The Lubliner Rebbe asked “How is it possible that one may do teshuvah on Shabbos? After all, when doing teshuvah on Shabbos, one carries all the sins of the secular world into the kedusha of Shabbos, which is like carrying from a public domain into a private domain. And on Shabbos, moving things from a public to a private domain is forbidden.”
“Not so. For doing teshuvah is a life-saving process, and when it comes to saving a life, we are required to violate the law of Shabbos.” ~ Zikaron Zos as quoted by R’ Dovid Meisels
One of the greatest gifts that Hashem has given us is the opportunity to do Teshuva. One day, we will no longer have that opportunity. We don’t know when that day will be. Therefore, don’t wait. Do it now. Here is how:
Deep inside, regret your sin.
Immediately stop sinning.
Tell Hashem in your own words about your sin and ask for forgiveness.
Make a commitment not to repeat it.
Again, don’t wait. Do this now. Do this constantly if need be. It could take a minute and will change your eternity.
In less than 45 minutes, Jews around world will simultaneously recite “Shema Yisrael” in hope that Hashem will bring Moshiach and that the Beis Hamikdash will be rebuilt very soon.
Every night a part of our neshama goes up to Hashem to get energy for the next day. If one learns very hard during the day or davens with tremendous kavana, sometimes one can dream about what they learned. It may be a dream about Gemara or Chassidus; one’s neshama can even learn NEW things in that dream. One merits such a special dream due to the effort put into davening and learning during the day. ~ Rebbe Yosef Yitzhak Schneerson based on the Zohar.
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As an aside, for those of you who are interested, here is a link to a fascinating mind blowing shiur regarding the 9th of Teves (today), Pope Simon Peter and the root of Christianity: http://www.yesodei.org/obm/?p=2255
So great was R’ Yosef Yozel’s fear of Heaven, that the worry over a possible omission remained engraved in his memory for thirteen years.
With his disciple R’ Yoel Barantshik of Riga, he traveled all night to Bialystok on his way to found a yeshiva there. When they arrived at last in Bialystok, they said Shema and went to sleep. Upon awakening, R’ Yosef Yozel expressed his fear that they had missed the time for reciting the morning Shema. R’ Yoel assured him that when they had recited Shema upon retiring, it was already morning, and therefore they had fulfilled their obligation to recite Shema in the morning.
This incident, however, remained on R’ Yosef Yozel’s mind for a very long time. Seven years later, when rebbe and talmid spent the summer together, R’ Yosef Yozel asked R’ Yoel again whether they had missed the time of Shema. And six years after that, R’ Yosef Yozel again asked, “Do you think dawn had already broken?” ~ Sparks of Mussar
There are times when God sends a person suffering and punishment, but He does not weaken him. This is only intended [to increase his] faith. ~ R’ Nachman of Brslov zt”l
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