BS”D There are many ways to get chizuk when life gets confusing or difficult. We can daven to HaShem, say Tehillim, pick up an inspiring book or listen to a class. We can talk to a loved one or speak with a Rav or Rebbe… But sometimes the biggest chizuk can come from within. The…
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BS”D Sometimes I wonder when I’ll be old… When I was in my teens and twenties, I used to think that 40 was old. But now that I’m in my my forties, I don’t feel that much different. I’m a little more gray, a little more wrinkled, maybe a little more settled, but I can’t…
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BS”D Tehillim Chapter 3: HaShem is My Shield יְהֹוָה מָה רַבּוּ צָרָי רַבִּים קָמִים עָלָי רַבִּים אֹמְרִים לְנַפְשִׁי אֵין יְשׁוּעָתָה לּוֹ בֵאלֹהִים סֶלָה וְאַתָּה יְהֹוָה מָגֵן בַּעֲדִי כְּבוֹדִי וּמֵרִים רֹאשִׁי HaShem, how many are my tormentors! The great rise up against me. The great say of my soul, “There is no deliverance for him from…
BS”D אַשְׁרֵי הָאִישׁ אֲשֶׁר לֹא הָלַךְ בַּעֲצַת רְשָׁעִים, וּבְדֶרֶךְ חַטָּאִים לֹא עָמָד, וּבְמוֹשַׁב לֵצִים לֹא יָשָׁב …who didn’t walk in the counsel of the wicked, and in the way of the sinners he didn’t stand, and in the seat of the scorners he didn’t sit. Tehillim Chapter 1:1 These three situations are in descending order…
BS”D What do you think of when you see or hear the word simcha? Do you imagine people who are smiling and happy or talking excitedly? Perhaps, you see people who are singing, dancing, jumping, clapping hands… But is this really simcha? . To Serve HaShem in Simcha… In Hebrew there are actually several…
