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Rattling the Sabers and Increasing the Prayers

We have heard a lot about preparations for a war with Iraq lately, and much of it is reassuring. But we should not let any of it dampen our incentives to pray.

A Middos Workshop: Cooling Down the Angry Fires
Based on Shiurim of Rav Dovid Siegel

In previous articles we examined the challenging problem of haughtiness (ga'avoh), our basic human tendency to feel more important than others. We learned several techniques for eliminating this trait from our lives, most importantly to concentrate on the reality that Hashem's view of us far outweighs what we or our peers think of us.

The Ruler's Scepter
by Yochonon Dovid

The human body is made up of two sets of muscular systems, one of which is the involuntary system which activates various organs in our body without our conscious intervention or even knowledge. No person can arrest his cardiac activity, nor can he control the muscular workings of his stomach and intestines. The function of these muscles is not controlled by our will or decision.

Principles of the Teaching Profession:
Let Us Create Worlds!

by HaRav Tzvi Shraga Grossbard, zt"l

"Noach found favor in the eyes of Hashem" (Bereishis 6:8).

The Seforno (ibid.) comments that Noach's finding favor in Hashem's eyes, "is what saved his sons and daughters. He himself [i.e., his own zechus] was incapable of saving them but his finding favor in Hashem's eyes helped them...


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