Every human life is a song.
In a beautiful song, there are high moments and low moments, moments that are moving and moments that are exhilarating.
Just as in a symphony that captures your imagination there are thrilling crescendos and sudden drops, human life is never just one continuous note.
That would be a very boring song.
~ R’ YY Jacobson
We praise Hashem for redeeming us from Egypt not only broadly, but even for the minutest of details, such as the fact that He freed us during the delightful Springtime season.
~ The Alter of Slabodka (1849-1927)
The song of salvation at the sea hearkens back to the Jewish people’s slavery and suffering in Egypt.
If not for the pain they endured, there would be no miraculous deliverance.
~ The Beis HaLevi (1820-1892)
We humans race across the world to discover things…
Yet, one place we neglect to search is our heart…
And it is there that we will find God.
~ R’ Tzadok HaKohen of Lublin (1823-1900)
When you are traveling and cannot learn Torah and daven as usual, do not be distressed.
Hashem wants you to worship Him in different ways.
~ The Baal Shem Tov (1698-1760)
Do not say someone was late and missed the train.
He simply came early for the next train.
Everything is in the hands of Heaven.
~ R’ Yosef Yoizel Hurwitz zt”l (1847-1919)
Rava told the people of his community, “Honor your wives so that you will become wealthy”
~ Bava Metzia 59a
R’ Eliemech Biderman explains, that at the first sin of creation, women were cursed that their husbands would rule over them. Men were cursed with the burden of working for a parnassah.
Therefore, if a man will relieve his wife from her curse by honoring her, and not ruling over her, he will be liberated from his curse, and won’t need to work hard to earn his parnassah. As Chazal say, “Honor your wives, so that you will become wealthy.”
The purpose of prayer is not to get us out of trouble.
The purpose of trouble is to get us into prayer.
~ R’ Yitzchak Hutner zt”l (1906-1980)
Quickly write down the top 3 blessings you have in your life.
Now, look at the list.
How many people wrote, “I’m thankful to be a Jew?”
Most people do not, but not because they don’t feel that way.
They realize it, but they aren’t living with it; they are not experiencing constant gratitude at the fact that they are Jews.
Live with it, express it, discuss it always, and your children will realize how fortunate they are, how truly blessed they are that they get to serve Hashem.
~ R’ Shalom Yona Weiss
An act of kindness performed today is like a seed that blossoms forth salvation at the most beneficial time, either for you or for a future descendant.
~ R’ Samson Rafael Hirsch zt”l (1808-1888)
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