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Chazal (Rosh Hashanah 2:) tell us, “One day a year is counted like a year.” The Chidushei HaRim zt’l says this alludes to erev Rosh Hashanah. This one day is equal to the entire year. If we do teshuvah on this … Continue reading →

Giving tzedakah on erev Rosh Hashana is considered a great mitzvah.  In fact, as a result of Jews giving tzedakah, the Heavenly Gates of Mercy are opened wide.  For in the same measure that we take pity on the poor, … Continue reading →

Invest less in the stock market, and more in emuna. ~ R’ Lazer Brody

If people would only be satisfied with essentials, try to improve everyone else’s well-being and share in their common concerns, they’d conquer the world and have more than they ever wanted. ~ R’ Bahya Ibn Paquda zt”l

Each of us carries a great responsibility, for the fate of the world may hinge on one single mitzvah we perform. ~ Kuntres Chiddushei Torah

Why should a Jew cry to Hashem that He have compassion on the Jewish people and bring Moshiach?  It would be better for him to cry to the Jewish people that they have compassion on Hashem and want to bring … Continue reading →

Before every tefillah, I daven…that I will daven during the davening. ~ The Divrei Chaim of Sanz

Where we are is up to Hashem, but who we are is up to us. ~ R’ Fischel Schachter

It is not that after we eat, we are obligated to make a blessing. Rather, the whole purpose of eating is that we should review the concepts found in Birkat Hamazon. Every time you eat, you have an opportunity to … Continue reading →

Always remember you are never given an obstacle you can’t overcome. ~ R’ Nachman of Breslov zt”l