Monthly Archives: October 2021

When people do chesed on a large scale and help many people, it sometimes happens that they lose sight of the needs of the individual. Their goal is to help the masses, and one individual person doesn’t seem as important … Continue reading →

There is a mitzvah to be happy always, b’simchah tamid. But how can that be? Is there anything which is “always,” that never changes? Yes. Hashem is always. He is unchanging and steady. Simchah doesn’t mean laughing and dancing, it … Continue reading →

Always remember that you are a Jew.  Because the minute you forget, someone else will come along and remind you.  ~ Torah Tavlin

Constantly focus on the Mishnah in Pirkei Avos (2:12) “All of your actions should be for the sake of the Almighty.” When you meditate on this Mishnah, you will experience the elevated state of cleaving to and being connected to … Continue reading →

If a person is lazy when it comes to spiritual pursuits and acts as if he were forced to do them, but engages in material pursuits with enthusiasm, it shows that he considers material matters to be more important. When … Continue reading →

Noach’s son, Cham told others about his father’s drunkenness and was cursed, whereas Noach himself was not.  Thus, speaking ill of one who has sinned is worse than he who committed the sin. ~ R’ Moshe Amiel zt”l

Bitter people are never grateful; grateful people are never bitter. ~ R’ Lazer Brody

Not only is there no deity or power other than God, but in fact, there is no true existence at all besides God.  The fact that we see a physical world is only due to our inability to see the … Continue reading →

God is playful.  He conceals and reveals Himself – and waits for you to find Him.  ~ The Kotzker Rebbe

There are 86,400 seconds in a day, and we’re given that time, every single day, as a gift. And you can’t carry it over, can’t say, “Today, I’m tired, I’ll save this hour for tomorrow.” There is no rollover plan. … Continue reading →