Category Archives: Teshuva

If Only I Knew Then What I Know Now

As I have said in the past, I try to keep the quotes short, but when I quote something a little longer, you know it is going to be really good.  The following is an excerpt from R’ Bini Maryles’s … Continue reading

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Assistance

Chazal has taught us that one who strives to purify himself is granted Divine assistance.

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Major and Minor

I would first like to wish all of you a happy healthy new year.  May we all be blessed and inscribed for a year of good health, happiness, simcha, parnassa and emuna sheleima. I was always curious why in practically … Continue reading

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Selichos

Reb Shlomo said that sometimes when you go into the emergency room, you sit down and are patient to be seen. But when you have a really serious medical problem that can’t wait, you go right past the door and … Continue reading

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The Peasant’s Message

“Even a peasant who has a message from the king from a long-lost beloved son, is promptly ushered into the throne room.  The tefillah of a person who does teshuvah, is precisely such a message and is warmly and promptly … Continue reading

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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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Righting the Wrong

“True repentance has to balance the wrongs of the past.  So a person should not become demoralized if he sees that his head is filled with desires and every kind of corrupt thought.  In fact, he is engaged in the … Continue reading

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Mini Yom Kippur

“Purim is also a special day of teshuva, a miniature Yom Kippur. Yom Kippurim, the name of Yom Kippur in Hebrew, means ‘A day like Purim.’ Just as teshuva, prayer, and charity invoke Divine compassion and atonement on Yom Kippur, they … Continue reading

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