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Hashem gave you a gift of 86,400 seconds today.  Have you used one to say thank you?

When you thank Hashem for small things in life, He will send you plenty of BIG things to thank Him for!

The Vilna Gaon asks: Is hatred ever for nothing? Isn’t there always a reason for hatred?  Someone embarrassed him, harmed him, or did something else to anger him, so why is it called sinas chinam? The answer is, whatever occurred, … Continue reading →

Be somebody who makes everybody feel like a somebody. – Meir Kay

People search for segulos (supernatural remedies) and ask Torah leaders for their blessing for a comfortable livelihood….  If they would ask my advice, I would tell them to be extremely careful not to speak lashon hara, steal, deceive or harm … Continue reading →

The Chofetz Chaim explains that humans communicate with speech or by  sending letters, but Hashem can send a thought or desire into a person’s heart, and thereby communicate His will. A person often doesn’t know that Hashem planted the thought in his mind; … Continue reading →

A year from now, you will wish you had started today.

If you deceive yourself, you will never know the truth.  Your beliefs will be tainted and your conclusions false. ~ The Kotzker Rebbe zt”l

The Almighty works on every human being in order to make him as perfect as possible.  Whatever He may send us, joy and sorrow alike, is merely a means to this end. ~ R’ Samson Raphael Hirsch zt”l

When a person repents for what he has done wrong in the past, he should look at himself as a newly created person and therefore his past wrongs are not identified with him. ~ Bais Halevi