Monthly Archives: February 2020

I have a precious gift in My treasure vault,” God told Moshe.  “It’s name is Shabbat.  I intend to give this gift to the Jewish people.  Go inform them.” ~ Shabbat 10b

Children rarely appreciate what their mothers do for them (until, perhaps, they have children of their own), so it is a real chesed shel emes (true kindness) to care for small children.  If a housewife had the opportunity to perform … Continue reading →

Sometimes, after many years, we feel like maybe it is okay to speak lashon hara…. The gemara relates a story of a certain student who revealed a secret that was 22 years old!  Rabbi Ami expelled him from the Bais … Continue reading →

Rebbe Nachman (of Breslov) says…Why are you so sad?  Because everything goes wrong in your life.  But, gevalt, do you know why everything goes wrong?  Because you are so sad. ~ R’ Shlomo Carlebach zt”l

One of this generation’s greatest problems is that people don’t recognize on what level they truly are. – Rebbe Rayatz Yosef Yitzhok Schneersohn Sorry, I sent the wrong one earlier.

Achievement always comes to the person who is looking for it, but not to the person who is just waiting for it.

One should limit one’s weekday expenditures in order to save money to honor the Shabbat.  Let no one say, “How am I ever going to save anything?” On the contrary, the more one spends for Shabbat, the more one will … Continue reading →

Achievement always comes to the person who is looking for it but not to the person who is just waiting for it.

An integral part of faith includes one’s verbal statement – “I shall do this, God willing,” as one is about to execute anything, whether it be big or small. ~ Shelah HaKadosh

A person should never say “I am so unclean because of my transgressions and impure thoughts, how can I study Torah and defile its glorious beauty? I will wait until I purify myself and then I will study Torah with … Continue reading →