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Are Human Deeds Short-lived and Temporary?

Human acts are forever. When you say a word, that word is forever. You just cannot erase that word. It’ll continue to live on for eternity. And everything that people do in this world is of eternal significance. There’s no such thing as past. Everything is present and future. What you did ten years ago will live on and on.

-- (#516, Eternal Sanctuary of Marriage)
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פּוֹתֵ֥חַ אֶת יָדֶ֑ךָ וּמַשְׂבִּ֖יעַ לְכׇל חַ֣י רָצֽוֹן (תהלים קמ"ה ט"ז)

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What Is So Special About The Passuk, Poseiach Es Yadecha (Ashrei)?

Suppose there’s a millionaire who had no interest in anything, the only reason he’s in business is to make money to help yeshivas. (You find such a one yet? Let me know when you find him.) Yet that’s Hashem. Poseiach es yadecha, Your hand, all Your koach is for the purpose of feeding. Hashem, All Your power is devoted to that one purpose of feeding the world.

– Show me Your Glory (#E176)
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חוקים ומשפטים

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What Is The Benefit of Fulfilling Mitzvos We Do Not Understand?

There is a benefit to the mind in fulfilling physical mitzvos for which we have no rationale (chukim). We learn how to restrain ourselves, how to obey the Torah, and how to fear Hashem’s word.

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זכותו יגן עלינו.

ווי גייט זיין א יארצייט סעודה?
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וואס איז די פשט אין די ווערטער "ה' אחד"?

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What is the plain pshat of the words "Hashem Echad" that we say in Shema?

The words Hashem Echad include many things. It's too big of a subject - too important of a subject - to have a plain pshat. But I'll tell you one pshat. Hashem Echad means that He is the one who exists. And nothing else exists. He is havayah. Only He has true existence. His existence is Hayah, Hoiveh v'Yiheyeh. He truly exists while all of us exist only in the sense that He is mi'haveh us. He causes us to be in existence through His ratzon. Hashem is wishing us into existence, and if He stopped wishing we would dissappear into nothing. He created us out of nothing and we would revert back into nothing.

And therefore we say that Hashem is Havayah. Havayah means - the Rambam explains this - that He is the one who is the michuyav ha'metzius. He's the only one whose existence is a real existence. And everything else in the world exists only because Hashem wants it to be in existence. It's His ratzon. It's His machshavah. Of course, His machshavah is a significant machshavah. You know that you're real - so it's a pretty good machshavah. But still it's only machshavah. It's the imagination of Hakodosh Boruch Hu. We are in existence through the machshavah of Hakodosh Boruch Hu.

We say every morning, Boruch goizer u'mikayeim. Not only did Hashem decree that we should exist but he is mi'kayeim - he upholds - His decree. He continues to want us to be in existence. We are only His imagination, while His existence is the true existence.

That's why we thank Him for every minute. Not only that He created the world but we thank Him for upholding the existence of the world every second. So the world has no existence. The world is ayin. It's ayin - it's nothing. Hakodosh Boruch Hu is the one who made the ayin into a yesh. And therefore He's Echad. He's One. He's the only one.

There are other peirushim and all are true. One more important peirush I'll tell you. He's One means that He's the only one in our minds. He's the only thing that we should be thinking about. Whatever you are doing you must be thinking primarily about Hashem. You must think about Hashem always. Always Him! Always Hashem! He's the Echad in our mind. No matter what you are doing - no matter what you are thinking about, He's the one who you should be thinking about most. That's another important peirush of the words Hashem Echad.

-- TAPE E-267 (March 2001)

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די יארצייט פון די עלטערן; ברא מזכה אבא

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What is the significance of a yartzeit for parents? What should you do on that day?

You should know, that there's a kapara for meisim, kapeir l'amcha yisroel asher padiso. The gemoro says, kapeir l'amacha eilu hachayim, asher padisa eilu hameisim, so there's a kapara for meisim.

When children utilize the kapara day for their parents - not only on the yartzeit, but anytime, however a yartzeit is specially chosen to remind you - to do some mitzvah for his parents, even to drop a penny in the pushka. If the parents can come back to drop a penny in the pushka, they'd be overjoyed. Once more to be able to do a mitzvah, even the smallest mitzvah would be a tremendous gift for people that left this life.

Since they cannot do it themselves, your hand should be the hand of your parents. You do mitzvos, maasim tovim, learn Torah, whatever you do on the yartzeit, if you do it l'zchus of your parents, you should know you're giving them the very greatest gift. Even though you're not thinking, you're not m'chaven for them it's theirs anyhow, because broh mezakeh abba, broh kareh d'avuha.

Therefore it's a very great benefit to parents whose children do mitzvos, are ovdei Hashem, and it's the biggest nachas for parents in Gan Eden when their children are earning maasim tovim for the credit to their parents.


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לאמיר היינט (און יעדען טאג) עפעס טוהן פאר אינזער נשמה און אויך אינזער גוף דורך טראכטען פונעם בורא עולם און זיינע חסדים.

היינט איז די יארצייט פון מיין רבי וואס איך געדענק נישט אויב איך האב אים געזעהן ‏בחייו, אבער אחר פטירתו שפתיו דובבות בקבר.

אויב איז דא מיט וואס איך קען זאגען, אז דאס האט מיר אפגעהאלטען פון אן עבירה. אויב איך קען זאגען, אז איך זעה דעם באשעפערס ווינדער אפילו אין א דומם. אז מיין הארץ האט באמת געבענקט, ווען איך האב אינזין געהאט די ווערטער "פתחתי אני לדודי ודודי חמק עבר". קומט דאס אלס פון דעם קדוש וטהור רבינו אביגדור בן ר׳ ישראל הכהן זי״ע.

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פארוואס אבזערווירן מיר נישט יום השואה

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Can you explain to me why some synagogues do not observe Yom Hashoah memorial observance?

I certainly will be happy to explain it. If the gedolei Yisroel, the great Torah leaders, will come together and declare a certain day for a certain purpose, then we are certainly, bli neder, going to do so. But if atheists get together and decree a day of observance, so the only way to treat that is to ignore it completely. Any synagogue that makes a Yom Hashoah observance is a synagogue of fools. And there are no exceptions! Any synagogue that is going to celebrate the Yom Hashoah, the Holocaust Memorial Day, a day that was founded by atheists is a place of fools. Men without hats who don't believe in Hakodosh Boruch Hu, people who eat tarfus, reform rabbis, and leaders of the State of Israel who are atheists - I'm not talking about Begin, but others before him who started it - people who don't believe in a Borei Olam, and they get together and they decree a certain holiday, either a festival or a day of mourning, there is no question that any Jew with any guts has to fight back and see to it that it's not observed. When it comes to making laws for the Jewish people, we observe only the edict of the Torah leaders, not the edicts of reform rabbis.

I'm going to quote to you what Balfour Brickner, a famous reform rabbi said a few weeks ago. Somebody asked him: If a reform rabbi becomes involved in Jews for J, should he be expelled from the rabbinate? So he said, "Where are we going to start? There are reform rabbis who are [baalei to'eva], reform rabbis who are atheists and agnostics. So where are we going to start and where are we going to end?" What that means is that they would have to expel all the reform rabbis.

So if such low characters are proclaiming a day of mourning - and there are to'eiva reform rabbis, no question about it. If Balfour Brickner says it publicly, then you can believe him. And it's not just ten or fifteen of them! And therefore, if these perverts get together and declare a Yom Hashoah, so somebody is going to ask me: Rabbi Miller, why don't you observe it?!

-- TAPE # 215 (April 1978)

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What's so special about Rosh Chodesh that we say Hallel and that it's called a moed?

There are three elements that can be easily seen in every Rosh Chodesh. And if you ignore them or just think about them in a superficial manner, then you are wasting a valuable opportunity. And many people do waste this opportunity. Yes, many people.

First of all, we must look back and thank Hashem for letting us live through the past month. Do you think that it's a small thing to live a whole month?! Many people haven't made it to this Rosh Chodesh. Boruch Hashem we're still around. Boruch Hashem! And that's why we say Hallel. Hallel is to thank Hashem for the past month.

Now, Rosh Chodesh is also a zman kaporoh lechol toldosom. It's an opportunity for a kaporoh, atonement, for the sins we did in the past month. Look back and remind yourself of the things you did wrong during the past month. Not only the things you did wrong but even more important - the good things that you didn't do. What a loss. What a loss! Look back and do teshuva. It's a zman kaporoh, a special opportunity for teshuva and atonement.

And the third element is that it's a yom tefilah for the upcoming month. A special day for davening. At minimum you must say ya’aleh veyovo. The words of ya’aleh veyovo are an important tefillah for the coming month.

So these are the three elements. Again: One is to thank Hashem for the past month. And the second is to be mefashfosh be'maasov - to examine your deeds of the past month and do teshuva. That's zman kaporoh. And the third is to ask Hashem for help for the coming month. These are very important ideas. And that's why Rosh Chodesh is a very important occasion.

You think that a month is a small thing in our lives?! If you look back and you see that you didn't accomplish anything in the past month then you should be worried. Yes, you should worry. And make up your mind that in the next month you're going to start doing all the good things that you hear here. At least that. Get busy doing all these good things next month. Make up your mind that a month shouldn't be wasted.

A month is not a day. It's not a week. It's a whole month. That's a big slice of life! And therefore on Rosh Chodesh we have to thank Hashem for the past month, we have to do teshuva for the things we did wrong in the past month and we have to ask Hashem for His help for the upcoming month.

-- TAPE E-266 (February 2001)

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What is meant by derech eretz kodmah l'Torah, that derech eretz is before the Torah?

Somebody told me that he couldn't find that statement; it's a Midrash Rabah in Vayikra. And it states, derech eretz, the way to live properly comes before the Torah. What does that mean? We're not going to wait until you learn how to live properly before you keep the Torah; it'll take too long. What it means is, in history it came first, because Bereishis came before Shmos. The Torah was given in Shmos but in Bereishis we learn derech eretz. You know what derech eretz is?

Derech Eretz is, "Sarah sho'maas", Sarah was listening, that's derech eretz. When Avrohom was talking, Sarah didn't stick her head out and say, "I know all about it!! You said it already to the guests that came yesterday." Sarah is listening, that's derech eretz.

When Avrohom saw wayfarers traveling on a hot day, he ran out in a terrible heat and he begged them to taste of his hospitality. That's derech eretz.

Derech eretz is, when a strange man came with camels, an able bodied man came with camels, and said to Rivka, "Give me a drink," and she said "What do you think I am? Go yourself to the well." No. She said, "Yes my lord, shi'sei adoni, my master drink," that's derech eretz. And when she added, "Let me give water also to your camels," that's derech eretz.

When Yosef Hatzadik was a prisoner and he was down in the dumps because he was in prison for nothing, and he saw two of his fellow prisoners were glum, he didn't say, "What's it my business, I have my own worries." No, he said ma'duah pi'neichem roim, why do you look bad today? He interested himself in their welfare. That's derech eretz.

All these things and thousands like them are written in Bereishis to teach this is the way to prepare for Torah, good character.

When Yaakov Avinu said that he almost gave his life to take care of Lavan's flocks, by day and by night, in the heat and in the cold, he didn't forsake his charge, he was a loyal watchman...That's derech eretz.

When Yaakov Avinu went back to look for pachim ktanim, little things that were left over on the other side of the river, because he was a treasurer for Hakadosh Baruch Hu, he didn't waste. Don't waste! You can't waste things, it all belongs to Hashem, nothing is ours. That's derech eretz.

When Noach got drunk and he was lying on his bed, and his two older sons decided to cover him up. They took the blanket and they walked backwards not to see their father. That's derech eretz.

The whole Bereishis is derech eretz, and it's put there before kabolas ha'Torah to tell you, that's how to prepare for the Torah. That's whats meant by derech eretz kodmah l'Torah.


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What Does a Jew Learn From the Immorality of the World?

The moral breakdown in the general society is also a sign from Heaven. The mingling of the sexes in schools and in business, the lack of restraint in female apparel, the breakdown of the authority of the husband and father, the aggrandizing of the youth: all this is intended to demonstrate the folly of the nations, and to warn us to keep aloof in every way.

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וַיְהִי הָאָדָם לְנֶפֶשׁ חַיָּה (בראשית ב' ז')

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תרגום אונקלוס: וַהֲוַת בְּאָדָם לְרוּחַ מְמַלְלָא
תרגום יהונתן: וַהֲוָת נִשְׁמָתָא בְּגוּפָא דְאָדָם לְרוּחַ מְמַלְלָא לְאַנְהָרוּת עַיְינִין וּלְמִצְתּוֹת אוּדְנִין
Why Is The Power of Speech Fundamental To Our Existence?

Just as the first Man immediately possessed teeth in order to exist, so also did he immediately possess language. For Man’s function is the attainment of Perfection. Just as he needs teeth in order to eat, so he needs language to express his mind and character and to live successfully with his fellowmen; for it is thus that he achieves Perfection.

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Does Hashem Hold Us Responsible For Our Character Traits?

We’re responsible for our character. Don’t say, “That’s how I am!” That’s untrue. We have free will and we’re able to control out characters. For midos (character traits), everybody is accountable: men and women, and boys and girls. Character--that’s the touchstone, that’s the test by which all mitzvos and all aveiros (sins) are measured.

-- The Complainer (#379)
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וויפיל זענען מיר שילדיג צום באשעפער

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What Is the Humility of Gratitude?

Once somebody has done something for you, then he has a mortgage on you. Of course you have to pay him back, but your mortgage is still there. But suppose you can’t do anything in return, then how much more so are you mortgaged. And therefore to Hashem we are so humbled, because we can do nothing at all for Him. And that’s what Avodas Elokim (service of Hashem) is.

-- Supreme Services (#35)
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ביזטו א אייניקל פון אברהם יצחק און יעקב

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שלשה סימנים יש באומה זו, הרחמנים והביישנין וגומלי חסדים (יבמות ע"ט ע"א)
What Three Characteristics Distinguish the Jewish People?

“Three signs are in this people; they are merciful, they are modest and they practice kindliness” (Yevamos 79A).

The genuine Jew has mercy, is ashamed to do misdeeds and to be arrogant, and he is eager to do acts of kindness. Sometimes one of these qualities may become submerged or atrophied; but when a Jew possesses all three, he thereby demonstrates that he is a descendant of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob.
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ועונה לעמו ישראל בעת שועם אליו

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How Should a Person Cry Out to Hashem?

“V’oneh l’Amo Yisrael b’eis shavam eilav — He answers his people Yisrael at the time that they cry out to Him.”

It doesn’t say merely He is at hand to help them. It says v’oneh — He is ready to answer them. When? “B’eis shavam eilav — at the time that they cry out.”

Shavam means a great outcry. So we see it’s not sufficient to mumble a little prayer. It’s important to make a big outcry to Hashem.

-- The Wine of Prayer (#555)
Shavam means a great outcry
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Should one say Hallel on Yom Ha'atzma'us? And if yes, should we say it with a bracha or without a bracha?

The first question is really, should one say Hallel on Columbus Day? When Columbus discovered America it was a great blessing for the Jewish People. It was a preparation for one of the greatest Jewish communities in history.

And therefore, next Columbus Day, when they're parading down Fifth Avenue in Manhattan, take your machzor, or your siddur, and go outside... And if you feel so moved as to say Hallel, then just be careful to say it without a bracha.

And on the 5th of Iyar, don't say Hallel even without a bracha. Because the 5th of Iyar is not a day of happiness. And I'll tell you more about that some other day. But for the time being, I answered your question.

TAPE 70 (April 1975)
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How should we celebrate Yom Ha'atzma'us

The answer is that you should not. And I'll tell you why. Yom Ha'atzma'us is a day that was invented not by the chachmei hatorah. It was invented by a group of atheists called the Knesses. Now in the Knesses there are some decent people too, but the majority are atheists. When atheists get together and they pass a law that this and this day should be celebrated by the Jewish people, then we honor them with a sneeze. We ignore them entirely.

The only ones who make laws for the Jewish people, are the ones who keep the laws of the Jewish people. People who don't eat kosher and don't believe in the Torah have no business telling us what to do. And therefore we celebrate the Yom Ha'atzmaus by ignoring it entirely!

Now we pray always for our fellow Jews wherever they are. Whether they're in Buenos Aires or in Poland or in Eretz Yisroel, we pray for our fellow Jews. But when it comes to making laws, we don't listen to the atheists at all! And so we ignore the day entirely. It means nothing at all.

TAPE # 821 (April 1991)


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כל ימי גדלתי בין החכמים ולא מצאתי לגוף טוב אלא שתיקה. (אבות א יז)

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What is the single best way to get along with people?

The single best way to get along with people min Hatorah, is to keep your mouth shut. Now that doesn't mean that it's the only best way, you asked me for the single best way, because you need more than that. But there is no question that the mouth is the cause of most dissension.

So if you have something good to say, certainly that's a better way, you can talk diveri shalom v'emes, but if you're not capable the best thing is not to say anything.

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די גרעסטע תענוג אויף די וועלט איז נישט הנאה צו האבן פון די וועלט!

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Rabbi Miller always tells us that this world is a wonderful world of benefits. But if so, why did Rabbeinu Hakodosh praise himself by saying that he didn't benefit from this world at all (Kesuvos 104a)?

If Olam Hazeh is a good thing then why did Rabbeinu Hakodosh praise himself before he died by saying that he hadn't had any hana'ah from this world at all? And the answer is that that is one of the benefits of being in this world. That's one of the reasons this world is such a good thing! You're living in this world of so much good and so many benefits and you have to train yourself to say no to yourself. And to say no to yourself is a tremendous hatzlacha.

In the next world it will be too late. There will be no more opportunities to say no to yourself. No more opportunities for greatness. In this world you can still say no to yourself. I want to do it but I won't! "Oh," Hashem says, "Now you're utilizing this world!" Because that's what this world is for.

TAPE # 143 (October 1976)

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א "געלט שידוך"

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Is it right for a ben-torah to look for a girl with money when looking for a shidduch?

And the answer is that if she has everything else, then why not? If you have two girls, one with money and one without, and both are the same, then naturally money is important. Why not? There's nothing wrong with money. What?! Is having money a sin?! There's nothing wrong with money.

But suppose you have a good girl, a girl without money. And the other one is not a good girl but she has money. Then it's stupid. Money means nothing when compared to character.

The question really is - how much should you be willing to surrender in good character for the expectation of money? I can not tell you that. That's not so easy to judge. Sometimes, one is very good with no money at all and the other one is almost very good, with money. Then you'll have to ask a talmid chochom what the hachra'ah should be and what should be done in your specific situation.

-- TAPE # E-212 (October 1999)

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קדושים תהיו כי קדוש אני ה'

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Kedoshim t'hiyou ki kodosh ani Hashem, what's the meaning of kedusha and how can we compare our kedusha to Hakadosh Baruch Hu's kedusha?

Kedusha means… sh'leimus; perfection the way Hashem is perfect. All good midos, all chochmos, and all maasim tovim, that's kedusha. And how should you gain kedusha? Most of the kedusha depends on your mind. However, you can train yourself in many good things. If you're a kodosh; let's say, that you don't talk too much, that's a kedusha. If you're a kodosh that you learned not to waste time, whenever you have time you look in a sefer, or do something else that's good, that's kedusha.

There are various kinds of kedusha. But all together, kedusha means, you should be perfect. Hakadosh Baruch Hu, when He commanded Avrohom Avinu, He said his'haleich l'fonai, walk before Me, veh'yei tomim, and be perfect. What does it mean, walk before Me? It means that when you walk, wherever you go, whatever you do, think about Me, that's kedusha. Think as much as possible about Hakadosh Baruch Hu. You have a store and customers are coming in, you say "Baruch Hashem, a customer! Help me make a good sale to him," that's kedusha. Whatever you do should be kedusha.

You sit down to eat, do what the Shulchan Aruch says; say, "I'm eating l'havros es haguf... la'avod es Hashem, I'm eating to make my body healthy I should be able to serve Hashem, that's kedusha. Of course, if you really mean it, it's even more kedusha, but even saying it is the beginning of kedusha.

When you put on your shoes, Ahh, baruch Hashem sheoso li kol tzorki; shoes are expensive. How did shoes come into being? Shoes are nothing but grass! An animal eats grass and it turns into leather, it's a nes! You're wearing grass shoes.

Everything that you put on is a miracle, malbish arumim. And so a person who thinks these thoughts, he should know he's becoming a kodosh. Kodosh doesn't mean he has to be a nazir, doesn't mean he has to fast. The Kuzari says, when you eat a seuda on Shabbos you gain more kedusha than when you fast. Fasting on a weekday does not give you as much kedusha as eating on Shabbos. Of course, you have to eat in the right way.

So there are ways of getting kedusha, and we have to utilize all of them.


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ווי אזוי צו טראכטן פון הקב"ה אינעם טאג-טעגליכן לעבן

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How can one continue with thoughts of Hakadosh Baruch Hu if he is busy throughout the day with material things, and he's in contact with people?

If you learn to utilize these things, they will remind you of Hakadosh Baruch Hu, because everything in the world is actually made for the purpose of reminding you. Let's say you're a grocer, as you stand behind the counter and somebody asks for a can of sardines, or for a herring, so you're thinking, "Where does this come from? It's from Hakadosh Baruch Hu who gave it an instinct. Far away in waters of some distant ocean this creature is fruitful and is multiplying itself, for the purpose that it should be served on your table, and here you're handing it across the counter, it's the result of the Niflo'os Haborei."

You know how many miracles have to take place before you have a herring? First of all the herring has to reproduce. How could a herring reproduce in the ocean? There are no places for them to go out (on a date) together, there are no homes where they live together; it's a very difficult business for fish to reproduce. It's a miracle that they reproduce at all. And how can they find food? There's food available for herrings too, and there are nissim upon nissim.

When the grocer hands a bag of apples across the counter and he thinks, "Where did these apples come from, where did the beautiful red color come from? And why did the red color come just only when the apple became sweet and soft, but before it was green? Why is it that only when the apple is ripe does it turn red?" And he's thinking these noble thoughts, and if he's trained, a grocery store is the very best place to study Chovos Halvavos, and to study Bereishis barah Elokim and to come to emunah. In addition, while he's handing things across the counter he's thinking, "I'm serving Hakadosh Baruch Hu, poseiach es yodecha, he opens up his hands like Hakadosh Baruch Hu does, umasbiah lchol chai ratzon."

The fact that he's getting paid for it, he ignores that. It's a little lubrication to make it easier to do that, but actually his intention is to walk in the ways of Hashem. So a grocer and a butcher, these people certainly find it easy to serve Hakadosh Baruch Hu.

If you're a dentist or you're a physician, so rofei cholei amo Yisroel, what's greater than that? Helping the Jewish people! Saving Jewish lives, that's the nation of Hakadosh Baruch Hu. What isn't there that a man couldn't utilize? Except if you're running a movie, that's a question, that's a hard job to find some justification. All legitimate parnossos are ways and means of spurring our minds to think of Hakadosh Baruch Hu.

You're selling jewelry: You know what jewelry means? A big amount of jewelry goes to chasanim to give to their brides. You know what's going to happen now? It's the beginning of a great career. A young man is marrying a young woman and he's giving her a ring, that's encouragement for the great career that's waiting for them, a career of bringing into the world the Jewish nation. So what's better than that?


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What should a person do in order to be always happy?

In order to be always happy a person must first choose one thing and concentrate on it until it makes him happy. You have to work on that one thing. After a while you'll be happy with that one thing. Then add another thing. And work on that. After a while work on something else. After a while you'll have so many things that you'll be a rich man. You'll actually feel a happiness about so many things.

So start out as follows. Say, "I'm happy that I have something to eat." Learn how to be happy that you have food. Work on that. It takes some effort. Practice that for a while without any weakening of your resolve.

Next, you went to the bathroom. Everything worked? Learn how to be happy with that. You hear that?! Learn how to be happy with that. You don't think about it?! When you'll be eighty years old you'll start thinking about it. Trust me, you'll think about it. And you'll long for those days of happiness when everything worked so well. So start thinking about it now. Work on being happy that you can go to the bathroom.

Little by little, add. It takes work. It takes time. Like I said before, it doesn't come by itself. Little by little, you'll add. And after a while you'll have forty, fifty things. And that's nothing yet because there's so much more than that. But you'll be happy with forty things and you'll be a rich man. You'll be a rich man already. And if you're a young man yet - even a young man of sixty - you'll keep on this path, on this career, until you're in your nineties and you'll be a very wealthy person.

But you have to do it, though. Just hearing me say it, is not enough. You have to make up your mind that you're going to pursue this career of happiness and that you'll always be saying, "I thank You Hashem." Always, "I thank You Hashem for giving me this breakfast. I thank you Hashem for being able to go to the bathroom." And don't rely on the brachos you make. You must say it with your mouth in your own language. Always. And, haMachshovo nimsheches achar haDibur - your mind will be transformed because of your speech and you will become a happy man. You will become happy with the so many wonderful things that you have always taken for granted. And you will become a servant of Hashem and a great man. Not only will you become a happy person but you will become a great person.

-- TAPE # E-202 (July 1999)

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