From “Echoes of the Maggid:” Sports in America is not only a multibillion dollar industry, but rare is the child growing up in the United States who has never been involved in some type of sports competition, be it baseball,…
Strategy #7: Achdus Not long ago, I had the opportunity to pray at the gravesite of the Rebbe R’ Elimelech of Lizhensk in Poland as I took more than 100 people there in the summer. There is something incredibly pecial…
Strategy #6: Honesty The Gemara (Niddah 70b) tells us: “What should a person do to become wealthy? Be honest in business.” The Gemara then adds, “Many people tried this, but it did not help.” What then should a person do?…
Strategy #5: Keep a Low Profile My mother always used to tell me: Blessing comes when you keep a low profile. The Gemara in Taanis (8b) indeed teaches just that: Ain HaBracha Metzuyah Elah BeDavar HaSamui Bin HaAyin, Blessing happens…
Strategy #4: Giving Tzedakah More Generously Than Ever Chazal teach (Gittin 7a) that if a person sees that money is tight, he should give tzedakah. What does the Gemara mean, “give tzedakah?” If money is tight, how can one give…
Strategy #3: Standing for the Mitzvah of Giving Tzedakah Here is another thing many people are not careful about. It is even mentioned in the Shulchan Aruch: During Shacharis, stand at Vayevarech David…, and David blessed…, and then give tzedakah…
Strategy #2: Birchas HaMazon Sefer HaChinuch (#430, toward the end) says: “Anyone who is careful in Birchas HaMazon [the blessing after the meal] will have his sustenance come to him with honor his entire life.” If most of us were…
Strategy 1: Make That Connection The Meiri (to Nedarim 49b) says: “Even though a person is judged on Rosh Hashana regarding his livelihood (as well as his very life) he should pray every single day without fail for his livelihood.”…
We are at a crossroads in history, not only for the Jewish people, but for the world at large. The financial crisis affects every one of us the world over. Rabbi Yechezkel Levenstein, the legendary Mashgiach in the Ponovezh Yeshiva,…