Monthly Archives: May 2019

A person who drives himself ambitiously to earn his livelihood is like the passenger who impatiently pushes the wall of the train in a vain attempt to make it move faster. All of a person’s income is determined on Rosh … Continue reading →

Be careful not to consider yourself wicked.  A person who considers himself wicked will not try to improve and is likely to become worse than he is now. ~ Hamaspik L’ovdai Hashem, p. 68

Someone might commit an evil act, yet be a better person than you – kinder, more generous. ~ Kotzker Rebbe zt”l

Our bodies are earth stations enabling our souls to survive on earth until they return to the world of spirit whence they came. ~ R’ Shraga Silverstein zt”l

Remember this, if you can – there is nothing, nothing more precious than time.  You probably feel you have a measureless supply of it, but you haven’t.  Wasted hours destroy your life just as surely at the beginning as at … Continue reading →

Even the local dullard knows something you don’t. Learn from him, from her, learn from everyone. ~ The Kotzker Rebbe zt”l

One of the songs that discuss Reb Shimon Bar Yocahi’s praises is “Bar Yochai” – “the son of Yochai.”  Why don’t we call Reb Shimon by his name?  Why does this song call him by his father’s name? Perhaps it’s … Continue reading →

According to one Midrash, the mon started to come down on Lag b’Omer.  Therefore, Lag b’Omer is an ideal day to daven for parnassah.  It is also known that it is certainly mesugal for refuah. ~ R’ Elimelech Biderman Shlita … Continue reading →

A Jew cannot imagine just how joyous he will be in Heaven if only one forbidden thought will be detracted from his record. ~ The Vilna Gaon zt”l

A busy life makes davening  to Hashem harder, but davening to Hashem makes a busy life easier!