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A guy was on a flight back home from a trip. The weather was very stormy and the flight was full of Turbulence. It got very scary many times throughout the flight, even for him - as an adult. But he noticed in the isle next to him, a 4 year old sitting there very calmly, ...

On Motzai Simchas Torah, the Sassover Rebbe saw the Chassidim looking a little bit "down". After so many beautiful and uplifting days of Yom-Tov, they were facing now a cold and difficult winter back in the "real world"... The Sassover Rebbe called out to them, "my dear C...

The 350 Mehadrin bus from Bnei Brak to Ashdod is normally jammed, but at 3 PM more than half the seats were still vacant. Four young women in slacks, obviously not from the Haredi or religious neighborhoods along the route, boarded the bus at the stop adjacent to the Coca...

Michael is the kind of guy you love to hate. He is always in a good mood and always has something positive to say. When someone would ask him how he was doing, would reply, "If I were any better, I would be twins!" He was a natural motivator. If an employee was having a b...

A wealthy and learned Chasid came to the Bal Hatanya complaining that his business was going bad and he was losing all of his money fast. He told the Rebbe that if Hashem wills him to be poor, he accepts it with love, but he can't bear the pain of all the people he owes m...

In honor of the Yom Tov Pesach, I will present a wonderful story with a powerful lesson. Close your eyes and travel with me back to my Zaide's Shul in the city of Bardichev. The seder table is set regally. The Matzos, the wine, the Kaara. The participants are anxiously aw...

The root of our spiritual illness is "self-centeredness". Living 'outwardly-focused' has tremendous benefits to us and those around us, often beyond what we can imagine. The below article is a beautiful true story that brings out this point.   I arrived at the address and...

Boruch Hashem for Shabbos, I really need it. I saw a wonderful dvar torah from Reb Zilberstein (who I consider my rebbe, even though I've never met him) on Parshas Ki Sisa (in Borchi Nofshi). If I had time I would translate and copy it over word for word since it is so f...

I just heard this story on a shiur and I freaked out, and wanted to tell you about it. A few years ago, a bus on a lag baomer trip crashed and 3 young boys and a bus driver died. One of the boys who died, who had been a chavrusa with a boy who survived, came to his friend...

I was walking home and I decided to take a short cut and cut across a patch of snow. When I stepped on the snow it was icy and I started to slip. Lesson for recovery: When you go off the beaten and proven path by trying to take shortcuts, there is a good chance you'll ...

Adapted from an Aish.com article here . The movie "127 hours" is the riveting story of American mountain climber, Aron Ralston, whose ordeal gripped the nation in May 2003 when he was forced to cut off his arm in order to survive his adventure. The movie is fascinating, ...

There's a raging fire in Israel now on Har HaCarmel where over 40 people lost their lives yesterday. I was reminded of another fire on Har HaCarmel, many years ago. The Pasuk in Melachim Alef (18:38) says: "And the fire of Hashem came down and ate the sacrifice and the wo...

Moshe was recently killed in a car accident by a drunken driver. A quote from an article on Matzav.com: "Moshe recently decided to join a program that monitors internet usage. Shortly afterwards, about thirty people from the yeshiva signed up for a similar program. Since...

I was listening to a shiur by Rav Fishel Schachter recently, and he said that in their community, a 20 yr old girl suffered from a stroke and could not open her eyes, so some people in shul took upon themselves to be very careful with shmiras aynaim. One guy who drives a ...

A while back, after R' Wolfson spoke about shemiras eyenaim and shmiras bris one shalosh seudos, "Pintele yid" (from the forum) turned around and muttered under his breath, "there is a web site about this"... Well, guess what? The guy standing next to him when he muttered...

Someone posted on the forum that they are working the 12-Steps and making progress, but every time they remember the terrible sins they did and the harm they caused others, they become depressed and even suicidal, thinking of the irreversible damage that was done. "Smile4...

Why do we turn to the garbage? At the end of the day, what is it that makes us keep going back to it after swearing it off so many times? A big part of it has to do with "Pain". Life can be painful at times. Most humans feel R.I.D (Restlessness, Irritable, Discontent) or ...

"In my youth, I was considered a bright and diligent student. How did I accomplish this? I tricked my yetzer hara. Other children had great plans at the beginning of the school year for the whole year, but in the end they failed. I said to myself, "I am going to plan just...