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TODAY'S MESSAGE IS DEDICATED FOR
A REFUAH SHELEMAH FOR
MOSHE HAYIM BEN SIMCHAH
PLEASE PRAY AND DO MISVOT ON BEHALF OF
A SPEEDY AND COMPLETE RECOVERY
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Planning a project requires the kind of organized thinking that progresses logically from preliminary draft to final plans. Only when you have sketched out the proposed beginning and anticipated end result of a job does the actual labor begin. The work-in-progress stage is a day-by-day process of building and improvement which lasts until the final phase is reached and the job is completed.
I have a good friend who undertook a home renovation project. The plans were finalized, permits approved, and the work-in-progress stage began. As the planned deadline approached, it seemed as if the builder would never be able to finish the job on time—and he did not. However, my friend had rented temporary living quarters for the construction period, which he was forced to vacate. The contractor worked overtime to make the house habitable, but many unfinished details still remained when my friend moved back into his home. I ran into him the other day and asked him whether the job was completed. He said, “I can’t wait to sit in my home without a painter, carpenter, or electrician on a ladder hovering over me as I read my morning paper and attempt to enjoy a peaceful cup of coffee. My life is a work in progress.”
His words rang a bell.
“My life is also a work in progress,” I replied.
Every day is a challenge to improve and grow, not only materially, but also in a spiritual and personal sense.
Whenever you are feeling self-satisfied, realize that life must be a work in progress. You can never rest on your laurels or feel that the job is complete. Self-improvement is a lifelong task that requires your spiritual carpenters, electricians, and painters to do daily touch-ups.
Forever.
DID YOU KNOW THAT
A man who is blind may serve as hazan on behalf of the congregation. Since he is obligated in all commandments - both positive and negative - he is capable of fulilling misvot on behalf of others.He may not, however, recite the public reading of the Torah because verses that are in the written scriptures are not allowed to be recited by heart. Shulkhan Arukh, O'H, 53:14
CONSIDER THIS FOR A MINUTE
Consider the worthlessness of things that might make a person haughty. If you are wealthy, you should know that there are others, not as intelligent or refined of character, who are even wealthier. Besides, it is not the individual who is in control. Everyone knows that Hashem gives and takes away wealth. If you feel smart, you should know that there is always someone who knows more. Also, G-d can—and does—take away intelligence in the blink of an eye, Heaven forbid. If you feel that you come from a finer family than another, you should remember that we are all children of Hashem. In every area we should be humble and respectful of others, because each of us originated in a putrid drop and will soon return to the earth from which we were formed. (Shaare Kedushah)
Mr. Morris Franco will be having an operation at 10:00AM on Monday. There will be tehillim readings at Shaare Zion and also and in Deal at Park Avenue Synagogue at 10:00AM
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