Monthly Archives: March 2015

Learning to Talk

In youth, one learns to talk; in maturity, one learns to be silent. This is man’s problem: that he learns to talk before he learns to be silent.  ~ R’ Nachman of Breslov zt”l

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The City of Happiness

Mishe Nichnas Adar Marbim BiSimcha, is generally translated as “When Adar begins, we increase in joy.”  As we are in the month of Adar, with Purim just a few days away, we should be feeling especially happy.  However, read this incredible … Continue reading

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Speaking about someone in their Presence

Speaking loshon hora about someone in his presence is very serious even if your sole intention is mentioning his faults to criticize him constructively.  Corrective comments should be delivered privately.  Offending someone publicly is loshon hora and constitutes a grave … Continue reading

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