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Personal Growth
Laying a Cornerstone
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Effective Prayer
Manhaccan
is in the dark
us whirring
machin=
ry, blazing
Tights, com
puters, bust
nesses, meal
media, stock
marker—every
and dark in the
blackout, Untold
potential—millions af
dollars in commerce and
thousands of other enter:
prises-waits in sus.
pended animation
because moshing,
but nothing can
\ happen andi the
filth is the power dha dvs power turns on,
Hashem’ bounty into our ives"
Excellence
‘Success
in our projects, we encourage
‘them to identify with ther com
munity and its moods IF we take
‘time to find small jobs they cam
do, wwe make them comfortable
‘with the role of giver and doce. f
‘we gve them stock in their com
munity when they're young, it
will—with much greater cer-
tainty than any stock on the
‘market today —appreciate every
sear of thet lives,
Shabbos Table Discussion:
‘What benefits are there for
the poople who take on work
for their communities?
Adapted from “Growth Through
Torah” by Kab Zt isk,
seth persion from the sor
Power Switch
Manbacan runs on elee
icity. Hashem's erearior
runs on sefillah. The lim:
itless gifts Hashem wants
wo bestow on His creation
sitsilent and waicing, right
within reach, But ehey car
only he drawn into our
ives when we turn on che
ower of sincere, focused
Rashi teaches shat when
Hashem created vegetation
it swopped shore of pushing
through the earth. Only wher
ran was created, when there
need for rain and pray: for
it, did the vegetation sprout
Hashem gave Klal Yisrael the
ower Wo move exeacion, and
1 power is ¢efillah
estilo back
Better Relationships
Do Tell
There were tw places
vou were Tikely a fil Mas
Sbraham-—in the kitchen
cooking up something wor
lerful or in the den with 3
hill and a storybook on hee
lap. Few women so relished
Uieir role as wile and mother
Sa fact Me Abram vel
understood snd appreciated,
‘Oneevening,cowsinsfiom
out of town arrived unexpect
aly at thedoor Se Abraham
uicaly iritedl them in, but
Mrs. Abraham, who wits el:
ing the children a hedgime
story, didn’ appear
Where's your wife asked
Putting the childven
hed Mr. Abraham wport
dh And another small dose
of alization for his wile
welled up within him. There
she was, caught again im ch
actof being a leving mother
ashi explains hat when
Ue angels asked Avraham,
the whereabouts of Saal, it
twas only 90 that he wold
gain an ever greater appre
‘ation of her modesty. But
the face that they caused
Astaham to speak the words
that praised Sarah teaches
tus something more; W
increase our appreciation of
ates not jus hy perceiving
conte ot back
Published for
‘ongregation Beth Jacob
ny the Ghojere Chaim
Heritage Foundation
Rabbi Has D. Feldman, Raw
sponsored locally hy