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There are two main benefits from suffering.  It serves as an atonement for transgressions, and as an incentive for us to improve our behavior. When you improve because of your suffering, appreciate the suffering since you have gained immensely because … Continue reading →

A person who studies Torah properly realizes that involvement in Torah study is the fulfillment of the Almighty’s commandment.  Therefore, even before he actually understands what he is studying, he feels great pleasure in doing his Creator’s will. ~ Vilna … Continue reading →

Anger at your faults is arrogance – and of a very self-destructive form.  Every failure becomes pain, every pain becomes a gruesome punishment. Punishment for what? For having been born imperfect.  As though you made yourself, as though you are … Continue reading →

I received from Reb Mendel Lilig zt”l, the Rav of Frankfort who received the tradition from the Sheiv Yaakov, that whoever studies Torah between the megillah reading at night and the megillah of the morning, it is certain that he … Continue reading →

The Satmar Rebbe zt”l said that it would be worthwhile for a person to live 70 years to go through all the hardships of life, to hear the megillah just once.

When one triumphs over his yetzer hara, the reward will be greater than the reward given for a hundred mitzvos, performed without hardships. ~ Sefer Chasidim 145

We cannot always eliminate problems, but we can learn to eliminate our anxiety over them. You add to the technical difficulties of your problems by telling yourself how awful your situation is.  When you accept a situation, even though it … Continue reading →

Don’t tell me you don’t sin because it is forbidden.  Tell me you don’t sin because you are too busy. ~ The Kotzker Rebbe

A person who has integrated the attribute of doing acts of kindness for others will desire to do chesed for others even when he himself is personally suffering.  If he lacks an opportunity to do chesed, he will feel suffering … Continue reading →

An expensive vase broke in the home of Reb Efraim Margolios zt’l (renowned for his sefarim Matteh Efraim, Yad Efraim, and others). His wife was very upset about this, but he remained calm. She asked him, “How can you be … Continue reading →