"Joseph’s paradigm was the key to his positive outlook. Joseph saw himself as part of G?d’s plan; he saw every situation as part of the plan. When you perceive the world from this perspective, every difficulty, hardship and challenge is positive. To Joseph, it was all about G?d....
"We all are capable of performing good deeds…We can step outside the Jewish tradition and learn that others have discovered this secret—namely, that we have spiritual abilities within us that cry out for expression. There are potential angels within us all."...
"Less than prayer changes the world, it changes us. The Hebrew verb lehitpalel, meaning 'to pray,' is reflexive, implying an action done to one- self. Literally, it means 'to judge oneself.' It means, to escape from the prison of the self and see the world, including ourselves, from the...
“There is a mystical idea that our days on earth will ultimately be comprised of the garments that clothe our soul after we die. These garments are those of ‘thought,’ ‘speech’ and ‘action.’ The quality of these garments will not be determined by the years of our life, but...
"R. Tzadok… derives a spiritual law from Noach’s story. R. Tzadok says that it is always true, that whenever we stumble in our lives, (be it our spiritual lives, emotional lives, career lives, whatever) there was some blessing that was trying to come through in that moment, and for...
"Our Rabbis point out that the final letters of the words 'Bereshis Barah Elokim' [In the beginning G-d created] [Bereshis 1:1] form the word Emes [Truth], which alludes to the idea that the 'Signature' (chosamo) of the Almighty is Truth.
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All of us should have pleasant and carefree lives. But...
"'Remember bygone days'... the importance of having an appreciation for history... to understand the changes from one generation to the next... each generation has its own set of problems and own set of rules and own set of circumstances....
"Since the mitzvah of teshuva with all its benefits appear toward the end of the Torah that we read at the end of the year, then teshuva qualifies as the 'end of the season sale'; now, teshuva is a bargain....
