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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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Forgetfulness

The world considers forgetfulness a bad thing, but in my view, it has certain advantages. Without forgetfulness, it would be impossible to serve God.  If a person remembered all the difficulties he has been through, and all the challenges he … Continue reading →

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Pride

Should you unwittingly sin, you can be sure that you possess pride.  This is to show you that you are not yet a Tzaddik.  ~ R’ Nachman of Breslov

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Steal Time

A person has to steal time from his other activities to study Torah. ~ R’ Nachman of Breslov

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Relating a Failure to do a Mitzvah

You are forbidden to tell others that a person failed to fulfill mitzvos.  ~ Guard Your Tongue

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More Tzaddik than Gaon?

When the Chofetz Chaim’s classic halacha masterpiece, Mishna Berurah, was published, Rabbi Chaim Soloveitchik of Brisk said of its author, “His greatness as a tzaddik obscures his even greater stature as a Torah genius.” ~ The Torah Personality

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The Desire

How is it possible that a portion of the Torah is named after a sinner as great as Korach? The Torah wants to emphasize that we can learn something constructive even from Korach’s bitter controversy. Just as Korach wanted to be a High … Continue reading →

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