Parasha Insights - Chabad of Great Neck

The Power of Believing in Others

Friday, June 26, 2026 - 2:46 PM

There was once a rabbi who dedicated his life to teaching the importance of loving children.

One day, he saw children playing near freshly poured concrete outside his home. Their little footprints were damaging the work, and he became upset and began reprimanding them.

A congregant was surprised and asked, “Rabbi, how can this be? You have spent your entire life teaching love and patience with children.”

The rabbi smiled and replied: “You must understand, I love children in the abstract, but not always in the concrete.”

We laugh because the story reveals a deep truth: it is easy to love an ideal. The real test is when life becomes complicated.

This week’s Parshah, Chukat and B… Read More »

No Brother or Sister Left Behind

Monday, June 22, 2026 - 3:56 PM

Four Catholic mothers and a Jewish mother were having coffee together.

The first said, “My son is a priest. People call him ‘Father.’”

The second said, “My son is a bishop. They call him ‘Your Grace.’”

The third said, “My son is a cardinal. They call him ‘Your Eminence.’”

The fourth smiled and said, “My son is the Pope. People call him ‘Your Holiness.’”

They all turned to the Jewish mother.

She replied, “My son is argumentative, confrontational, self-centered, impossible, and irrational. When he walks into a room, people say, ‘Oh my G-d!’”

The joke is funny because it contains a deeper truth. Jews have never… Read More »

The Five Languages of Love

Friday, June 19, 2026 - 4:00 PM

A man once turned to a couple and said, “You two are very negative.”

They replied, “Yes! But remember, two negatives make a positive.”

We laugh, but there is a deeper truth. Every relationship has its own language. The challenge is not only to love, but also to know how the other person receives love.

A famous marriage counselor, Dr. Gary Chapman, discovered that people express and experience love in five different ways:

Words of affirmation.
Quality time.
Giving gifts.
Acts of service.
Physical touch.

Two people may truly love each other, yet still feel distant because they are speaking different languages.

The fascinating truth is that the Torah revealed this idea thousands of year… Read More »

The People Who Changed The World!

Thursday, June 4, 2026 - 3:55 PM

One Yom Kippur, in the middle of Musaf, the rabbi suddenly fell to the floor beside the bimah and cried:

“O G-d! Before You, I am nothing!”

The chazzan was so inspired that he immediately threw himself to the ground and cried:

“O G-d! Before You, I am nothing!”

A moment later, Saul Blumenthal jumped from the back row, prostrated himself in the aisle, and shouted:

“O G-d! Before You, I am nothing!”

The chazzan nudged the rabbi and whispered:

“Look who thinks he's nothing.”

The joke is funny because it exposes a painful truth: sometimes even humility can become a source of pride.

A man was promoted to Vice President of his company. The title went straight to his head. He bragged… Read More »