When life feels like a treadmill, and each of us just a face in the crowd, mitzvah observance may easily become rote, tedious, and redundant. How much, in the long run, do we really matter -- or our adherence to faith? The Avner Institute presents the Rebbe’s insights on the impact of ritual, which is subjective and dependent on the individual; and the wisdom of our Sages, who discretely knew what secrets of the Torah to reveal and what to conceal.

A mother writes, worried over her young son’s future. Is college the way to go? The Avner Institute presents the response, where the Rebbe’s insights on the dangers of higher education affirm the spiritual over the secular.