Rabbi Velvl Butman

B"H Click Here: Chabad Inspiration Hi Wishing you Gut Shabbos. Shabbat Shalom! Candle Lighting Friday May 12 - Iyar 21 Metro New York 7:45pm Sisters Gratitude & Enjoyment  Siblings are one of the closest relationships in life. Within the family structure, sisters often enjoy a special connection with their brothers. There is a unique bond between a sister and brother.  In Lekutei Torah -Behar- the Alter Rebbe asks why when King Solomon speaks of the love between G-d and the Jewish people does King Solomon sometimes choose from all the loving relationships of life to use the metaphor of the love of a brother to a sister? The Alter Rebbe explains that this is because the Hebrew word for sister is Achoti, אחותי, which means to join and connect. Connecting two entities into one. So too are G-d and the Jewish people inherently connected as one.  Every Jew is born with a naturally built in love for our Father in Heaven. אהבה טבעית.  Even if at times this love seems to ...

B”H Click Here: Chabad Inspiration Hi Wishing you Gut Shabbos. Shabbat Shalom! Candle Lighting Friday May 5 - Iyar 14 Metro New York 7:38pm Dedicated in honor of the Yortzeit of the Rebbe’s Brother Rabbi Yosroel Arye Leib 13 Iyar (1952) Motivation Diamonds  & Self Esteem  Diamonds and precious stones are beautiful. Yet usually when they are first discovered in the ground, they are covered with sand and dirt etc. But when you clean them and polish them they begin to sparkle and shine. They reveal their pre existing innate beauty. The human being is the same.  In Lekutei Torah -Emor- the Alter Rebbe explains that each person is a precious stone. A Sapphire. When we count the 49 days of the Omer between Passover and Shavuos - the anniversary of the Ten Commandments- we successfully remove the sand and dirt which cover and hide our inner beauty and we repair our personality flaws.  Self Esteem is when you can embrace all of yourself including your past flaws. Th...