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Like Children

When studying Torah, we should constantly consider ourselves children, inexperienced beginners eager to absorb as much of the Torah’s information and worldview as possible, rather than as expert adults  who might be overly self-confident and thus all too ready to … Continue reading

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Time Machine

You don’t need a time machine to change your past.  You just need to change the direction it is sending you. ~ R’ Tzvi Freeman

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2:1

The main way to gain wisdom is to remain silent and listen to the Torah thoughts of the wise. When you speak, you are not learning anything new.  But when you listen to teachers, you increase your knowledge. There is … Continue reading

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Look Up

There’s a mashal of someone who was throwing coins and bills off a high building because he wanted attention. But everyone was looking down to collect the money, and no one was looking up at him. So he began throwing … Continue reading

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This is Your Moment!

This thought that just came into you that wants to derail you from everything holy…this is an opportunity for you to fulfill your mission in life…by subduing it, confronting it, dismissing it, transforming it!  Don’t get depressed and say “Oy, … Continue reading

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Even Greater

The foundation of bitachon is to believe that everything is from Hashem, Who is good to all… And when a person doesn’t understand why things must be the way they are, at those times the good is even greater! ~ … Continue reading

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Bad Investment

The Beis HaLevi said to someone who lost a lot of money in an investment, “It isn’t because you invested in there that you lost money.  It’s because you had to lose money, that you thought to invest in there.”

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Just another Opportunity

View every struggle in life as an opportunity to become even greater than before. ~ R’ Elimelech Biderman Shlita

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Lack of Emuna

Chazal say, “Whoever becomes angry, it is as though he worshiped idols.”  This is understood to the wise, because when one is angry, it means that he lost his emuna.  If he would believe that whatever occurred was from Hashem, … Continue reading

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Warrior

Know and repeat often, that which Chazal say (Avos 4:5)  “One sin brings on another sin, and one mitzvah brings more mitzvos.” If you will satisfy temptation once, you will desire them many more times. But if you will be a warrior … Continue reading

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