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Life Lessons from Chanuka
A lesson we can all take away from the story of Chanuka: How a few Macabbim were able to rout the entire Greek army was certainly a miracle. But hidden beneath all the glory is a troubling mystery – What were they thinking? How could Mattisyahu and his sons even imagine they would possibly succeed? If they [...]
Escaping the Harsh Realities of the Shidduch Crisis
The shidduch crisis and the kollel crisis share many things in common. The shidduch crisis is clearly a result of a numbers problem – the age gap between the boys and girls creates a situation where there are a surplus of girls and a shortage of boys. (This video explains it well.) The kollel crisis [...]
Tisha B’av – Lack of Vision
The destruction of the beis hamikdash is not just what we lost on this day. We also lost our connection to Hashem. Prior to this day, when we were confused or unsure about things, the nevi’im sent us messages – sometimes in great detail – which described what we were doing wrong, and how we [...]
How a 20 Yr. Old Yeshiva Guy Gets $100k Job With No Education
I was recently speaking to a friend of mine who is does very well in the various businesses he oversees. He told me how he got started in business at the young age of 20. At the time, he was working in a yeshiva doing odd jobs, never having been the biggest masmid. He was [...]
Lessons From a Chassidish Computer Whiz
I recently had my computers serviced by a chassidishe fellow from Boro Park who does computers. Not only did he know what he was doing, he was more knowledgeable than the technicians from the software companies that he spoke to on the phone while working on our systems. Microsoft makes a very sophisticated and powerful [...]
Doing Alot But Accomplishing Nothing
There is only one type of pleasure that results in a lasting satisfaction. It’s not the taste of a good steak or a fine wine, and it’s not the vacation of a lifetime. Lasting pleasure comes only from “enjoying the fruits of your labor”. Dovid Hamelech writes it in Tehilim, and Chazal explain that the [...]
The Path to Success is a Secert
It seems that the world is obsessed with discovering the “secrets” to becoming successful. Books, websites, radio commercials, and online programs all promise to show you the path to glorious riches and “proven success”. Obviously, many of us are out there buying this information thinking they can find the secret that will make all the [...]
Hitting the Publish Button
There is a tremendous sense of awe when you hear someone has published 84 seforim in his lifetime. That person is Rav Yechiel Michel Stern of Yerushalayim, who was featured recently in Mishpacha magazine. The article focused on miraculous events that happened to him throughout his life, and some very touching stories that he experienced [...]
Applying the Lessons of Chanukah to Business
Some takeaways from Chanukah: There was only enough oil for one night, but it lasted for 8: Yes, the miracle was that the flames burned for 8 days, but what if the Kohanim would not have even bothered with lighting the menorah at all? After all, the menorah had not been lit in months – [...]
A Kollel Attitude Towards Kiruv
There is a battle being lost every day against the Jewish nation. It is the relentless attack of the American culture against the Jewish people, and we are losing tens of thousands to intermarriage every day. Imagine a raging river rushing by with nothing stopping all the water from flowing away. This is a good [...]
