Hakodosh Baruch Hu we love you
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because my soul is not a raisin
accounting of the soul
Divrei Binah, Parshas Bamidbar 21:28
A Jew must make an accounting of his deeds. He must recognize where he stands, how he has improved the world, and for what purpose he was sent here. Our Sages interpreted the verse, "A fire went our from Cheshbon" to mean that a fire goes out from those who keep an accounting of their lives, and consumes those who keep no account.
When a person rises form his bed in the morning, he must focus his first thoughts on his source in Heaven, Hashem Yisborach. Throughout the day, his mind must remain focused on the love and fear of God. He will thereby not lose track of the purpose for which he was created.
be inspired from others
Two inspiring stories. One about Yoseph Robinson, the Hip-Hopper Turned Orthodox Jew and the other about a random encounter that changed someone's life. Thanks Dixie Yid for sharing.
the greatness of little details
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Hashem is great and very much praised, and His greatness is beyond investigation. Generation to generation will praise Your deeds, and of Your power they will tell. Tehillim 145:3-4
hide and seek
Rabbi Baruch of Mezhibuz, grandson of the Baal Shem Tov, once saw that his grandson was hysterically crying. He asked, why are you crying so much? His grandson answered that he was playing hide-and-seek with his friends. He had been hiding for a long time, until he finally came out of his hiding place and saw that none of his friends were looking for him.
When Rav Baruch heard this he began to cry too. He said that when there is hester panim, a "hiding of the divine face," like there is today, the Holy One, blessed is He, is waiting for us to look for Him. But we are not looking for Him at all! How much pain and suffering Hashem must have from this!
believing is not seeing
Hey, next time you're in an argument with an atheist, tell him for me, "Yeah, we also believe that G-d is not an existence." That'll send 'em reeling.
via chabad.org
the light at he end of the tunnel
When I was younger, I did not know what sin I must have done to be born into this generation. Now that I am older, I do not know what merit I have to be born into this generation.
Rav Shimshon Pincus
sight-singing
More Hallel with Rav Zvi Meir Zilverbreg, Rosh Chodesh Nissan 5770
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The sense of the month of Tamuz is: sight. This means that the month of Tamuz is the best month of the year to learn to exercise our sight in the most positive way possible. Rectified sight involves both shying away from that which is negative and training ourselves to see things in a positive light.
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