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The test of faith is whether I can make space for difference. Can I recognize God’s image in someone who is not in my image, who language, faith, ideal, are different from mine? If I cannot, then I have made … Continue reading →

Code of Jewish Law rules that one ascertains whether a duck is kosher if it swims against the tide. That’s the powerful challenge of living in our times – to fight ferocious tides… ~ Chana Burston

A mother led her young son to the bottom of a deep valley, and said, “Scream the words, ‘I hate you’ as loud as you can.” He yelled at the top of his lungs, “I HATE YOU!” Suddenly, he heard … Continue reading →

Worry comes from a lack of emuna. ~ R’ Eliyahu Meir Bloch in Shiurai Daas

How do you know if you love someone very much? If you really love someone, you are ready to change for that person, even just for a moment.  ~ R’ Shlomo Carlebach zt”l whose yartzheit is today.

Think positive and the result will be positive.  An optimistic thought has the strength to rescind a heavenly decree. ~ Adapted from the Lubavitcher Rebbe zt”l

When Hashem told Avraham Avinu to count the stars, he began to count them.  Hashem said, “this is how your children will be.” Rav Meir Shapiro zt”l explained that if anyone other than Avraham, would have been given the task … Continue reading →

If a Jew comes to your door collecting for tzedakah, it’s not by chance that he ended up at your door.  It was because he was sent directly to you by Hashem.  He is there for a purpose.  You think … Continue reading →

Since everyone must have cares and worries in life, it makes more sense to carry the burden of spiritual struggles, which ultimately lead to blessings and happiness, rather than waste our efforts on mundane cases, which drain a person emotionally … Continue reading →

All significant change in human behavior takes place at the microcosmic, not the macrocosmic level. It belongs not to social forces or trends, but to the here-and-now of single individuals. ~ R’ Lord Jonathan Sacks, Shlita May Rabbi Sacks (HaRav Yaakov … Continue reading →