What the Rebbe Taught Me

The Need to Feel Needed

By Mendel Kalmenson

The greatest motivator for extraordinary human endeavor is a sense of purpose and mission.

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In Love with G-d

On the Essence of Prayer

By Mendel Kalmenson

Like divers who plunge to the depths of the sea in search of treasures, we submerge in the murky waters of a material world in order to uncover buried divinity. And like divers, we too must come up for oxygen. Prayer is that breath of fresh air...

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The Bitter Waters of Marah: You See What You Are

By Mendel Kalmenson

Two chassidim from Odessa once traveled to their rebbe in pursuit of a blessing. In a private audience, the first one was asked, “How are things in Odessa? Are the young people pious? Are they passionate in their service of G‑d?”

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