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Lazer Brody • Bitachon: A Practical Guide to Trust in God
Hashem loves righteousness and justice, the objective of both being the bringing of balance to this world.
Erez Safar • Light of the Infinite: Transformation in the Desert of Darkness
מה מברכים על נפיחה? תתפלאו, יש לשאלה הזו תשובה
Sometimes Hashem withholds our needs. This could be for one of two reasons: first, either we didn't sufficiently pray for them; or second, we covet something that's not ours.
Lazer Brody • Bitachon: A Practical Guide to Trust in God
leaning on Hashem "in truth" means total trust and reliance without the slightest doubt.
Lazer Brody • Bitachon: A Practical Guide to Trust in God
other words, the more a person trusts in Hashem and truly believes that Hashem is the Provider, the less he or she needs to work.
Lazer Brody • Bitachon: A Practical Guide to Trust in God
Jewish theology insists that genuine self-worth is never competitive or comparative, never purchased at the expense of others. The source of my value, and theirs, is ultimately one and the same: we are all created in the image of God.24
Shai Held • Judaism Is About Love: Recovering the Heart of Jewish Life
Connecting the Hebrew word for “image” (tzelem, as in tzelem Elohim, the image of God) with the word for “shadow” (tzel), Rabbi Yeruham Levovitz teaches that a human being is God’s very shadow. Since a shadow cannot appear without a presence that casts it, when we see a human being, it is as if we were beholding the divine presence (shekhinah)
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G-d-fearing person, [moreover,] should even uphold any resolves he makes in his heart.8 [For example,] a person thought and decided in his heart to sell an article [to a colleague] at a specific price. The colleague did not know of his decision and [therefore] offered a greater sum. [The seller] should take only the sum he decided in his heart to
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