hasidic

How Many Candles Are Needed for Hanukkah?

Keeping your menorah lit all eight days.

How Hasidic Wisdom Can Elevate Mealtime

Hasidic philosophy on how to eat "for the sake of heaven."

Hasidic Wisdom on Overcoming Obstacles

The key to overcoming obstacles in life is not to meet them with force.

How Hasidic Wisdom Can Change Your Relationship to the Natural World

Hasidic wisdom offers an alternative to the dominant Jewish paradigm which places human needs at the center of our relationship with the earth and its creatures.

How Hasidic Wisdom Can Improve Your Life

Hasidism is a philosophy of devotion, not self-help. But that doesn't mean it won't improve your life.

Hasidic Wisdom on Healing Inner Demons

These practices are grounded in the Hasidic insight that all experiences, even difficult ones, are manifestations of the divine.

How to Talk to God

The Hasidic prayer practice of hitbodedut — talking to God freely in one's native tongue — helps to build intimacy over time.

In God’s Image: B’tselem Elohim

Jewish texts teach that all humans are created in the image of God.

Haredim (Charedim), or Ultra-Orthodox Jews

You've seen the black hats and long dresses--but who are the people underneath?

Sarah Schenirer

The founder of the Bais Ya'akov educational movement brought a revolution in the status of women in Orthodox Judaism.