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Just 5 Minutes Late

“One who comes only five minutes late to davening every day, loses the possibility to answer ‘Boruch Hu Uvoruch Shimoh’ and ‘Amen’ five thousand times over the course of the entire year!” ~ R’ Aizik Ausband Shlit”a from Torah Tavlin

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Don’t Despair

“One should forever arouse his good inclination to subdue his evil inclination.” ~Berachos 5a “One should not grow frustrated if, after he resolved to avoid forbidden speech, his evil inclination got the better of him and he spoke loshon hora. … Continue reading

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Two People

“Two people talking at once make noise, but two people singing at once make harmony” ~ R’ Nachman of Breslov

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Appearance

“Man looks at the external appearance, but God looks at the heart.” ~ Samuel I, 16:7

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Our Ancestor’s Faith

“Our job is not to have faith. We have faith already, whether we want it or not. It comes in our blood from our ancestors who gave their lives for it.  Our job is to transport that higher vision that … Continue reading

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Any Deficiency

“A person must believe that any sorrow or deficiency in life is the sole product of Hashem’s will!” ~ The Garden of Emuna

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Great Lesson on Anger and Free Will

“At the time of a person’s anger, faith in God has left him.  For were he to believe that what happened to him was God’s doing, he would not be angry at all.  And while it is true that the … Continue reading

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The Greatest Wisdom

“The greatest wisdom is not to be too wise, but to obey the command of Hashem without much speculation.” ~ R’ Yosef Patznovsky zt”l (Pardes Yosef) as quoted in Torah Tavlin

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Who is Blessed?

“Blessed is the man who trusts in God, who makes God his refuge” ~ Yirmeyahu 17:7 which is quoted in Shacharit and Birkat Hamazon

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Either Way, Someone is Hurting

“We have a tradition from the Baal Shem Tov that when someone tells you ‘not good things’ about another person, you should feel great pain and distress. Because, either way you look at it, someone is hurting: If the story … Continue reading

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