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Minute 894 // In The Mood



		TODAY'S MESSAGE IS DEDICATED IN MEMORY OF ABRAHAM ben ROSA A'H BY EDDIE AND HELEN SHAMAH & FAMILY YOU COULD BE OUR NEXT SPONSOR DEDICATE IN HONOR OF - IN MEMORY OF - FOR A REFUAH - FOR A SPECIAL OCCASION CLICK HERE WWW.RAYMONDBEYDA.COM THEN CLICK ON DONATIONS Sometimes you feel happy one moment and sad the next. Or calm now, and ready to explode a second later. Everyone experiences mood swings. Some are mild and others are extreme, but all moods affect the way you assess and respond to situations. Sometimes it is hard to overcome your mood in order to perform everyday tasks and meet your obligations. You may not be in the mood to deal with your children’s early morning grumpiness, but you must get them off to school. You may not be prepared emotionally to face the commute, but you must get to your office. Or you may feel very lazy, but you must be on time for Shacharit (morning prayers). It is hard enough to always be in the proper frame of mind to keep up with routine responsibilities. Yet there are also times when you must do something unusual, possibly even unappealing, for the sake of others. You may feel it is time to visit a sick relative, but not be in the mood to deal with his idiosyncrasies. You may be needed at a meeting for the benefit of a community organization, yet not feel ready to deal with all the self-serving chatter that always precedes any decision. Well, you can’t always do what you’d like, and you can’t always have things your way. When you are just not in the mood, push yourself to overcome how you feel to do what you must. It takes a moment of effort to build your resolve in order to do what is right—even though you may not be in the mood. DID YOU KNOW THAT A person should make his best effort to pray in a synagogue with a minyan of 10 men. If he is unable because of circumstances beyond his control he should try and pray at the same time the congreegation is praying in the synagogue. If possible he should go to a shul and pray by himself when he cannot join the minyan. Praying in a shul - even alone - is better than praying elsewhere. Shulchan Aruch, O'H, 90:9 CONSIDER THIS FOR A MINUTE The Gemara reveals that neither the Jewish People in the desert nor David HaMelech (the king), a”h, could have committed, respectively, the great sin of the Golden Calf or the immoral acts with Batsheva, were it not for the intervention of G-d. Hashem crippled their free will so that they would perform deeds contrary to the Torah in order to teach the lesson of teshuvah, repentance, to all generations. King David is an example of an individual who repented, and the generation of the desert is an example of a great mass of people who did teshuvah. Regardless of the situation, Hashem is prepared to accept true repentance. (Avodah Zarah 2a-3) WOULD YOU LIKE TO DEDICATE A MESSAGE IN HONOR OR IN MEMORY OF A LOVED ONE? REFUAH SHELEMA? Click Here to go to the 'Donations' area, or E-mail your dedication to RBEYDA2000@AOL.COM . You can Mail your check for: $101 - Shabbat And Holidays $52 - Weekdays Mail To: Raymond Beyda 408 Avenue O Brooklyn, NY 11230