Monthly Archives: March 2023

When Yom Tov arrives, people are eager to fulfill the main mitzvos, and they spend money on expensive matzos, a beautiful esrog, or superior wine, but there’s another mitzvah as well. A person has to gladden the hearts of those … Continue reading →

One who does not waste time will find time for everything. ~ R’ Chaim Yosef Dovid Azulai

When a person gets angry, he brings harsh judgments upon himself. ~ R’ Nachman of Breslov zt”l

Learn how to say thank you: We thank You Hashem for creating us! We thank You Hashem for giving us a sun that gives us light and warmth! We thank You Hashem for giving us air to breathe! We thank … Continue reading →

Rabbi Yisroel Salanter once asked his teacher, the saintly R’ Yosel Zundel of Salant, if he should study mussar. “Yes, yes,” was the reply, “study mussar and you will develop positive character traits.”  Rav Yisroel used to say that these … Continue reading →

We are not physical beings living a spiritual life. We are spiritual beings living a physical life. The Baal HaTanya taught us that every Jew has a “chelek Elokah mima’al mamesh” – an actual spark of the Divine. We do … Continue reading →

“I Will Sing to Hashem” (Tehillim 13:6) Don’t just say your Emunah – Sing your Emunah! Don’t just say “It’s for the good” – Sing “It’s for the good!” You are not musical? You need not be. Singing doesn’t necessarily … Continue reading →

You should expect good things from yourself.  Not perfection. The reality is that people grow, even if they slip. Slipping up just means that you’re a human being. Accept that, and move forward. Falling isn’t the problem. Not getting back … Continue reading →

It’s a tragedy that we spend so much money, we send our children to the best schools, but as much as they learn, they don’t know how much Hashem loves them.  When we lie down to say Krias Shema with … Continue reading →

Hashem has enough angels.  If Hashem wanted perfection, He wouldn’t have created us. Hashem wants us, with our faults and human imperfections. Our deeds seem slanted and incomplete, and sometimes we step out of line, but it is precisely due … Continue reading →