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For six days a week, do whatever you need to do to make your existence easier. If it’s cold, heat it up. If it’s hot, cool it down. If it’s raw, cook it, and if it’s broken, fix it. One … Continue reading →

Many people worry about the future and how they will make a living.  They would like to know in advance exactly how all their needs will be met.  However, the Torah attitude is that we should be thankful each day … Continue reading →

If HaKadosh Baurch Hu came to me in a dream and said, “Zecharia Wallerstein, I can give you a chance to live your life again without the challenges, without the rough third grade, without the difficult tenth grade, do you … Continue reading →

A truly happy person does not allow his happiness to be dependent on any external factor over which he may not have any control. ~ Chochmah Umussar

Most people do not appreciate that we should feel fortunate and happy just because we are alive. (Ahavas Maishorim). Imagine yourself in a situation in which you were about to die. Actually feel it.  Then picture yourself being given another … Continue reading →

Look around. You can see we’re facing more challenges than ever before, because before Mashiach comes, everyone needs to call forth a little more depth, a little more meaning in their avodah. It isn’t enough to assume that things can … Continue reading →

I was recently interviewed by C. Saphir of Mishpacha Magazine regarding a hike I took with my family a couple of years ago in Israel on which we got lost in the desert without water, reception or safety equipment. It … Continue reading →

The greatest gift of giving is the opportunity to give. ~ R’ Lord Jonathan Sacks zt”l

Diseases come to the world because of bad speech. Forbidden speech pollutes the air and ruins the nature of the world [which results in diseases]. Therefore, be cautious and don’t speak forbidden words. Sanctify your mouth with Torah and tefillah … Continue reading →

The yetzer hara (inclination for evil) is misunderstood. Hashem is all goodness. Therefore, if He made a yetzer hara, it’s a tremendous chesed (kindness). But it’s a perilous form of chesed. If you know how to utilize the yetzer hara, you can become great. But if you … Continue reading →