Monthly Archives: September 2020

In my youth, I was considered a bright and diligent student.  How did I accomplish this?  I tricked my yetzer hara.  Other children had great plans at the beginning of the school year for the whole year, but in the … Continue reading →

If you are experiencing trials and tribulations, know that it is simply Hashem trying to start a conversation with you. With emuna, a person can start to see their suffering as a sort of “love letter” from Hashem, telling them: … Continue reading →

The Ralbag teaches that you should have a reasonable fear of potential danger and guard yourself form harm.  While you should work on overcoming unnecessary worrying, have a healthy concern for your welfare and sensibly guard yourself from harm.  Overcoming … Continue reading →

The true cause of being unable to comprehend Torah learning is one’s feeling of discouragement.  It’s not that people get discouraged because they don’t understand.  Rather, discouragement is the cause of not understanding! ~ Steipler Goan

Even if the chances of success and failure are equal, why worry about failure when you can just as easily hope for success? ~ Rambam

People conversing in Torah are like a newly engaged young girl who shows off her engagement ring to others.  She is so excited that she wants to share the evidence of her joy with everyone. Likewise, one who appreciates the … Continue reading →

A day in which one fails to help a fellow Jew lacks the substance of a day! ~ R’ Moshe of Kobrin zt”l

Improving yourself does not mean that you have to be 100% better in 1 specific thing.  It means that you have to be 1% better in 100 things.

There are two things you should never worry about: Something you CAN change; and Something you CAN”T change. That covers EVERYTHING! ~ Rav ‘Gav’ Friedman