The Sefer תשועת חן brings from R’ Falek, that Yitzchak Avinu told Eisav: וְהָיָה כַּאֲשֶׁר תָּרִיד - When you add תרי”ד instead of תרי”ג, and you make that people should have one more extra chumrah then they need to, וּפָרַקְתָּ עֻלּוֹ מֵעַל צַוָּארֶ...

We tend to think of יראת שמים as being afraid of some sort of divine punishment. And there's a story of a chusid who came back from Kubryn, and all the chassidim gathered around, and they desperately wanted to hear what he’s bringing back from the...

I would think that angels could just fly up to the heavens and back down, so why do they need a ladder? There’s a quote that says “The elevator to success is broken, please use the stairs.” We can’t fly like angels, but when we realize that the...

Rabbi Shimon Semp, Rosh Yeshiva Talpios inspires through bringing Jewish spiritual concepts, with Chassidic Torah teachings down to earth. Collecting anecdotes, sayings, and Divrei Torah from Chabad, Breslav, and other Hasidic masters and Rebbes. Lis...

Rabbi Shimon Semp, Rosh Yeshiva Talpios inspires through bringing Jewish spiritual concepts, with Chassidic Torah teachings down to earth. Collecting anecdotes, sayings, and Divrei Torah from Chabad, Breslav, and other Hasidic masters and Rebbes. Lis...

Rabbi Shimon Semp, Rosh Yeshiva Talpios inspires through bringing Jewish spiritual concepts, with Chassidic Torah teachings down to earth. Collecting anecdotes, sayings, and Divrei Torah from Chabad, Breslav, and other Hasidic masters and Rebbes. Lis...

And so many times we thought that we’re missing the things that we need. You don’t have money, the people in your life aren’t doing what you want them to do, and situations don't work out. And we yell to Hashem לָמָּה גָנַבְתָּ אֶת אֱלֹהָי just like ...

Have you ever read Reb Nachmans חכם ותם and wonder How exactly is the תם experiencing all these different tastes in his bread and water ?? (if you didn't... Well then you should 😄)...

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That night when Rochel gives Leah the simanim and her future.. Did she even know that she would ever marry Yaakov?...

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Yaakov Avinu has one of the most spiritually enlightening moments that the Torah describes: Angels going up and down, and having Hashem revealing himself to him. And the Baal Shem Tov said: You know what got him to that place? וַיֵּצֵא יַעֲקֹב מִ...

וַיִּפְגַּע בַּמָּקוֹם - And he came to the place. The Chassidic masters said that המקום is the code for the name of Hashem, like when you say המקום ינחם. וַיִּפְגַּע בַּמָּקוֹם - And Yaakov Avinu experienced Hashem. Said R’ Dovid'l Lelover: You ...

Let's imagine you have somebody who is a few hundred pounds overweight, morbidly obese, and he goes in to the doctor, and the doctor tries to explain to him a hundred different ways that he has to go on a diet, and it doesn't work. So the doctor ...

The holy Ishbitzer says, that Yaakov Avinu told Lavan when he came and he said למה גנבת את אלוהי - Why did you steal my gods? So he said, by whomever you'll find your gods, לא יחיה - Shouldn't live. Yakkov Avinu was cursing? So he says no, he ...

Everything about this Parsha is about sheep. We talk about striped sheep, we talk about spotted sheep, and everything we talk about Yaakov Avinu is about his relationship to his sheep. And the Tzadikim taught us, that sheep represents תמימות, beca...