Category Archives: Spirituality

The Now

“There is no moment more vital than the one right now.  There is no space more crucial than the one in which you stand.  For this is the moment and this is the place from which the Moshiach may come.” … Continue reading

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Mashiach

“We daven each day that Hashem should bring Mashiach.  Do you think Hashem doesn’t want to bring Mashiach?  Of course He wants to bring Mashiach! But He wants us to bring Mashiach!  He wants us to truly deserve and justify the arrival … Continue reading

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Post Yom Kippur Advice

“There are times when a person feels the stirring to return to G-d.  He wants to begin to serve G-d….  At such a moment he has to face the full force of the evil inclination.  It takes great strength and … Continue reading

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Get us Out of Here

Perhaps, for you, this exile is not so bad.  And you feel you are doing whatever you can about it, anyway. But it is not just you.  Abraham, Isaac and Jacob and all their children through all the generations, as … Continue reading

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Students

Rebbe Yehudah HaNasi said: “I learned much from my teachers, more from my colleagues and most from my students.” ~ Talmud Ta’anit 7a

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In Your Hands

“Meditate on a single pool left by the tide and all the life it holds.  On a single leaf and all the genius within it.  On all the forests of the world, all its seas, and all the life of … Continue reading

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The Great Masters

“Great masters or teachers can’t give us anything we don’t already possess; they can help in one thing only — to open our own pathway to the truth within.” R’ Simon Jacobson

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Don’t Leave it Behind

If it is permissible, we must use it for good.   If it can be elevated, we cannot leave it behind. ~ R’ Tzvi Freeman

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Nice Message for this Month of Elul

“When the Jewish People conduct themselves with compassion and kindness, and judge one another favorably below in this world; Hashem in turn, judges His people favorably, giving them the benefit of the doubt, and bestowing his blessings of kindness and … Continue reading

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Growing Up

“There is a time when He relates to us as a father relates to his infant child. We can cry and spit and make those little messes babies make—but He loves us, just because we are His child. And then … Continue reading

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