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Many people fail to enjoy what they have because they keep desiring what they lack. As soon as they obtain one thing, they automatically seek to acquire something else. All the good things they already have are considered as unimportant … Continue reading →

You are part of the community and also a separate person. Don’t follow the crowd. Create something new. God loves novelty. ~ The Kotzker Rebbe zt”l

As its name portrays, on Hoshanah Rabba Hashem bestows salvations to the Jewish nation. We should look forward to this day and fill the day with many heartfelt tefillos because we can earn so much on this day. ~ R’ … Continue reading →

On the first day of Sukkos, the Torah commands us to fulfill many mitzvos: sukkah, lulav, esrog, simcha, etc.  On the rest of the days of Yom Tov, there are just two mitzvos:  sukkah and simcha.  But on Shemini Atzeres … Continue reading →

Emunah and Bitachon are segulos for happiness. Believe that everything is exactly as it should be, and trust in Hashem that things will become better, and you will be happy with your lot. ~ R’ Elimelech Biderman, Shlita

Someone who is joyous and has a happy heart, without any distress, on this holy holiday, it is certain that he will have a good year, and he will be happy throughout the year. ~Arizal

The Sfas Emes teaches that on Succos, “due to the purity that Bnei Yisrael achieved on Yom Kippur, there is immense joy in heaven. Therefore, we should be happy with Hashem’s joy…”

The gemara in Sukkah 27b states: “It is proper for all of Israel to sit in one Sukkah.” This doesn’t mean that we  should actually sit in one Sukkah, but we should all be willing to sit together with each … Continue reading →

If I had already died and the Almighty told me I could come back to life again, imagine how happy I would be.  Now that I am still alive, shouldn’t I still feel that same joy? ~ R” Nochum of … Continue reading →

The first thing in being an oved (servant of) Hashem is to say, “Thank you Hashem!”  That’s the basis of everything: A person who is not in the mindset of expressing gratitude can’t be an oved Hashem.  As it says “What is good … Continue reading →