Monthly Archives: July 2023

If I could do what you can do, and you could do what I can do, then the Ribbono shel Olam would not have created us both.  We each have our own talents and skills and mission. You look around, and … Continue reading →

A bride and groom’s parents each came to the Chazon Ish zt”l arguing that the other one should pay for the lion’s share of the wedding.   When they left, the Chazon Ish said, “Do you know what they were arguing … Continue reading →

The gemara (Taanis 29a) states that upon hearing the report of the spies concerning Eretz Yisroel, the Jewish people cried.  That night was Tisha B’av.  Hakadosh Baruch Hu said, “You cried for no reason, I will give you a reason … Continue reading →

If our only sin was that we aren’t mourning sufficiently for Yerushalayim, that would be reason enough to cause the galus to continue.  ~ The Yaavatz zt”l

HaKadosh Baruch Hu tells Bnei Yisrael, “My beloved children…what do I ask from you?  Only that you should love one another and honor one another.  ~ Tana d’Bei Eliyahu (Rabba 28)

When the Beis HaMikdash stood, many brachos came to Klal Yisrael even before they asked for it.  But after the destruction, nothing good comes to the world without tefillah.  ~ The Rokeach

Hashem told Moshe, “I have a good gift in My treasury, Shabbos is its name; I want to give it to the Jewish nation. Go and inform them” (Shabbos 10). The Chidushei HaRim says that this wasn’t a one-time event. Every week, … Continue reading →

There isn’t any connection between hishtadlus and parnassah. Hishtadlus is a tax we all must pay, and Hashem sends the parnassah. ~ R’ Elimelech Biderman

There are three types of people that the Holy One, Blessed is He, loves.  One of them is a person who does not get angry.  ~ Pesachim 113b

All of the gedolei yisroel that we have known were extremely diligent about doing whatever needed to be done immediately. Indeed, the Chazon Ish used to say, “A segulah for not forgetting to do something is to do it immediately.”  ~ … Continue reading →