Every couple must have a set time to study Torah together.
What should they study? Something that interests both of them—such as the Torah portion of that week, or something about the Torah seasons approaching. ~Hitkashrut, 70 ~ R’ Tzvi Freeman
On a personal note, a year or two ago, I began learning with my wife one halacha each night out of the Kitzur Shulchan Aruch, which I have found very rewarding. It is a very easy way to learn halacha. There are many options, but I learn out of this one and love it – http://www.amazon.com/KLEINMAN-EDITION-KITZUR-SHULCHAN-ARUCH/dp/1422611043
If you are an observant Jew and not currently learning any halacha, it is vital that you begin to do so. Just my 2 cents.
A Yid is a shaliach shel mylah, a shaliach vu air is, is air der koach hamshaliach; der yisron hamalah in neshamos legabei malachim – vos bah neshamos is dos al pi haTorah ~ Bal haTanya
A Jew is G-d’s messenger, wherever a messenger may be, he represents the power of the one who sent him; the superior quality that souls possess, higher than the angels (who are also “messengers”), is that souls are messengers by virtue of Torah.
Whenever the rabbi of Zidichov married off a child or grandchild, he also helped an orphan get married. He would spend as much money on the orphan as he would on his own child or grandchild. ~ Sifsai Tzadikim Hachodesh as quoted by R’ Zelig Pliskin.
Woe unto a person who is not aware of his defects, and who does not know what he must correct. But much worse off is the person who does not know his strengths, and who is therefore unaware of the tools he must work with to advance himself spiritually. ~ R’ Yerucham Levovitz zt”l
By admonishing others for wrongdoing, a person will be saved from committing the same transgression. When he is faced with temptation, he will say to himself: “I rebuke others for doing this; how can I do it myself?” ~ R’ Yonoson Eibeschitz zt”l in Yaaros Dvash
The Chafetz Chaim used to say: “When you are about to say something, first consider the good that will come from your talking. Will it be beneficial for your soul? Will it further your personal interests, business, or health? These are all important matters. But if what you wish to say will have no impact on any of these, why speak? ~ Tales of the Tongue
“Aleh Yidisheh eltern velche bdarfen hoben a spetzeleh yeshua oon hatzalah far zeyereh kinder, iz der zicherster mitel tzu shtitzen Torah lerner.” – Sixth Lubavitcher Rebbe Rayatz
The greatest guaranteed assurance (of Divine assistance) for all Jewish parents in need of special help and deliverance from on high for their children is through their support of those who study Torah.
When R’ Naftali of Ropshitz was a child and attempted to rise early in the morning to serve God, his evil inclination would tell him “Why do you need to get up so early? It’s still dark outside.”
The young Naftali would respond boldly: “You have already risen to do your job – but you’re telling me not to rise for my job?” ~ Likkutei Battar Likkutei
Every body knows that in a few days it’s already Chamisha Asar b’Av (Tu B’Av). Gevalt! You know what the holiness of us Yidden is? – that we can get up from the floor (from mourning on Tisha B’Av) and expect Moshiach to come the next second! The holiness of us Yidden is that [immediately after Tisha b’Av], we are ready for the highest!
You know some people when they are ill it takes them so long till they get back on their feet, but “Hein Am K’lavi Yakum” (“They are a nation that arises like a young lion.” Bamidbar 23:24) Gevalt! We can lie down on the floor and be in the lowest lowest places, but the next minute, what do you think?! – we get up! From Auschwitz we walked straight to Eretz Yisrael, straight to Yerushalayim Ir Hakodesh, straight to the Holy Wall. So I want to bless you and all of us, whenever any of us is a little bit down, don’t wait ten years till you’re back on your feet. The next second – “Ki Shocha L’afar Nafsheinu Dovko L’aretz Bitneinu Kumoh Ezrosah Lonu” (“Even when we are lying in the dust, even when our stomachs are attached to the earth, [we don’t give up] we still pray to Hashem: ‘Arise [Hashem] deliver our help!'” Psalms 44:26). The holiness of us Yidden is the very second it’s over, we’re already getting up.
