Rabbi Velvl Butman

Click Here: Chabad Inspiration Hi Wishing you Gut Shabbos. Shabbat Shalom! Candle Lighting Friday December 30 - Teves 6 Metro New York 4:19pm Freedom Humilty & Smiles Everybody likes a great opportunity. History has seen many people who had amazing opportunities, but squandered it because of their ego. Their arrogance got into the way.  The art of humility, has helped many successful people to listen to good advice and as a result they had huge success.  It gives one the freedom to choose wisely.  In Lekutei Torah -Vayigash- the Alter Rebbe explains that ego causes a person to make wrong decisions. The ego blinds one’s judgment. Especially when a person has a great opportunity but there is someone whom they don’t like who will also benefit.  The ego driven person can foolishly miss the good opportunity because they don’t want the other person to succeed.  When G-d offered the famous sinner Yerovom Ben Nevot to return to G-d, חזור בך, he asked G-d: who will l...

Click Here: Chabad Inspiration Hi Wishing you Gut Shabbos. Shabbat Shalom! Happy Chanukah! Candle Lighting Friday December 23 - Kislev 29 Metro New York 4:15pm Chanukah Resilience & Joy  Success requires resilience. To March forward in the face of challenges. Success also requires obedience. To follow the rules, despite sometimes not understanding why this particular rule and this exact formula is necessary.  In Lekutei Torah -Miketz Chanukah- the Alter Rebbe draws a parallel between the paradox of life and the paradox of a burning oil candle.  The oil itself does not shine and illuminate. In fact if you dip the flame into oil it will extinguish the fire. Only when the wick draws a small amount of  oil and the oil is consumed, does the oil produce the flame of the fire. It is the fire, produced by the oil, which shines brightly and illuminates the darkness.  The same is true regarding a Mitzvah, a Divine commandment. We may not see the logic and reason for t...

Click Here: Chabad Inspiration Hi Wishing you Gut Shabbos. Shabbat Shalom! Candle Lighting Friday December 16 - Kislev 22 Metro New York 4:12pm Chanukah Praises & Happy Education The future of a nation or a movement is linked to successfully educating the young generation,  thereby securing a bright future. From the times of the first Jewish parents, Avrohom and Sara, nearly 4000 years ago, the Jewish home has always invested it’s greatest resources and highest priorities in education.  The Chashmonaim of the Chanukah story are a proud proof of the power of a proper Jewish education. A small group of proud educated  Torah Jews overcame the mighty forces of a secular army.  In Lekutei Torah -Vayeishev- the Alter Rebbe explains how the message of the Chanukah candles gives us the keys to a successful happy education.  Especially since the word Chanukah is connected to the Hebrew word Chinuch, חינוך, which means Education.  The Alter Rebbe explains th...