Fear can be a cruel thing. When it overflows its boundaries, it drains our life force. It changes our perception. Under its influence, every little setback seems huge. Until the world itself seems fundamentally terrible. Eventually, we look for the evil intent behind anything good. We become cynical. Finally, it seems pointless to work towards … Read more
Giving affects not only the one you give to, but also you, the giver. Therefore, it’s not only important how much you give, but how often. Each act of giving uplifts and purifies you a little more. ~ R’ Tzvi Freeman ___ On Succos, the highest light, which is the light of emuna, shines. When … Read more
I praise no superstition, I praise the living fountains of enlarging belief. What is growth, completion, development? You began with that question, I apply it to the history of our people. I say that the effect of our separateness will not be completed and have its highest transformation unless our race takes on again the … Read more
G-d told Cain “If you improve, you will be forgiven” Genesis 4:7. Cain’s true failure was that he didn’t learn from G-d’s positive response to Abel, who had offered up the choicest of his animals. Had Cain presented a second offering, this time from the choicest of his crop, G-d would have forgiven him and … Read more
The discretion of a man deferreth his anger; and it is his glory to pass over a transgression. (Proverbs 19:11) * * * Rabbi Menachem Meiri relates the following story: There was once a righteous king who had but one major fault; he was angered very easily. To overcome this tendency he wrote three lines … Read more
The fear of the LORD is the beginning of knowledge. (Proverbs 1:7) The secret of the Lord is with them that fear him; and he will shew them his covenant. (Psalms 25:14) The fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom: a good understanding have all they that do his commandments: his praise endureth … Read more
Rev. Hugh Robert Orr: Judaism vs. Christianity– A Unitarian View “And so there came to be what was know to be a ‘Christianity as a system’ — Christianity as a system is not and never was the religion of Jesus. Christianity as a system is an agglomeration of absurd theological dogma infiltrated with all kinds … Read more
Gird up now thy loins like a man; for I will demand of thee, and answer thou me. (Job 38:3) Thou therefore gird up thy loins, and arise, and speak unto them all that I command thee: be not dismayed at their faces, lest I confound thee before them. (Jeremiah 1:17) – Tom Irvine
The Ten Commandments were given by Jehovah to the Children of Israel, as recorded in the Old Testament, Exodus 20. * * * Exodus 20 [1] And God spake all these words, saying, [2] I am the LORD thy God, which have brought thee out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of … Read more
The way in which one acts towards others determines the way in which Heaven will act towards him…As our Sages state “Whoever has compassion towards others will be shown compassion from Above” (Shabbos 151b); and “Whoever refrains from exacting his measure [of retribution from others for the wrong they caused him] will have all his … Read more
