Monthly Archives: March 2024

Shabbos is a day of ecstasy that has aspects of the afterlife. Every person who observes Shabbos properly will be able to experience an intense spiritual pleasure. With this we receive a taste of the reward of Olam Habbah, the … Continue reading →

“Whoever is always afraid that he might become poor, he will become poor.”  ~ Bava Metzia 33. The Maharal explains, “When one is afraid of poverty, he is giving poverty the ability to affect him and to reach him… When … Continue reading →

If one sees that his bitachon isn’t perfect, he should trust in Hashem that Hashem will help him even if his bitachon isn’t perfect. ~ R’ Rephael of Barshid zt”l

Someone said to the Beis Yisrael zt’l, “I have doubts in emuna, so what value can my tefillos have?” The Beis Yisrael opened the Gemara where it says that when one says “Amen yehei shemei rabba..” with all his strength, … Continue reading →

Know that there are people whose eyes are directed toward Hashem when it comes to major matters…but who do not remember Hashem in the small things. This is because the activity is trivial in their eyes and they are certain … Continue reading →

The things we need to survive in this physical world – such as air and water – are supplied in abundance. So too, in spiritual matters.   Since Emuna is the most necessary element of spiritual life, wherever you seek it, … Continue reading →

Jews survived all the defeats, expulsions, persecutions and pogroms, the centuries in which they were regarded as a pariah people, even the Holocaust itself, because they never gave up the faith that one day they would be free to live … Continue reading →

Even “natural events” are created by Hashem constantly; they too are miracles.  A doctor told the very elderly and frail Rav Aharon Leib Shteinman, “It’s a miracle that you are alive,” to which the rabbi replied, “It’s also a miracle … Continue reading →

Rav Naftali Amsterdam once said “If I had the brain of the Shaagas Aryeh, the heart of the Yesod V’Shoresh Ha’Avodah, and middos like you, Rav Yisrael Salanter, then I could serve Hashem.” Rav Yisrael answered him, “No, Naftali. With … Continue reading →

A person need never feel discouraged and think that he is in a place where he can only study a little Torah and do a few mitzvos. Rather, wherever you happen to be, you can reach great heights by becoming … Continue reading →