The goal of prayers

March 8  Prayer is a time to remind yourself of your attitude to limitless things, to God.  Through prayer, you establish your attitude to the beginning of everything; you clarify your attitude toward people, your relationship with and your duties to them, and to the Father of all of us. – After the TALMUD  It… Continue reading The goal of prayers

Real love

March 6 Love of God is love in itself; it is love for the sake of love. This kind of love is the highest blessing. It does not allow the slightest possibility of treating even a single creature without love; if there is even one person whom you do not love, then you lose God’s… Continue reading Real love

The reward of humility

March 5  Just as it’s folly to try to lift yourself into the air, you should not praise yourself too much. When you praise yourself, you produce the opposite effect in others, and appear lower in their eyes.  If you want other people to speak well of you, do not speak well of yourself –… Continue reading The reward of humility

Gluttony is a big sin

March 4 Eating to excess is a vice just as bad as many others. We often do not notice it in others, because most of us are subject to it.  There are sins against others, and sins against yourself. You commit sins against others when you do not God’s spirit in them; you commit sins… Continue reading Gluttony is a big sin