are now entitled to more – hence nothing can ever make such a person (maybe you and me) happy, for as you can easilyContinue reading “The attitude that prevents attitude”

The Final Frontier

    The final frontier, the apex, the point that there is no further point, ultimately, the redemption, the destination, the goal of humanity!   For thousands of years humanity struggled in darkness!   However, beneath the technicalities of Judaism lies a simple, simple, simple; difficult, difficult, difficult; practice, which is the very raison d’êtreContinue reading “The Final Frontier”