From Sting to Sweetness

Why do we eat honey on Rosh Hashanah? 

Because sweet honey comes from bees that sting and cause pain. So too, on Rosh Hashanah, we pray that all past hardships be transformed into sweetness.

~ The Avnei Nezer

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Not Just for Sins

Teshuva is not only for sins. Even mitzvos need teshuva, for what we could have done with more purity, more passion, more love for Hashem.

~ The Chofetz Chaim zt”l

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Expectations

When the poor go around the beis midrash, they don’t expect to receive too much money, and that’s the reason they don’t get it.

When the poor man goes to their homes, he expects to receive more, and that’s the reason he receives more.

~ R’ Tzaddok Hakohen zt”l

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Be Better than Yesterday

Teshuva means making today better than yesterday, and this year greater than last. 

Teshuva is a lifelong journey of growth.

~ R’ Dov Horowitz

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There is no goodness except the Torah.

If people could truly taste its sweetness and delight, they would chase after it with passion and longing, as if out of their minds.

All the gold and silver in the world would pale in comparison, for the Torah encompasses all the goodness of creation.

~ Ohr HaChaim HaKadosh on Parshat Ki Tavo 26:11, Ve’samachta be’chol ha’tov

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Hashem’s Special Invitation

When a situation arises that causes us to worry – whether a medical concern, a financial problem, or any other situation that makes us anxious – we should realize that Hashem wants to grant us something special, so He gives us the opportunity to earn it by overcoming our fears and placing our trust in Him.

~ R’ David Sutton

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Seeing Your Own Light

Just as a person is judged for his actions, he is also judged for not rejoicing in the good he has done, and for failing to see his own light.

~ The Baal Shem Tov

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Gifts or Opportunities?

Hashem doesn’t give gifts. He gives opportunities.

A talent or parnassah is not a gift. They are opportunities to show how you will use them.

~ R’ Noach Isaac Oelbaum

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The Heart of Elul

“The most important thing to do in Elul is to feel Hashem’s love.” 

~ R’ Yitzchak Breitowitz

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Sweet Victory

Using soccer as an analogy for mitzvos, R’ Sholom Schwadron, the Maggid of Yerushalayim, would often say:

“The greater the opposition, the more significant the victory!”

So when a mitzvah feels hard, remember that the challenge is what makes the triumph so precious.

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