Aharon’s sons, Nadav and Avihu, each took his pan, put fire in them, and placed incense upon it, and they brought foreign fire before God, which He had not commanded them. (Vayikra10:1)

Parashas Tzav-HaGadol, Issue #941 – By Pinchas Winston.

IT IS HARD to live constantly aware. It is very taxing and often quite overwhelming. We have a difficult enough time just consciously focusing on the really important matters in life, let alone the everyday ones as well. Thank God for the unconscious mind…which basically handles about 80-90 percent of a person’s day!

Parashas Vayikra, Issue #940 – By Pinchas Winston

LIFE IS EXTREMELY complicated and so phenomenally complex. And yet, it all comes does to only ONE thing, one’s relationship with God. Is it good? Is it bad? Are you close to or distant from Him. Anything and everything else is secondary to these questions.

Parashas Vayakhel-Pekuday, Issue #939 – By Pinchas Winston.

I HAD A tangerine for breakfast this morning, and it was quite the KABBALISTIC experience. To begin with, it looked perfect, the color, the shape, everything about it. It was largish, so it also looked easy to peel. And I wasn’t disappointed once I actually ate it, because it tasted every…

When you take the sum of the Children of Israel according to their numbers, let each one give to God an atonement for his soul when they are counted. Then there will be no plague among them when they are counted. (Shemos 30:12)