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Life is the most difficult exam.  Many people fail because they try to copy others, not realizing that everyone has a different question paper. ~ Meir Kay

Imagine you could open your eyes to see only the good in every person, the positive in every circumstance, and the opportunity in every challenge.  ~ The Lubavitcher Rebbe

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Today, the Tuesday of Parshas Beshalach, there is a well known segula for parnasah – say Parshas HaMon “shnayim mikra v’echad targum” (2 times the pasuk and 1 time the Targum Unkelos).   Here is a link to the text http://www.tefillos.com/parshas_hamon.asp

Do not become angry and you will not sin.

Do not become intoxicated and you will not sin.

And when you set out on the way, beg leave of your Creator and then set out (say Tefilas HaDerech).

~ Elijah the Prophet – Berachos 29b

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Once, the young grandson of Rabbi Boruch of Mezhibuz was playing hide-and-seek with his friends.  The young boy hid, and waited for his friends to find him.  But no one came.  He left his hiding place to discover that they had become involved in a different game.  In great disappointment, he went to tell his grandfather what had happened.

As Rabbi Boruch listened to the child cry, his own eyes filled with tears. “This is exactly what is happening to the Shechinah,” he sighed.  “She is hidden, and no one is looking for her.  God wants us to search for and reveal the Divine Presence in the world, but instead, everyone is involved in his own life and concerns, and so the darkness of exile continues.” ~ R’ Yaakov Meir Shechter

When Hashem distances Himself from us, it is to provide the opportunity for us to exercise our free will and build our spiritual strength. ~ R’ Heshy Kleinman

All significant change in human behavior takes place at the microcosmic, not the macrocosmic level. It belongs not to social forces or trends, but to the here-and-now of single individuals. ~ R’ Lord Jonathan Sacks

Lashon hara and other forms of forbidden speech contaminate the air and are the root of diseases, rachmana litzlan. ~ The Trisker Maggid zt’l

It states in Devarim 1:3,5,”It was in the fortieth year, on the eleventh month, on the first of the month (Rosh Chodesh Shevat)… Moshe began explaining the Torah…” Tzaddikim said that this teaches us that on Rosh Chodesh Shevat, new bounties of Torah come down, to help people understand Torah. Moshe’s explaining the Torah, brought clarity in Torah for all generations.

The Chidushei HaRim zt’l would say that on Rosh Chodesh Shevat, the wellsprings of Torah open. The chiddushei Torah of the entire year – for every Torah student – comes from Rosh Chodesh Shevat. The Avnei Nezer zt’l (and some say the Chidushei HaRim zt’l) said he can tell the difference between his chiddushei Torah before Rosh Chodesh Shevat and the chiddushei Torah learned after Rosh Chodesh Shevat.

Rosh Chodesh Shevat is therefore an ideal time to make a new commitment towards
studying and growing in Torah. ~ R’ Elimelech Biderman Shlita

Always seek the truth no matter what. Be willing to ask others for information you lack and do not be concerned if they think less of you for it. ~ R’ Yechezkel Levenstein zt”l