Community Peace
To be a member of a community presents a person with the opportunity to attain the supreme trait of peacefulness. This peace and tranquility is accomplished by contemplating how all of our actions and words will effect other people. Refining ourselves and acting with discretion ensures that our character traits and actions are always pleasing, joyous, and peaceful.
Lesson: A group in which each person makes an effort to be sensitive and supportive of each other, will result in interpersonal harmony and peace.
Visualization: Envision the warmth and sensitivity that Avraham Avinu showed in his interpersonal relationships. Consider how your actions and words will effect every person in your family, work, or classroom. Attain the golden trait of peacefulness through showing sensitivity to others .
(Based on Ohr RaShaz, Rav Simchah Zissel Ziv) You can still participate in this great merit....
Thank you for the many new names that our subscribers sent in.
May your kindness and care in sharing Mussar with your friends merit you with abundant blessings from HaShem.
If you have not yet sent in names, you can send in names today.
The 25th of Shevat is the ¥arzeit of Rabbi Yisrael Salanter (1810 -1883), the founder of the Mussar Movement.
Rabbi Salanter dedicated his life to inspire and encourage people to engage in self-improvement and character refinement. He taught that the foundation of the Torah is pleasing character traits and the living awareness of HaShem.
He innovated the daily study of Mussar as the primary spiritual remedy for our souls.
His teachings impacted the entire Jewish world and his holy influence continues today.
The global initiatives of the Salant Foundation are dedicated to inspire and provide opportunities for people to strive for personal excellence through Mussar study and practice.
At this auspicious time, we ask our subscribers to forward to us names and email addresses of friends who would benefit from our daily lessons. We will send a message to the new names, explaining that a friend suggested them to receive the Salant lessons. Please send the names to:
rabbimiller@salantfoundation.org
Rabbi Salanter said, "There is no greater merit than strengthening others to engage in Mussar."
By inspiring others to engage in Mussar study and practice, may you receive HaShem's sweetest blessings in this world as well as the eternal World to Come.
Rabbi Zvi Miller
Dean
*New printing of the Salant Foundation's "Ohr Yisrael"
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L"N Rav Yochanon Mordecai Ben Ephraim and Moras Esther Leach bas Yehudah
Refuah Shleimah
Yochanon Baruch ben Fruma Ettta
Leiba Zelta bas Chana |
