“You shall keep My decrees and My laws which, if a person does, he shall live by them.” ~ Vayikra 18:5
Man must keep the decrees and laws given to us by the Creator when he is “live” – young, healthy, and full of life, and not only when he reaches old age. ~ The Kotzker Rebbe
Believing is seeing. ~ R’ Shraga Silverstein zt”l
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The biblical slavery of Egypt represents bondage to your own self. Every day, at every moment, must be an exodus from the self. If you’re not leaving Egypt, you’re already back there. ~ R’ Tzvi Freeman
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“One who lights a candle in a room cannot make it available only for his friends while preventing his enemies from seeing by its light. God, however, did just that in Egypt. The Mitzrim were wrapped in darkness while Jews were accompanied by light in the very same setting. This will be repeated in the future, as stated by the prophet Yeshayah 60:2- “Darkness will cover the Earth, and thick darkness the kingdoms, and G-d will shine upon you.” ~ Midrash Tehillim
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A Jew must have faith that, indeed, he has faith. Even if one feels that his Emunah seems clouded in doubt, he should realize that in truth, only its radiance has become obscured. ~ R’ Mordechai of Lechovitz zt”l as quoted in Torah Tavlin
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R’ Nachman of Breslov said: “If you could turn a person inside out (i.e. to see his essence), you would see how myriads of worlds depend upon his every limb.” When we avoid sin and do good, we not only perfect ourselves, we also fulfill our responsibility to the entire creation, and lift up everything to God. ~ R’ Yaakov Meir Shechter
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Some people think that the Yeitzer Hara looks like a murderer. In one hand a cross, and in the other an axe, and he shouts, “Kneel!” But in truth, the Yetizer is dressed in white and enwraps itself in slik garments. In one hand is a book, and in the other delicacies, and it enters, through the opening of an improper attribute, into man’s heart. ~ The Kotzker Rebbe
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We must commend and reward the good in our children, not so much to reward them, as to apprise them that what they are doing is good. ~ R’ Shraga Silverstein zt”l
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The tongue is compared to an arrow. Unlike a sword that has been drawn and can be returned to its sheath, an arrow, once shot towards its mark, can never be returned. ~ R’ Yankel Taub as quoted in Torah Tavlin
