Life is like a complex hedge maze common in the gardens of royalty, planted for amusement, the challenge being to reach a gazebo in its center…
Seeking guidance from someone who has already mastered the labyrinth, who stands on the elevated gazebo and advises the correct path to take, is the best way to avoid confusion and reach the designated point. ~ The Ramchal
Only he who has the courage to face up to his own wrongdoing and determines to change his ways will find divine mercy. ~ R’ Shlomo Zalman Breuer zt”l
The Torah understands the depths of our nature, and reveals to us that we are indeed capable of guarding our tongues. ~ Chaftez Chaim
Once the process of your teshuvah is under way, it is as though Hashem is leading you by the hand. ~ R’ Simcha H. Benyosef
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The answer to yesterday’s “Identify that Prayer” is: The Prayer for the Well-Being of the IDF (Israel Defense Forces) which is recited in many shuls on Shabbos morning.
He Who blessed our forefathers Abraham, Isaac and Jacob — may He bless the fighters of the Israel Defense Forces, who stand guard over our land and the cities of our God, from the border of the Lebanon to the desert of Egypt, and from the Great Sea unto the approach of the Aravah, on the land, in the air, and on the sea.
May the Almighty cause the enemies who rise up against us to be struck down before them. May the Holy One, Blessed is He, preserve and rescue our fighters from every trouble and distress and from every plague and illness, and may He send blessing and success in their every endeavor.
May He lead our enemies under our soldiers’ sway and may He grant them salvation and crown them with victory. And may there be fulfilled for them the verse: For it is the Lord your God, Who goes with you to battle your enemies for you to save you.
Now let us respond: Amen
Our decisions in life must be as strategically calculated as a person playing chess. See to it that any move you make is not later regretted. ~ R’ Simcha Bunim of Pshischa zt”l
Which is more important, Torah or tefillah?
Well, Torah is Hashem speaking to man, while prayer is man speaking to Hashem. Both are equally essential for a dialogue to take place. ~ Rav Yoisrael Yudellah zt”l as quoted in Torah Tavlin
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