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On one Rosh Chodesh Elul, Rabbi Mordechai of Lechovitz happened to overhear an old peasant exhorting his colleagues. “Listen, fellows, harvesting time has started.  If you’ll work hard now, you’ll be able to eat all year long.  But if you’re … Continue reading →

Success and failure does not depend on circumstance, but on your approach to the circumstance. ~ R’ Dovid Hazdan

The highest idea of Judaism is the universal brotherhood of man. ~ R’ Shimshon Refael Hirsch zt”l

One who heeds the message of the minor difficulties in life may avoid the necessity of greater afflictions. ~ Praying with Fire

If you are able to correct someone and refrain from doing so, you are held responsible for that person’s wrongdoings. ~ Rambam, Hilchos Daios 6:7

When I get to Heaven, they’ll ask me, why didn’t you learn more Torah?  And I’ll tell them that I wasn’t bright enough.  They they’ll ask me, why didn’t you do more kind deeds for others?  And I’ll tell them … Continue reading →

Many people are like a metal furnace; One minute they burn hot like a flame, but soon they turn as cold as ice. ~ The Maggid of Trisk

The virtue that is required for oneself is the diametric opposite of that which one is required to exercise in relation to others.  This is particularly true concerning humility, which is the sublimest of all traits. A person is required … Continue reading →