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THE GOOD REWARD
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In our daily Shemone Esrei, we ask three times a day 'VeSein Sachar Tov L'Chol Habotchim BeSheemcha Be'Emes--and give a good reward to those who truly believe in Your Name.'
What is the meaning of this request--which we make more than 800 times a ....
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Posted 6/27/2006 12:00 AM |
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REBBE CHANANYA
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The Shulchan Aruch (Orach Chayim 580:2) writes that today, the 27th of Sivan, is the day that Rebbe Chananya Ben Tradyon, one of the Asara Harugei Malchus (the Ten Great Martyrs) was burned together with a Sefer Torah--for he was caught learning and ....
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Posted 6/23/2006 12:00 AM |
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WORLD OF BEAUTY
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The Gemara in Ta'anis (20A) brings the famous story of Rebbe Elazar (the son of Rebbe Shimon Bar Yochai) who, after learning much Torah, was riding on his donkey near the river bank, in an ecstatic and satisfied state. Suddenly, a very not-nice-look ....
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Posted 5/15/2006 12:00 AM |
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OPPORTUNITY KNOCKS.
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If you start learning Mishnayos Megillah on the fourth day of Adar (Shabbos, March 4th) and learn just three Mishnayos a day (after Maariv, with your son, etc.), you will complete the entire mesechta on Purim, and if you then continue to learn Mishna ....
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Posted 3/2/2006 12:00 AM |
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Exersices to Improve Your Body's Spirit
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Three (3) times a day (upon waking, noon time, and upon going to sleep, or breakfast, lunch and dinner, or while walking), say the following words five (5) times, consecutively and slowly: [blue]THANK YOU, HASHEM[/blue]." Each time they are rec ....
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Posted 2/28/2006 12:00 AM |
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A Winning Smile
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Rav Yechezkel Levenstein Z'TL (Letter 208) writes that an absolute prerequisite to come close to Hashem is appropriate dealing and proper conduct with other people. Specifically, he writes that if one makes a point to look for the m'alos, the good ....
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Posted 2/13/2006 12:00 AM |
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A Mans Job
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"A man's job is not to be in complete control of all situations, but to be in control of himself in all situations."
From [u]A Candle by Day [/u]by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein
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Posted 1/12/2006 12:00 AM |
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Perform an Ultimate in Chesed!
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Think of someone, who need not be a relative, who perished in the Holocaust, or in Eretz Yisroel in a terrorist bombing or in war, and learn a Mishnah, give tzedakah, or buy a sefer needed by your shul on his or her behalf.
Perform an ultimate in ....
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Posted 11/28/2005 12:00 AM |
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Consider these...
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[c]“Never fear shadows – it means that there’s light nearby.”[/c]
[c]“Whether you think that you can, or that you can’t – you are usually right.”[/c]
[c]“Stick up for what’s right, even if you’ll stick out.”[/c]
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Posted 9/28/2005 12:00 AM |
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Happiness
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“Happiness is not an absence of problems, but the ability to deal with them.”
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Posted 9/19/2005 12:00 AM |
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Rav Yitzchak HaCohen Kook's Yarzeit
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[blue]3rd of Elul [/blue]which falls this year on Wednesday Sept 7th, is the [i][b][blue]yarzeit of HoRav Avraham Yitzchak HaCohen Kook zt"l.[/blue][/b][/i]
Rav Kook was the first chief Rabbi of "Palestine." A visionary who foresaw ....
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Posted 9/6/2005 12:00 AM |
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