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Honoring a mother-in-law

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Q: What kind of honor can you give to a mother-in-law who interferes?

A: This is a very big question: What to do with a mother-in-law. The answer is (it’s not the full answer, but it’s an important answer), what would you do if you were a mother-in-law? And probably it wouldn’t be much different.

"You have to consider the mother-in-law as possessing certain rights, certain privileges, and you have to suffer from her. That’s part of the job of living in this world, and if you’ll get along with your mother-in-law in this world, you have to know you are going to get a tremendous reward. That’s part of a marriage and that’s a process of smoothing out your character...

Lots of mothers-in-law are not at peace with themselves. That’s an important subject: to learn how to live with yourself, to be happy. Not to be dissatisfied, not to look for faults in life. People who have acquired a happy attitude are going to get along with others much more readily than dissatisfied and complaining people.

More than that I will not say but to a certain extent that is a guideline. Learn to be happy. Learn to be pleased with everybody and then you’ll see that your mother-in-law is not such a threatening figure as you imagined.

— Under Good Infuence (#332)
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כיבוד אב ואם

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Blessings for those who honor their parents
SimchaMinute by Rabbi Avigdor Miller

"Talk to your children what a big mitzvah it is to honor your mommy... The mother should also urge the children in the presence of the father. “Kabaid es avicha” honor your father. Explain to them... The Torah promises, “Lmaan yaricha yamecha,” you’ll live longer. There are so many blessings those for who fulfill kibud av vaim. Teach it to them constantly; over and over again.

— Ten Commandments of Marriage 2 (#E50)
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עס האלט זיך נישט

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What Good Is Romance?

"Romance doesn’t make happiness in marriage, because it’s something that can’t endure. It’s only imaginary happiness, it’s only a functional thing. As soon as the purpose is accomplished then romance declines, it goes down the drain.

— Bitachon (#32)
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Catching a Cold

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Ask Rabbi Miller: Catching a Cold
"by Rabbi Avigdor Miller

Q: Is a person considered blameworthy if he catches a cold even if he took normal precautions and followed hygienic procedures?

A: If somebody did everything that was necessary he’s not blameworthy, that’s all. The question however is why did the cold come? So we have to utilize that procedure that the gemara says, "Yifashfeish b’maasav — He should look into his deeds." Now in most cases there is a physical reason for which the person is to blame.

Sometimes it’s because of lack of sleep. When the resistance is low it’s easier for somebody to contract some sickness. When people are unnecessarily tired from over-exertion, many times from over-excitement, even emotional excitement lowers his resistance. And so to some extent it’s still possible despite his precautions that there is a physical cause for which he is to blame.

Even if no cause could be attributed to him, there still is a necessity of recognizing the hand of Hashem and saying that Hakadosh Baruch Hu wants him to take notice that he’s being told of something.

One important point in all these matters is as follows. Even if somebody is not to blame at all, he has no sins at all, sometimes illness comes upon him in order to remind him how fortunate he was before he was ill. When a person is well he’s expected to appreciate it and he has to express his thanks constantly to Hashem. If a man is giving you gifts all the time and you don’t respond to the gifts, so how can he make you feel that the gifts are worth thanking for? He stops giving the gifts. He stops giving the gifts. As soon as he stops giving the gifts then you’re aware that you were receiving gifts until now. That’s one important reason.

If you study that, you’ll come to the conclusion that in order to maintain what we have, it’s important to learn to appreciate it. If you’re able to walk without crutches, you’re expected to be happy with that gift. When people are walking on crutches, they’re looking forward to the day when they’ll be able to throw away the crutches. Now we understand it was given to them, among other reasons, in order to look back and understand how lucky they were before this happened to them.

— Test of Emunah (#557)
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געדענק פון ווי דיין הצלחה קומט

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This will keep you sober
SimchaMinute by Rabbi Avigdor Miller

"Among the great lessons of bitachon (trust in Hashem) is not to be overwhelmed by too much success. Which means when a man remembers that Hakadosh Baruch Hu, and only Hakadosh Baruch Hu, is the author of his success, that'll keep him sober.

— Aspects of Bitachon (#937)
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כל מה דעביד רחמנא לטב עביד

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It's All for the Best
SimchaMinute by Rabbi Avigdor Miller

"It is a mitzvah for a person to think that Hashem is doing the right thing... This is what we have in mind when say in the daily Shemoneh Esrei, "We trust in You." This trust is a mitzvah of the Torah. We fulfill this mitzvah when we think that what Hashem does and will do is for our best, even though we don't always understand why the result is the right one.

— Ohr Avigdor Hakdama
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דער ריכטיגע וועג פון בטחון

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לַעֲשׂוֹת רְצוֹנְךָ אלקי חָפָצְתִּי (תהלים מ' ט')
וּמְצָא חֵן וְשֵׂכֶל טוֹב בְּעֵינֵי אלקים וְאָדָם (משלי ג' ד')
וְכִי תִזְבְּחוּ זֶבַח שְׁלָמִים לה' לִרְצֹנְכֶם תִּזְבָּחֻהוּ (ויקרא י"ט ה')
כִּי רֶגַע בְּאַפּוֹ חַיִּים בִּרְצוֹנוֹ (תהלים ל' ו')

Bitachon: Pleasing Hashem
from Ohr Avigdor Shaar HaBitachon by Rabbi Avigdor Miller

If you want to fulfill the mitzvah of bitachon, you should know it requires of you to do those things that will give you more favor in the eyes of Hashem. As much as possible you should try to fulfill everything, even more than others do. Show Hashem that you trust in Him and that’s why you are serving Him more. Don’t let it bother you that you are serving Him to get a benefit. As long as you’re serving Hashem, relying on Him, and doing all the mitzvos, That is the correct way of bitachon.

You cannot underestimate the importance of pleasing Hashem as a step towards meaningful bitachon. David Hamelech said, "To fulfill Your will, O G-d is my desire (Tehillim 40:9)." And it says, "To find favor in the eyes of Hashem (Mishlei 3:4)." Or, when you bring a korban, "You should slaughter it for your favor (Vayikra 19:5)." He also said, "Life results from His favor (Tehillim 30:6)."

Our lives depend on Hashem’s favor, and therefore we should always be thinking about what it takes to gain His favor.

To be a real baal bitachon (trusting person), you want to make the best impression you can on Hashem. Of course the best impression must be internal, not just external. So when you think the way Hashem wants you to think and act the ways that a Jew is supposed to act, you can be called a baal bitachon.

If you are careless in performing your duties, sometimes overstepping the bounds and doing something wrong, it shows you’re not a real baal bitachon. A genuine baal bitachon is trying his best to win Hashem’s favor. This is one of the foundations of bitachon. If you are applying to Hashem in any special matter in which you want Hashem to help you, you should make it your business to be exceptionally energetic in fulfilling His will, more than before.

Just as you’re asking Hashem to do something to change the present situation, such as overcoming an illness, Hashem will say to you, “Let’s see something on your side. What are you doing?” And therefore every request you make of Hashem requires a certain amount of additional effort on your part.
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The Vastness of Space

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The Vastness of Space
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“Praise him, Heaven of the Heavens” (Pesukei Dzimra/Songs of Praise)

The vastness of space is intended as a praise for it signifies the endless vastness of the power of Hashem: “Behold, to Hashem your G-d belong the Heaven and the Heavens of the Heavens.” (Devarim 10:14)

— Praise, My Soul
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לבי ובשרי ירננו לק-ל חי - כל עצמותי תאמרנה ה' מי כמוך

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Study Hashem's Miracles
“From Ohr Avigdor Shaar Bechinah by Rabbi Avigdor Miller

"And so, when we study the miracles of Hashem in the body we have to begin by realizing that the hand of Hashem is everywhere. In effect we are looking at nothing but the hand of Hashem. We must realize that secular society and what they say are all false. They are wicked liars who are trying their best to conceal the truth of Hashem from the world. But what they are doing is so foolish.

We see the open demonstrations of Hashem’s deeds everywhere, as it says, “All your works praise You, Hashem ... [Their mere existence calls out His praise for they demonstrate His wisdom and His kindness. And it’s all for the purpose of ... ] to make known to man His mighty deeds“ (Tehillim 145:10–12).

We have to be strong to turn our backs on the wicked propaganda to which we are exposed, and utilize what Hashem gave us to recognize Him, to admire Him, and to thank Him for His creations. David Hamelech said, “... my thoughts and my body sing to Hashem.“ He did not intend this to be just a poetic expression. He really wanted to say that his thoughts and his body sing to Hashem. Now, it is fairly easy to understand how the thoughts can be singing to Hashem.

But how does the body sing to Hashem? The answer is that although it is the thoughts that can actually sing to Hashem, the body is a subject about which his thoughts can sing. There are various other ideas about which we sing to Hashem, such as that He chose us from all the nations and that He rescued us from all our enemies. These are subjects that have nothing to do with our bodies. But when David Hamelech said “my thoughts and my body,“ he told us that a big part of his thoughts have to do with his body. It is in that sense that the body sings. Therefore, if a person never thinks about the body details that he has to sing about, his prayer to Hashem is nothing but insincere words.

Therefore, in order for us to fulfill the great function of the body, we have to know that the most important function of the body is not merely to help us exist in This World. Rather, it’s like all other things in This World whose function is for the purpose of teaching us about the Creator. That’s what everything in the world is for. So, for example, the sun is supremely important for the world; its real purpose is for mankind to recognize the Creator.
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Enjoying Life - געדענקען דער ציל

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Enjoying Life
From Ohr Avigdor Shaar Bitachon by Rabbi Avigdor Miller

Chovos Halevavos doesn’t want a person to feel that the bread he eats is tasteless, without pleasure. When he walks in the street and he sees the sunlight, he should not think it’s nothing. On the contrary, as was explained in the Shaar Habechinah, the true servant of Hashem sees the kindness in everything. He sees how Hashem has put wisdom and kindness into all forms of material existence. As it says, "His greatness and His goodness fill the world."

So when he eats whatever he eats, he certainly enjoys it and he thanks Hashem that it’s so pleasant to eat food. There is no question about that. So what is Chovos Halevavos trying to tell us with his discussion of abstinence?

Chovos Halevavos is teaching that a person should never become overly enthusiastic about any material aspect of his existence. For example, he should never go overboard about the function of eating. He should not fall in love with nature. True, he should see in nature and in the bread that he eats all the kindness of Hashem, but he shouldn’t become enthusiastic about anything that is only a means to an end.

Similarly, David Hamelech fought for the people of Yisrael, but it wasn’t because he loved war or he wanted to conquer other nations. He was a servant of Hashem. When people get into the spirit of military activities and become enthusiastic about the martial arts, it’s not called the service of Hashem. If people want to be authors and writers for the purpose of gaining renown, it’s not called the service of Hashem.

If a person has a family and becomes so enthusiastic about them that they are the center of his life, he ceases to be a servant of Hashem. True, Hashem wants him to have a family and raise children devoted to His service, as it says, "I have acquired a man for Hashem" (Bereishis 4:1). But He doesn’t want a man’s family to be his whole life.

Certainly a person should enjoy his children. That attitude is part of enjoying the kindness of Hashem, but he shouldn’t become like some people who live for their children. There are people who can’t live without their children. They are always traveling to see their children and be with them. That becomes their life.
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המן הרשע, א ברכה

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Haman Was a Blessing
“From In Your Blood, Live (E-2) Rabbi Avigdor Miller

The bayis sheini (second Temple) was very far away from bayis rishon (first Temple) . It was missing many things, it didn’t have the same holiness; the Shechina (Divine Presence) as the bayis rishon, not at all. It was a holy place, but it was a very great decline and therefore Hashem prepared the way for them that they should accept the new way of life that Ezra foresaw for them.

The Gemara says “Re’uyoh hoso Torah linasein mei’Ezra — The Torah could have been given in the days of Ezra Hasofer. It was like a new Torah; the same Torah as before but dressed up in a new way that made a tremendous change. So Hashem called in an expert who was capable of making a change, who was able to help out Ezra and that was Haman, he was a great master to whom we owe so much gratitude for what he did for us that even all the prophets together were not able to have to effect on us that Haman had.

Haman was a blessing. There never was such a benefactor to us. All the prophets together did not have such a good influence as Haman . When Achashveirosh took the ring off his finger and put it on the finger of Haman, there was a revolution in the world. Klal Yisroel heard the king’s ring is now on Haman's finger, they turned upside down. It was vunahafoch, the whole nation turned upside down.

The worst enemy, the soirer hayehudim (afflicter of the Jews) now has absolute power over us, it never happened such a thing before...

At that time, when finally when they saw Haman hanging, Haman who had the king’s ring on his finger, and now he’s hanging, that changed it. They came wild, they came crazy, oh, says Hashem now you're ready for a change.

At that moment “kimu vukiblu hayehudim” they accepted “aleihem vu’al zarom” not only that they're going to celebrate Purim every year, they accepted everything and that’s how Ezra’s takanos finally came to be accepted, otherwise it would never happen.
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Why Does Hashem Test You?

“Mesilas Yesharim says, "Kol inyanei haolam nisyanos heim l’adam -- All the matters in this world, everything, are tests for man."

That’s a sweeping statement! What does it mean tests? Hashem has to test you to know what you are? He doesn’t know beforehand what you’re going to do? What’s the purpose of a test?

And the answer is when you put gold into a refining furnace and it melts and the dross swims to the surface and you ladle off the dross so only pure gold remains. You’re not testing the gold, you’re purifying the gold. And so everything in this world is for the purpose of elevating man.

— Greatness Of Work (#662)
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פארוואס האסטו נסיונות - פארוואס פראבירט דיר דער באשעפער אויס

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פרובירען צו איבערזעצען.

דער מסילת ישרים זאגט "כל עניני העולם נסיונות הם לאדם", אלע זאכען אין דער וועלט, אלעס! זענען נסיונות פארען מענטש.

דאס איז א ברייט אריין-נעמענדיג סטעיטמענט! וואס מיינט דאס טעסטס? דארף דער באשעפער דיר טעסטען צו וויסען ווער די ביזט? ווייסט ער נישט פאר דעם, וואס די גייסט טוהן? וואס איז דער מטרה פון דער טעסט?

און דער ענטפער איז, אז אז ווען די לייגסט אריין גאלד אין א כור הברזל (און א כבשן האש) און עס צולאזט זיך, און די אפ-פאל שווימט ארויף צום אויבערפלאך, און די נעמסט אראפ די אפ-פאל מיט א קאכלעפעל, אזוי אז נאר ריין גאלד בלייבט. איז טעסט די נישט דערמיט דער גאלד נאר די רייניגסט (ביזט מזקק) די גאלד. און אזוי אויך, אלעס אין דער וועלט איז פאר דער מטרה פון אויף הייבען א מענטש (און דיר אויס לייטערען).

(עס איז צו גוט עס נישט איבער צוזעצען; כ'האף כ'האב נישט איבער געזעצט אדער צוגעלייגט נישט ריכטיגע ווערטער)
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That Lazy Animal...
SimchaMinute by Rabbi Avigdor Miller

The earthiness of man’s materialism is heavy. You have to lift up your 160 pounds, whatever it is, out of bed, and convey it to the beis haknesses. So what is the trait of character that we see here? That’s the self control of zerizus, forcing yourself to do something. Of course, when you do this you’re happy...

The happiness results from overcoming the inertia of that lazy animal on which you ride during your lifetime.

– Ideal Marriage, Tikun Olam (#684)
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זיך אויס קלויבען א פרנסה (vocation) וואס מען גלייכט

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Choosing a Vocation
From Ohr Avigdor Shaar Bitachon by Rabbi Avigdor Miller

A person should choose a vocation for which he has an inclination.

This theory is found also in the Gemara (Brachos 43b) and in Koheles. The idea is that each man is created with a natural inclination towards one or more specific kinds of vocation. When a person is able to find something that pleases his nature, that is clearly the most fortunate choice.

That is the theory, and we find it confirmed in the Gemara that each person is generally satisfied with the way he earns his living. In fact, some people love their vocation. That doesn’t mean they are madly in love with it, but they have an affection for that kind of work and they don’t want any other kind of work. This is inherent in the way people are created.

Furthermore, in the Gemara we find that when Hashem distributed the land of Eretz Yisrael to the twelve tribes of Yisrael, He gave each tribe a portion of land matching the nature of that tribe. For instance if a tribe lived near the seashore, they loved the sea and were seagoing people. That means they traveled on boats and made a living from the sea as fishermen. So we see from the Gemara that the people of each tribe were given the opportunity to fulfill their destiny in the vocation they were happy with.

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If a man is able to discover what that is for him personally, he is best off, because he will be most satisfied with his work. Actually, Hashem controls the world, and therefore in most cases people end up doing the kind of work that’s suited to them. If it should happen that a person doesn’t like what he is doing, it doesn’t mean he shouldn’t work. Maybe in the course of time he’ll discover something that suits him better.
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פלאי פלאים, דער דענדילייען (א בליהם מען זעהט א סאך אין דער קאנטרי)

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Wonders upon wonders! (The Dandelion)
From Shir Hashirim 20 (#638) by Rabbi Avigdor Miller

When we walk into the field and see a dandelion tuft ball, by blowing on it we see that a hundred different parachutes separate out from the airstrip on top of it. Each parachute has a passenger: one little seed hanging exactly in the middle. They travel in the wind to go someplace far off to plant the seed. On all sides we see these miracles.

Who made these parachutes? They are so perfectly balanced that the passenger hangs exactly in the middle, and he is protected with a jacket in case he falls in salt water. When we look at that, we are deadpanned. When we look at it again and again as years go by, finally it enters our skull that we are seeing a miracle with our eyes, something that needs planning, expert designing. Wonders upon wonders! Things like that fill the universe.
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פארוואס איז דער וועלט קאמפליצירט

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Why the World is Complicated
SimchaMinute by Rabbi Avigdor Miller

A conspicuous aspect of all the phenomena in this world is the fact that they are so immensely complicated...

We shouldn’t think that it’s necessary for things to be complicated. It’s only the materialists who do not understand the foundations of reality that think that everything has to have a cause and a cause behind cause and so on...

The fact that He made things so complicated was for the purpose of attracting our attention [to Creation].

— How We Came to Sinai (#930)
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(א באטערפליי מיר זעהען א סאך אין דער שטאט און אין דער קאנטרי) The Marvelous Migration of the Monarch

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The Marvelous Migration of the Monarch
Many of Hashem's creations perform astounding feats. One place where we can spot His handiwork is in the amazing annual migration of the monarch butterfly. Monarch butterflies (Danaus plexippus) perform annual migrations across North America which have been called “one of the most spectacular natural phenomena in the world."

Monarchs can travel between 50-100 miles a day; it can take up to two months to complete their journey. The farthest ranging monarch butterfly recorded traveled 265 miles in one day.

The eastern population migrates up to 4830 miles (7,778 km) to overwintering sites in Mexico. Starting in September and October, eastern/northeastern populations migrate from southern Canada and the United States to overwintering sites in central Mexico where they arrive around November. They start the return trip in March, arriving around July. Similarly, the western populations migrate annually between regions west of the Rocky Mountains including northern Canada and overwintering sites at the coast of California.

No individual butterfly completes the entire round trip; female monarchs lay eggs for the next generation during the northward migration and at least five generations are involved in the annual cycle. Fall-migrating monarchs are not the same ones that migrated northward approximately five months before. Instead the northern-migrating butterflies are at least five generations removed from overwintering sites.

Theories that explain monarch migration are many. "Science has not yet offered a sufficient explanation for how that [the migration] happens." Researchers often propose that multiple migratory mechanisms play a role. Not all who study monarch migration agree on the mechanisms that allow the migrating butterflies to find overwintering sites.

It is proposed that the ability to find overwintering sites in California and Mexico is an inherited trait. It has also been called a genetic memory. The possibility of an inherited map has been posited suggesting that the butterflies may follow streams and recognize landmarks. Other studies provide evidence against the theory of an inherited map.
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מען מיינט אונז (מענייני דיומא)

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From The Refutation Is At Hand (#2):

If we see that in a certain country there are wars, those wars are being waged only for our benefit. That’s the way we have to read the newspapers (if we read them at all). It’ll take a long time for this to percolate into our thick skulls. But that’s what we’re here for. That’s purpose of everything (not only pironius, suffering) that takes place in the world; it’s for us.

If you see trouble among, let’s say, the nations in Africa, in the Congo. They’re massacring entire tribes. You have the people in Vietnam trying to destroy each other. Or in North Korea or South Korea. Or if the Chinese or the communists are fighting against each other.

All these phenomena shouldn’t be lost upon us. One of the purposes is to make us think: Suppose we lived there. What suffering we would undergo. It’s a very great suffering to live in Vietnam. People are constantly in terror. In commotion. Their lives are ruined. And how many of them have been destroyed… how many have been maimed; orphaned, widowed; refugees. Plus all the attendant ills of war: epidemics…

Everything that we see among the nations is for the purpose of chastising us and making us become better.
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זאג נישט אזוי בין איך און פערטיג

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"That's Just How I Am!"
SimchaMinute by Rabbi Avigdor Miller

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 our characters. For middos (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 are measured and all aveiros (sins) are measured.

— The Complainer (#379)
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פארוואס מען מוז פטור ווערען פון מידות רעות

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Character Is Important
SimchaMinute by Rabbi Avigdor Miller

Emunah (faith in Hashem) is important, but emunah is only a minor factor in life. Character is more important, and when Mashiach comes, character is not going to change. Having bad midos (character) is worse than having a lack of emunah.

— Most Beautiful Nation
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טייבעלעך נישט קיין אדלער

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In all generations our great men were doves, not eagles; they had no claws or beaks but were humble and gentle. They personified all virtues of character, in addition to genuine piety of devotion and sacrifice for G-d. It is due to these men that you are beautiful.

— Awake, My Glory
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אמת'ע יחוס

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The Best Family
SimchaMinute by Rabbi Avigdor Miller

But the best yichus (lineage) is good upbringing, a good chinuch. If the girl went to a good Bais Yaakov school, a frum school (not a modern school), that’s a big yichus... The best yichus is good character and good upbringing.

— The Unwritten Ksubah (#E-094)

ער מיינט נישט דוקא בית יעקב; ער מיינט א גוטע פרומע סקול.
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פון וואספארע עבודת השם רעדט דער חובות הלבבות

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The Minimum Service of Hashem

From Ohr Avigdor Shaar Habitachon by Rabbi Avigdor Miller

What kind of "service to Hashem" is Chovos Halevavos referring to? He’s not talking about a person who says he won’t put on tefillin until he has enough money. Nor is it a person who says he won’t keep Shabbas. We’re talking about a person who keeps everything anyhow. Refusing to keep the mitzvos is out of the question. The author of Chovos Halevavos has in mind a lifetime career of service to Hashem.

In addition to our daily program of keeping the mitzvos of the Torah, which every man and woman is expected to keep, he expects you to devote yourself to His service, a certain kind of endeavor called avodas (service of) Hashem. Chovos Halevavos expects you to undertake that endeavor without any advance promises or guarantees. We are discussing a kind of avodas Hashem that a person has said he’s willing to undertake on condition that Hashem puts down a pledge or deposit in advance, but Chovos Halevavos is ridiculing him and saying, “How can you ask for a pledge before you start doing avodas Hashem?”

So, what is avodas Hashem? Now if you look back on what we have learned in Chovos Halevavos and ask, “What’s the minimum of avodas Hashem, less than which nobody can feel he has fulfilled his duty?” The answer that will jump at you from these pages is that it’s a matter of learning to thank Hashem for everything.

He’s not talking about learning Torah, as essential as that is. He’s not talking about going out and teaching people to live a good life and observe the Torah. All these are good things. But first and foremost, avodas Hashem is the subject of studying all the wonderful things of This World and being grateful to Hashem for them. This is something that’s so far from our minds, it doesn’t enter our thoughts that that’s avodas Hashem. Yet that’s what he’s talking about. That’s the minimum avodas Hashem.
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A Failure in Learning

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Ask Rabbi Miller: A Failure in Learning
by Rabbi Avigdor Miller

Q: If somebody is a failure in learning, what’s the way to get back in learning?

A: You must know the failure in learning never had any success. He never started right. And therefore he should begin all over again.

My advice is he should learn two parshos of Chumash and know every word. Every word. Then somebody should test him at random, skipping around.
If he knows every word in two parshos of Chumash then he should go on to Pirkei Avos and learn six chapters of Pirkei Avos, until he knows them so well that he can run through it without hesitation. How do you do that? Take a linear translation. Even the most stupid fellow can succeed with that. After you know that then take a mishnayos and read Pirkei Avos without nekudos (vowels).

When you can run through six chapters of mishnayos without nekudos, without hesitation, then take Bava Metzia, [chapter] Eilu Metzios. It’s translated in linear translation. Study it word for word and when you’re able to say Eilu Metzios with a plain pshat (simple meaning), the most simple translation, without hesitation, now you’re ready to start gemara.

The trouble is most of the boys in the yeshivos don’t know words of Chumash. You’ll be surprised. I once spoke to a 14-year-old, do you know what amad meant? He didn’t know what amad meant. Amad, he stood. He didn’t know that word. And he’s sitting in yeshiva, the rebbe says pilpulim (analyzing fine points). It’s the place where they murder boys, not where they are mechanech (educating) boys. They’re murdering Jewish neshamos (souls), when every day he sits there and becomes more and more discouraged.

When he comes out he’s an enemy of learning. He hates learning. If they would start with this system and gradually train him, no boy would be a failure. When he knows finally Eilu Metzios, the whole chapter — he might not understand the Tosfos, even the Rashi, who cares? He knows how to translate a chapter of gemara! — this boy is happy. He’s confident. And now he’s ready to go ahead.

It’s very possible he can become a very big lamdan eventually... Nobody has to be a failure in learning.

— Mitzvah of Happiness (#529)
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