Rabbi Velvl Butman

Click Here: Chabad Inspiration Hi Wishing you Gut Shabbos. Shabbat Shalom! Candle Lighting July 14 - Tamuz 25 Metro New York 8:08pm Journeys Circles & Success People enjoy traveling. Tourism is one of the largest industries in the world. From hotels to airlines, from restaurants to photography, vacation travel is an opportunity of rejuvenating and relaxing.  In Lekutei Torah -Masei- the Alter Rebbe explains the importance of the Jewish people traveling to 42 locations as they left Egypt. The Alter Rebbe asks: why does the Torah use the plural of travel when it describes their exedus of Egypt? Leaving Egypts is only one journey, why the word מסעי - Ma’sei which means travels in the plural? The Alter Rebbe explains:  The Exodus of Egypt is more then just physical geography. The exedus of Egypt is our journey from a slave culture, a slave mentality, to a refined elevated state of inner refinement and true inner freedom. To remove the shackles of bondage, in our personality an...

BH Year of Hakhel Click Here: Chabad Inspiration Hi Wishing you Gut Shabbos. Shabbat Shalom! Candle Lighting Friday July 7 - Tamuz 18 Metro New York 8:11pm Opportunities Life & Rejuvenating  Modern culture is always looking for ways for people of all ages to be youthful. People want to turn the clock back, sometimes more successfully then others.  In Lekutei Torah -Pinchas- the Alter Rebbe explains how in Judaism we are blessed with the gift to always  successfully turn the clock back and rejuvenate.  We can always go back in time and repair our spiritual past. By doing a new Mitzvah now we can always allow our soul to be infused with new vitality. New good energy.  The Alter Rebbe explain that when a person’s soul returns to Heaven at the end of their mission of life in the physical world, they no longer have free choice to repair their negative deeds and their negative energy. But as long as a person is alive they have free choice to repair the negative pa...