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Doctors

  The Torah gave a doctor permission to heal – but who gave him the right to give up hope? ~ R’ Yehoshua Leib Diskin zt”l

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Strigencies

Instead of adding a stringency to the law, it would be better to add fear [of God] to one’s deeds.  ~ The Kotzker Rebbe zt”l

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When You Love Someone

When you love someone, don’t love him according to your preferences and desires, but according to his preferences and desires. ~ Rabbeinu Yonah of Gerondi zt”l

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You Live There for a Reason

Divine Providence leads EVERYONE to his place of residence for the purpose of strengthening Yiddishkeit and disseminating Torah. When you plow and you sow – things will grow.  ~ R’ Yosef Yitzhak Schneerson zt”

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A Mother’s Womb – Brilliant!

In a mother’s womb were two babies. One asked the other: “Do you believe in life after delivery?” The other replied, “Why, of course. There has to be something after delivery. Maybe we are here to prepare ourselves for what … Continue reading

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Learning in our Dreams+ Link to a Shiur

Every night a part of our neshama goes up to Hashem to get energy for the next day. If one learns very hard during the day or davens with tremendous kavana, sometimes one can dream about what they learned. It … Continue reading

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Listening

The Torah prohibits listening to lashon hara even if one has no intention of accepting or believing what is said. ~ Chafetz Chaim

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Even if it is Not Derogatory

  Any statement, even if not derogatory, that might ultimately cause financial loss, physical pain, mental anguish or any damage, is loshon hora. ~ Guard Your Tongue By the way, be extra careful not to speak any loshon hara while … Continue reading

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25th

Chanukah means that the Chashmonaim rested from their war on the 25th day of the month of Kislev.  This is alluded to in the Torah: The 25th rest place where the Jews camped in the desert after the Exodus was … Continue reading

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My Flickering Spirit

The miracle, of course, was not that the oil for the sacred light – in a little cruse – lasted as long as they say; but that the courage of the Maccabees lasted to this day: let that nourish my … Continue reading

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