Dwelling for G-d in the Physical World, A

A fresh, very readable adaptation of chapter five of the classic maamar, Basi LeGani.

How we serve as G-d's partners by using the physical world around us to serve a higher purpose.

Why did G-d create the world in such a way that we can only experience redemption after having first endured the hardships of exile?

Does my generation, witnessing skyrocketing divorce rates and illicit affairs plastered across the media, even believe that true love is possible? Do we realize what we are missing?

A deeper meaning to why the copper wash-basin in the Temple was made from mirrors used by the Jewish women to beautify themselves throughout their slavery in Egypt.

If not for the scrolls, there would be no reason for plain old doorposts...

It’s the dull and ugly work that cultivates the lowest turf, dragging down the awareness of G‑d to the lowest plane and helping Him to fulfill His desire.

We may distract ourselves, party away, get carried off by all types of stimulation and entertainment; but at the end of the day, that silent, isolated center beckons from within...

Galut (or golus, spelled גלות) means exile. Nearly 2,000 years ago the Jewish nation was driven out of its homeland and sent off into a tear-soaked galut that lasts to this very day. We wait and yearn for the day when our galut and suffering come to an en...

We awake with the belief that justice and goodness will prevail, despite the news that bombards us with overwhelming misery, hopelessness, despair and unfairness. Take a look in the mirror and see that miracle...