Develop yourself to the best of your ability Antigonus, leader of Socho, received the tradition from Shimon the Righteous. He used to say; Be not like servants who serve their master for the sake of receiving a reward; instead be like servants who serve their master not for the sake… Read More »Don’t Work For a Reward
Develop yourself to the best of your ability Compassion is an extremely noble trait. It is one of the Thirtheen traits of attributed to the Holy One, Blessed be He, as it is writtgen: “Compassionate and gracious.”All that one can doin cultivating this trait, he should exert himself to do.… Read More »Compassion – Rachamim
Develop yourself to the best of your ability It is clear that when you speak badly about another person it is to their disadvantage. When others believe it, they will look at the person differently and may even treat them differently. It is also to the detriment of the person… Read More »Fight Lashon Hara through Understanding
Develop yourself to the best of your ability וַיִּשְׁתַּ֙חוּ֙ אַבְרָהָ֔ם לִפְנֵ֖י עַ֥ם הָאָֽרֶץ׃ Then Abraham bowed low before the landowning citizens, וַיְדַבֵּ֨ר אֶל־עֶפְר֜וֹן בְּאׇזְנֵ֤י עַם־הָאָ֙רֶץ֙ לֵאמֹ֔ר אַ֛ךְ אִם־אַתָּ֥ה ל֖וּ שְׁמָעֵ֑נִי נָתַ֜תִּי כֶּ֤סֶף הַשָּׂדֶה֙ קַ֣ח מִמֶּ֔נִּי וְאֶקְבְּרָ֥ה אֶת־מֵתִ֖י שָֽׁמָּה׃ and spoke to Ephron in the hearing of the landowning citizens, saying,… Read More »See the Good in All
Develop yourself to the best of your ability וְאֵ֛לֶּה תּוֹלְדֹ֥ת יִצְחָ֖ק בֶּן־אַבְרָהָ֑ם אַבְרָהָ֖ם הוֹלִ֥יד אֶת־יִצְחָֽק׃ “The following—Jacob and Esau, whose births will presently be recounted—are the descendants of Isaac, son of Abraham. Although Abraham was also the father of Ishmael, his life’s work was perpetuated by virtue of the fact… Read More »Severity and Kindness, Kindness comes before Severity
Develop yourself to the best of your ability Before praying to G-d, it is good to realise Who you are facing and how great that distance is due to thoughts, speech and actions that are not in accordance with His will. When we remember that before we pray and it… Read More »Study Bears only Fruit with Right Thoughts, Speech and Deeds
Develop yourself to the best of your ability Take your time, be precise, untangle the Mind Rabbi Simcha Zissel Ziv, the Alter of Kelm Jacob represents tranquillity and order. He sat quietly in his tent learning Torah; he loved developing wisdom. He loved traditions – making lentil soup was the… Read More »Take Your Time, Be Precise, Untangle the Mind
Develop yourself to the best of your ability Enthusiasm Like a Bird, a person can reach undreamed-of heights as long as he works his wings. But if he relxes them for but one minute, he plummets downward. Rabbi Yisrael Salanter (1810-1883) The ascent was not about steps. If you go… Read More »Enthusiasm
Develop yourself to the best of your ability Rebbe Yochanan Ben Zakai He always greeted everyone first, and another person would not manage to approach him first with a peace greeting We should greet an everyone we meet with a friendly face and a kind word. Even if we don’t… Read More »Shalom to You
Develop yourself to the best of your ability Ben Zoma used to say, “A good guest says,” How hard my host toiled for me! He put down so much meat for me, so much wine, so much bread – all his effort was just for me!” A bad guest says:… Read More »Thank You!
