No one is happier than someone who believes in Hashem.
How happy would you be if the world’s greatest king talked to you, loved you, and desired your good deeds?
How would you feel to speak with this king every day?
How happy and proud would you be if this great king was your father?
Multiply this joy infinite times and that is the joy of Emunah.
~ R’ Elimelech Biderman
Only a person who can overcome his desires for what he does not have is truly free.
He is the only type of person who will live a completely happy life since whatever he does not have does not bother him.
~ R’ Chaim Shmuelevitz zt”l (1902-1979)
If you add up the intention of all the tefillos of Bnei Yisrael, you will see that their primary request is for money. But if you add up all the money of Bnei Yisrael, you will see that it is all about Torah and mitzvos.
~ Rebbe Meir of Premishlan zt’l (1783-1850)
Don’t feel guilty about davening for money. Think about it. Almost all the money we spend is for raising our families to live as Yidden, study Torah and perform mitzvos.
The Gemara says that the me’il atoned for lashon hara. Hakadosh Baruch Hu says “Let clothing that has a sound atone for the aveirah that was committed with a sound.”
But why would the sound of the bells at the hem of the me’il atone for the sounds of lashon hara? Wouldn’t it be better to atone for lashon hara with silence?
It is because silence is a virtue, but an even greater virtue is to speak properly – words that help and encourage others.
~ R’ Elimelech Biderman
R’ Shaul Yedidyah of Modzitz zt’l always had a smile on his face, even in Poland during the Holocaust.
When people asked him how he was so happy and not worried like everyone else, he replied with the following:
“I’m also worried, only I keep my worries tied up and stored away. Once a day, I take out my worries to look at them, and then I immediately tuck them away until the next day. That’s how I can maintain a happy disposition.”
~ Imrei Shaul
Performing a mitzvah once with tzaar (pain/difficulty) is the equivalent of performing a mitzvah 100 times without it.
~ Avos d’Reb Noson
In Heaven, Hashem has angels who serve Him with perfection.
Hashem created man and put him on earth because He wants something new from us, something that doesn’t exist in Heaven.
The novelty is a human being who has a yetzer hara, and yet overcomes all obstacles to serve Hashem.
That is the unique service that Heaven awaits from us.
~ R Elimelech Biderman
When you daven, Hashem is listening.
People pay so much money for someone to listen to them.
Hashem is the best therapist!
He’s a free therapist!
Talk to Him.
He’s listening.
~ R’ Yisroel Majeski
The Beis HaLevi states that the mitzvah of Ahavas Yisrael can be fulfilled by harboring love for every fellow Jew within our hearts, which indicates that this mitzvah can be performed constantly, regardless of one’s location.
Expounding upon this concept, Sefer Yesod V’Shoresh HaAvodah (1:7) suggests that even in impure environments, where prayer or study is unfeasible, one can fulfill this mitzvah through contemplation alone, by filling his mind with thoughts of love for a fellow Jew.
Why in the world are you worried about tomorrow?
I’ll tell you why – because you think you did today.
You don’t realize that today was from Hashem!
If you knew that today was a gift, you wouldn’t ask about tomorrow.
It’s all Hashem’s gift to us.
~ Michael Safdie
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