Rabbi Velvl Butman

B”H Click Here: Chabad Inspiration Hi Wishing you Gut Shabbos. Shabbat Shalom! Candle Lighting - Metro New York Friday April 28 - Iyar 7 7:31pm Embracing Focus & Pleasure Sweetness is a pleasure. In Jewish tradition we wish each other “A Sweet Year”. Sweetness is not only food, sweetness is also the quality of life. Ironically sometimes we first experience friction before we arrive to a sweet resolution and reconciliation.  In Lekutei Torah -Acharei- the Alter Rebbe explains the idea of Teshuva, returning to our Father in Heaven. The Alter Rebbe asks: since G-d is everywhere, how can one be distant? How can you return if you never left? The Alter Rebbe explains the process of Teshuva - Returning by using an analogy of two people standing back to back of each other. Although they are standing together, they are as far apart of each other as possible. But all that is needed, is for them to turn around and face each other.  They do not need to change location. They just ...

B”H Click Here: Chabad Inspiration Hi Wishing you Gut Shabbos. Shabbat Shalom! Candle Lighting Friday April 21 - Nissan 30 Metro New York 7:23pm Joy Violins & Ecstasy Happiness is a most desired wish of people around the world. The USA Declaration of Independence, July 4 1776, famously states “We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness”.  In Lekutei Torah -Tazria- the Alter Rebbe explains why the Torah says that certain punishments from Heaven are the result of not serving the Creator with joy and a happy heart.  The Alter Rebbe explains that it is not a punishment. It is just that when one removes the protective shield then consequently the person is exposed to certain dangers. Since no person is perfect and no person is without sin, therefore we all need Divine protection.  Serving G-d with joy and happ...