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Here is an excerpt from the Kuzari, which I have been learning lately and love: The Rabbi: “Have you ever seen or heard of a nation that [abandoned their original language and] invented a new one?” The Kuzari: “No, I … Continue reading →

Our nation is only defined as a nation through her Torah. ~ Rabbeinu Sa’adia Gaon zt”l

Simchas Torah – the name of this festival implies that more than the Jew being happy with the Torah, the Torah must be happy with the Jew.  ~ The Bais Halevi, R’ Yosef Dov Soloveitchik zt”l

“One niggun can express more than a thousand words.” ~ Rebbe Yechezkel of Kuzmir zt”l

The first to apologize is the bravest.  The first to forgive is the strongest. The first to forget is the happiest. – The tefilah I quoted yesterday was “Tzidkuscha” which we say toward the end of Mincha each Shabbos.

Hashem anticipates the “end of the year” (Eikev 11:12) – the month of Elul with great joy; the month that He is closer to us and when we try to draw closer to Him. ~ Sfas Emes

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