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Two things are necessary for man’s self-perfection. One is to arouse and inspire himself. The other, by far the harder, is to carry out his good resolutions and retain the inspiration when it comes down to action. ~ R Naftali … Continue reading →

Rabbi Yochanan said: “Just as the olive yields oil for light only when it is pounded, so are a Jew’s greatest potentials realized only under the pressure of adversity.” ~ Talmud Menachos 53b

Before God performs a miracle for him, a person first falls upon bad times – the difficulty of which is determined by the greatness of the miracle [about to be performed on his behalf]. ~ R’ Nachman of Breslov zt”l … Continue reading →

R’ Zadok of Lublin used to say that whenever you think of Hashem, He is thinking of you; but Hashem thinks of you in proportion to the amount of consciousness with which you think of Him.  To put it in … Continue reading →

A Jew is never lost on his journey.  Wherever he finds himself, God has a reason for placing him there. ~ R’ Mordechai Pogremansky zt”l

A soldier once said, “What is courage?  Courage is fear that has said its prayers.” 

Someone forwarded the following inspirational message: While many people have been drafted to the army to defend Eretz Yisrael, in truth, we have all been called up.  We just have to figure out which division we belong to. Are we among those driving … Continue reading →

When I ponder the miracle of the survival of the Jewish people, it is in my mind greater than all the miracles and wonders that God performed for our ancestors in Egypt, in the wilderness and in the land of … Continue reading →

When a person prays to God, it is not merely that God ‘listens’ to his prayers from above and responds accordingly.  Rather, the process of prayer itself refines the person spiritually, rendering him a suitable receptacle for additional Divine blessings.  … Continue reading →

On the first day of Sukkos, the Torah commands us to fulfill many mitzvos: sukkah, lulav, esrog, simchah, etc. On the rest of the days of Yom Tov, there are just two mitzvos (midiOraysa): sukkah and simchah. But on Shemini … Continue reading →