All Entries in the "Inspiration" Category
Day # 2 – Your Relationship with Hashem
These special days are very well suited to improving your relationship with Hashem, especially with regard to the issue of so-called “leaving learning” and going to work. It’s the time of the year that we put our matters in order, and sort out who we are and what we are supposed to be doing. It’s [...]
Rosh Hashana: Parnossah From the Source
Let me offer a collective suggestion to all of the readers of this blog, both those in kollel and those not. This Rosh Hashana, when we accept Hashem’s Kingship upon ourselves, let’s make it real and meaningful. Think for a minute who supplies you with your income – immediately a person comes to mind. Either [...]
Succeeding in Business: Who You’re Really Up Against
The biggest obstacle faced by those wishing to go into business, is fear of failure. One may think, “If its such a good way to make money, why wasn’t this tried before?” Who is your competition? What exactly are you up against? The average American household spends 8 hours and 18 minutes a day watching [...]
Uman Rosh Hashana: Quick Fix of Religion
Our generation expects everything to happen quickly. We don’t grow our own food anymore, we don’t sew our own clothes, if we get sick we take pain relievers to instantly feel better. With that, our attention span has been dramatically shortened. If a speech is too long, no one pays attention. If davening takes too [...]
Business Lessons from 3 Roshei Yeshiva
What do Rabbi Avrohom Ausband, R”Y of Telz Alumni D’Riverdale, Rabbi Eli Sorotzkin, R”Y of North Plainfield (Springfield), and Rabbi Elya Chaim Swerdloff, R”Y of Paterson NJ have in common? They all have successful yeshivos, they are all tremendous talmidei chachomim, and they are all sons in law and (except for R’ Swerdloff) sons of [...]
The Lust to Be in Power
It’s a real thing. People love being in control. Some people who you’d think have it all have demonstrated that being in power is the ultimate desire. We can’t understand it, because we don’t have that kind of money. But apparently for those who do, all the money doesn’t provide happiness. Only being in control, [...]
Loving What You Do: Starting The New Z’man
Let’s face it: Most successful people love what they do. It’s almost impossible to throw oneself into something that you hate doing. And its almost impossible to be successful without throwing yourself into it. What is success? It’s not measured in dollars or fame. Success is defined by Chazal as being the ultimate blessing – [...]
TRUE STORY: How to Cause a Great Big Kiddush Hashem
This story illustrates the sheer power of just being a decent person. I wanted to share it with my readers because of the powerful lessons that can be learned from it. Rabbi Dovid Kresh, the menahel and 9th grade Rebbe at Yeshivas Novominsk, was in Shop Rite in Liberty NY this past Sunday evening. As [...]
A World Full of Knowledge
The internet, with all its evils and challenges, has spawned many positive outcomes, which can be readily observed. One of the most obvious and widespread benefits of the internet is the free availability of knowledge. Vast storehouses of valuable information, which previously had been hidden in some dusty volume sitting on a forlorn shelf in [...]
The Real Tragedy: Lost Opportunity
The recent tragic death of 5 year old Dov Levitan was a terrible loss for his parents, family, and just about anyone who heard the story. But why is the sudden death of a young child being struck by a vehicle any more tragic than an elderly woman in her 70s who contracts pneumonia and [...]
