Rabbi Dr. Abraham J. Twerski
Time for a Rosh Hashanah Overhaul
True teshuvah is not just turning away from sin, but becoming the kind of person for whom that sin is no longer conceivable.
Yom Kippur Rx: A Dose of Healthy Guilt
Guilt is an emotional pain which is as essential to life and health as physical pain.
Experiencing the Power of Mitzvot
Although we abstain from work on Shabbat, we would be less than honest if we claimed to observe it to the fullest.
Faith in Suffering
Often misery strikes for no apparent reason, and the victim’s suffering is intensified because it appears to be unjust. Why should the innocent suffer?
Why Is It So Hard to Change? The Six Obstacles to Teshuvah
“Of course a person should do teshuvah, but I am a bit puzzled. I observe Shabbos, I keep kosher and taharas hamishpachah. I daven every day, I attend a Daf…
Out of a Job? Don’t Give Up! The Power of Positive Thinking
It is certainly awful to lose one’s job, but it is worse to lose one’s self.
Are You an Internet Addict?
While technology has given us many near-miraculous inventions that have certainly improved our lives, it has ushered in a number of problems. Knowledge might appear to always be good, but…