by Mordechai Dixler | Jan 24, 2019 | Lifeline
What happens when you hear something that truly inspires you? What do you “take home” afterwards? I once heard that there are three possible reactions people might have. Some will simply shrug it off, thinking, “it really wasn’t important to...
by Mordechai Dixler | Jan 11, 2019 | Lifeline
Rabbi Sholom Schwadron ztl, the famed Magid (storyteller and inspirational speaker) of Jerusalem, would tell the story of an Israeli soldier who was terribly anxious and fearful in the middle of a heavy battle. Bullets and explosives were landing all around him, and...
by Mordechai Dixler | Jan 3, 2019 | Lifeline
Moshe (Moses) came to the Jewish people to tell them their exile would soon be coming to an end. Yet what was their response? “They did not listen to Moshe, because of their shortened spirit and hard work” [Ex. 6:9]. G-d then tells Moshe to go to Pharaoh,...
by Mordechai Dixler | Dec 27, 2018 | Lifeline
Our ability to see is the strongest of our senses. What we see penetrates our inner conscience, and can guide us towards right or wrong. Visual media is so attractive and popular because it touches the core, the soul, of the human being. When advertisers want to drive...
by Mordechai Dixler | Dec 13, 2018 | Lifeline
What makes you cry? Some cry at weddings and other happy moments. Others, in times of deep sadness and loss. When Yosef (Joseph) overheard his brothers express regret for selling him as a slave, he cried. When they brought his brother Binyamin down to Egypt to see...
