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Reb Moshe’s Shas

Shortly after World War II, the first deluxe Shas published in America appeared on the market.  R’ Moshe Feinstein zt”l purchased one as soon as it became available.  He would learn from one of these volumes at his desk in … Continue reading

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Understand It

If you cannot explain it, you do not understand it. ~ R’ Chaim Soloveitchik zt”l

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Ability

As long as man imagines that he cannot do a certain thing, so long…is it impossible for him to do it.  ~ Baruch Spinoza

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Leaving a Backup Plan

A person who tries to practice trust in God while leaving himself a backup plan is like a person who tries to learn how to swim but insists on keeping one foot on the ground. ~ The Alter of Novardok

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Loss

We don’t like it when we lose something.  We think, “What gain could there be in loss?” But loss, too, is a way of growth. Much growth is simply learning to let go, to loosen the cord that ties you … Continue reading

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3 Point Formula for Success

Talk to Hashem on a daily basis, and ask Him to help you fulfill your aspirations. Try your best at whatever you’re doing. Accept your current situation happily and with love. ~ The Garden of Emuna

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Major Impairments

If, chas v’shalom, a person’s speech or hearing became damaged, it would cause him more anguish than the loss of any organ, since these two faculties are so crucial.  All the more so would a person suffer great anguish in … Continue reading

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A Unique Form of Life Insurance – Great Story

Chesed is a unique form of life insurance. Not only does it protect the doer, but it safeguards his offspring in ways that sometimes – as in the following story – become abundantly clear. The story takes place in a … Continue reading

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A chiddush

When you want to come up with new ideas in the Torah, you must concentrate on one particular subject.  Take a verse or a subject, and review it many times, hammering on the door until it is opened for you. … Continue reading

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A Frame

What connoisseurs of this world we would be if God had only placed it in a frame.  Let our minds, then, frame the world! ~ R’ Shraga Silverstein zt”l

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