A person should do teshuvah for the first sin he committed as a child.
For the Sages tell us that “one sin leads to another sin” (Avos 4:2).
The sin one does today was sparked by an earlier sin, which in turn was caused by a previous sin, so all sins a person commits originated with a childhood transgression.
~ R’ Elimelech of Lizhensk
The only possessions we can truly call our own are what we give away to charity.
Only they escort us to the next world.
~ R’ Shlomo Ganzfried zt”l
Giving tzedakah on erev Rosh Hashana is considered a great mitzvah. In fact, as a result of Jews giving tzedakah, the Heavenly Gates of Mercy are opened wide. For in the same measure that we take pity on the poor, Hashem takes pity on us. ~ Ohr Hachayim
On that note, I just wanted to remind you to set yourself up with one or both of these wonderful organizations before Rosh Hashanah to ensure that a day does not go by the entire year without giving tzedaka.
Daily Giving – https://dailygiving.org/
Sign up to donate $1 per day to charity, which they will distribute to over 50 wonderful charities that serve the greater Jewish community, most of which you are probably familiar with. I encourage you all to check out their website. Don’t miss out on this wonderful opportunity!
Keren Hashana – https://www.lubavitch.com/donate/keren-hashana/
Many years ago, the Lubavitcher Rebbe established “Keren Hashana,” a fund that will also disburse your tzedaka to worthy causes, daily, giving you the benefit of this mitzvah every day of the year!
You can give as little as 5 cents per day ($19.15 for the year) for you, and if you want, each of your family members, which will ensure that you and your family don’t go a day without giving tzedaka.
Don’t wait! These organizations are a lifesaver and now is the time to take care of this.
Lastly, don’t forget that “causing others to give tzedaka is greater than giving tzedakah yourself” (Bava Basra 9). Therefore, pass this on! By forwarding this to friends and family, who knows how many people will sign up for this great mitzvah and how much of an effect it will have on your neshama going into Rosh Hashana and Yom Kippur.
When you say Tehillim, it is as if and as great as Dovid Hamelech himself, saying them.
Dovid Hamelech wrote the Tehillim with Divine Inspiration – the Holy Breath. This Holy Breath is still in the words of the Tehillim.
When you recite Tehillim, your own breath arouses the Holy Breath in these words. Therefore, when you say the Tehillim, it is as if Dovid Hamelech himself is chanting them.
~ R’ Nachman of Breslov zt”l
Something to Consider: People have reported reciting the entire Tehillim each day of Rosh Hashanah and experiencing incredible salvation in the year ahead.
During his sermon on Rosh Hashanah, the saintly Yismach Moshe would relate the following:
On Rosh Hashanah, the kings and rulers of all nations are standing before the Heavenly Court, anxiously waiting to hear the judgment of their nation. King Moshiach, too, is standing there, hoping that in the coming year the geula sheleimah, the complete redemption, will come to pass, and the Jewish people will at long last be freed from the galus.
When the verdict is read that the Jewish people did not merit to be redeemed, King Moshiach leaves the Court, ashamed and deeply embarrassed, while all the gentile rulers taunt and ridicule him.
The Satmar Rebbe would repeat these remarks in his inspirational speech before Tekias Shofar. He emphasized that the Yismach Moshe knew what transpired in Heaven. His words are not meant in a figurative sense; he stated true facts, and was qualified to relate them.
~ Divrei Yoel
On Rosh Hashanah, one must act wisely and only think good thoughts.
One should only keep in mind that Hashem will be good to us.
One must be happy on Rosh Hashanah, and yet one must cry.
~ R’ Nachman of Breslov zt”l
View each day as a page in your autobiography.
~ R’ Yechezkel Abramsky zt”l
What’s today’s page going to be about? Perhaps begin a new chapter.
Only when we see the benefit can we connect the dots in reverse to trace the sequence of events.
In fact, the Chasam Sofer says it’s incumbent on all of us to sit down at times and reflect on events we thought were devastating but turned out to be the path to success.
~ R’ David Sutton
One must praise Hashem for the kindness Hashem bestows on him all the time- all types of kindness, the revealed and concealed.
As Chazal say (Yoma 22b) “How little does the person need to be concerned and worried, a person whom Hashem helps him.”
~ R’ Menachem Mendel of Linsk zt’l
There is no shidduch crisis.
There is no tuition crisis.
There’s a lack of Bitachon crisis.
Strengthen the trust, and watch the paths illuminate.
Women seem deprived of many mitzvos. They don’t wear tallis or tefillin…. However, there is a great avodah that they do for Hashem.
Every morning, they thank Hashem for making them exactly as they are, and there is no greater avodah than when one accepts Hashem’s plan.
~ The Nesivos Shalom
