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Category: Torah Thought
Based on the talks of the Lubavitcher Rebbe
We are limited by the very fact that we have human form. There is no freedom in following our whim, or even our most reasoned decisions. As a prisoner cannot undo his own shackles, so we remain enslaved to our own limited selves.
And so Moses was told, "When you take the people out from Egypt, you shall all serve G-d on this mountain."
What makes us free? Simple deeds done each day, as agents of the One who is absolutely free.
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Audio of the Day
Rabbi Aharon Feldman on Parshas Lech Lecho.
The unprecedented Nisyonos that our generation faces, and the importance of rising to the challenge.
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One-liners on Prayer
- When all else fails, PRAY!
- Pray hardest when it's hardest to pray
- If I pray routinely, I need never be "helpless and hopeless."
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Category: Testimonial
The Benefits of Reading the Chizuk Emails
By Ahser S.
On the topic of chizuk emails - thank you for both!
I was a bit skeptical, but I read them both. My thoughts are:
a) it's better to be reading a chizuk email than anything else on the web
b) I'm being bitel lusting. Meaning, instead of avoiding learning or davening to look at my mobile device or whatever, I'm reading an email and wasting the time I would need to waste my time! After all, I only have so much time in the day. I need to spend it doing something. Now, I feel the need to get back to work and I'm scared to "waste" even more time! What a shocking jolt of self-reflection that I needed.
Baruch Hashem for such a pleasant distraction.
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Category: Attitude
Despair vs. Faith
So many of us suffer from despair. Yet we don't realize that despair is purely the absence of faith. As long as we're willing to turn to God for help in our difficulties, we cannot despair.
When we're troubled and can't see a way out, it's only because we imagine that all solutions depend on us. The Program teaches us to let go of overwhelming problems and let God handle them for us.
When I consciously surrender my will to God's will, do I see faith at work in my life?
Today I Pray
May I be free of despair and depression, those two "down D's" that are the result of feelings of helplessness.
May I know that I am never without the help of God, that I am never helpless when God is with me.
Today I Will Remember
Despair is the absence of faith.
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