Dovber Pinson

Each month and season of the year, radiates with distinct Divine qualities and unique opportunities for growth and Tikkun. The summer month of Tamuz and Av contain the longest and hottest days of the year. The raised temperature is indicative of a corresponding spiritual heat, a time of harsher judgement and potential destruction, such as the destructions of the first and second Beis HaMikdash, which began on the 17th of Tamuz and culminated on the 9th and 10th of Av. A few days later, on Tu b'Av, the darkness is transformed and reveals the greatest light and possibility for new life. During these summer months of Tamuz and Av we embrace our brokenness so that we can heal and transform darkness into light.

Each month of the year radiates with a distinct qualityand provides unique opportunities for personal growth and illumination. The month of IYYAR is the second month of the spring, a month that connects the Redemption from Egypt in Nissan with the Revelation of Torah in Sivan. The Chai/ Eighteenth day of the Month is the day we celebrate the Rashbi (Rabbi Shimon Bar Yochai) and the revealing of the hidden aspects of the Torah. This is the 'Holiday' of Lag b'Omer. The mental, emotional, and spiritual objective of this month is to build a healthy sense of self, and to find the unity within the yearning and apparent state of separation.

Each month of the year radiates with a distinct quality and provides unique opportunities for personal growth and illumination. Shevat falls decidedly in the winter season, yet it also signals the first stirrings of spring and new life. The midpoint of the month, Tu b'Shevat, is a day we celebrate as the "New Year of the Trees", which represents the awakening of the sap that has lain dormant all winter. The mental, emotional, and spiritual objective of this month is to create healthy relationships with our physical appetites -- and most specifically with food.

What is the Bris Milah, the 'covenant through circumcision'? What does it represent, symbolize and signify? In this little masterpiece of wisdom -- profound yet accessible, Rav DovBer Pinson reveals the deeper meaning of this essential rite of passage. An in depth and sensitive review of this fundamental Mitzvah.

What is the Bris Milah - the 'covenant through circumcision'? What does it represent, symbolize and signify? In this little masterpiece of wisdom --profound yet accessible, Rav DovBer Pinson reveals the deeper meaning of this essential rite of passage and eternal link to the Jewish people. An in depth and sensitive review of a fundamental Mitzvah.

Each autumn we celebrate Sukkos anew, and with it many unusual and intriguing Mitvos, including the Mitzvah of gathering the Four Species. The Arba Minim, or Four Species, have inspired countless commentaries and traditions and intrigued scholars and mystics alike. With their rich symbolism they invoke wonder, and evoke our senses. In this little masterpiece of wisdom -- both profound and practical - Rav DovBer Pinson explores the deep symbolic roots and nature of the Four Species. The Na'anuim, or ritual of the Lulav movement, is meticulously detailed and Kavanos, or meditations, are offered for use with the practice. Includes an illustrated guide to the Lulav Movements.