Jewish Life Digital Edition November 2014 | Page 37
WISDOM
When a person suffers, he should not say that
things are bad, but rather that they are bitter. Some
medicines are very bitter. Rabbi Moshe of Kobrin
TEXT: COMPILED BY LIZ SAMUELS
Despise no man and consider nothing
impossible. For there is no man who does not
have his hour, and there is nothing that does not
have its place. Pirkei Avos 4:3
When the Jewish people suffer in any way,
the suffering comes in order to improve them
and make them better. Our suffering is likened
to a father chastising his son in order to have
him follow the correct path. The father, however,
suffers more than the child when he must chastise
him. Baal Shem Tov
A person who walks his path in life without regard to ethical standards is like a blind
man who does not know his journey is along the bank of a river. The person can
at any moment succumb to the dangers of a wrong step and the odds are more
certainly toward his being hurt than escaping harm. Rabbi Moses Chaim Luzzatto
There are many doors which lead out of
the darkness, but man is blind. Rabbi
Nachman of Breslov
We do not raise our voices when doing
mitzvot, for example, when putting on
tefillin. Similarly, when rebuking someone, it
is not necessary to raise your voice – sincere
words and actions will penetrate the most
stubborn heart. Rabbi Chaim of Volozhin
When a man appears before the Throne
of Judgment, the first question he will be
asked is not “Have you believed in G-d?” or
“Have you prayed and observed the ritual?”
but, “Have you dealt honourably with your
fellow man?” Talmud: Shabbos 31a
It is your duty to love Hashem as if
you were the only person in the entire
world. Rabbi Pinchas of Korez
For wisdom is better than rubies; and all the things that may be desired are not to be compared to it. Mishlei 8:11
Just as a person checks his eggs for blood spots, so he should check that his money is “kosher”. Rabbi Yisrael Salanter JL
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