Monthly Archives: December 2020

Many people worry about the future and how they will make a living.  They would like to know in advance exactly how all their needs will be met.  However, the Torah attitude is that we should be thankful each day … Continue reading →

If HaKadosh Baurch Hu came to me in a dream and said, “Zecharia Wallerstein, I can give you a chance to live your life again without the challenges, without the rough third grade, without the difficult tenth grade, do you … Continue reading →

A truly happy person does not allow his happiness to be dependent on any external factor over which he may not have any control. ~ Chochmah Umussar

Most people do not appreciate that we should feel fortunate and happy just because we are alive. (Ahavas Maishorim). Imagine yourself in a situation in which you were about to die. Actually feel it.  Then picture yourself being given another … Continue reading →

Look around. You can see we’re facing more challenges than ever before, because before Mashiach comes, everyone needs to call forth a little more depth, a little more meaning in their avodah. It isn’t enough to assume that things can … Continue reading →

I was recently interviewed by C. Saphir of Mishpacha Magazine regarding a hike I took with my family a couple of years ago in Israel on which we got lost in the desert without water, reception or safety equipment. It … Continue reading →

The greatest gift of giving is the opportunity to give. ~ R’ Lord Jonathan Sacks zt”l

Diseases come to the world because of bad speech. Forbidden speech pollutes the air and ruins the nature of the world [which results in diseases]. Therefore, be cautious and don’t speak forbidden words. Sanctify your mouth with Torah and tefillah … Continue reading →

The yetzer hara (inclination for evil) is misunderstood. Hashem is all goodness. Therefore, if He made a yetzer hara, it’s a tremendous chesed (kindness). But it’s a perilous form of chesed. If you know how to utilize the yetzer hara, you can become great. But if you … Continue reading →

Someone once asked R’ Bunim of Pshischa zt”l the following: “Every morning I say the Brachah, ‘sheasah li kol tzarchi’ (who arranges for me all my needs). But I don’t feel that I can say this brachah, because I don’t … Continue reading →