Journal Mitzvah

Journal Mitzvah

Thursday, July 17, 2014

Should we go beyond the line of duty?




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A quotation-a-day by Rabbi Avigdor Miller

If one lives in a town out west, or comes from a newly religious family... and under these difficult circumstances he fulfills the minimum, fine...

However, if a person lives in a good community... then it becomes very easy to be a frum Jew, and he’s not fulfilling his obligation by doing the barest minimum. Better people must do beyond the line of duty. They don’t realize how responsible they are if they don’t. — Ohr Avigdor Shaar Avodas Elokim

With permission of Simchas Hachaim Publishing.
Copyright © 2014, All rights reserved.

Chovos Halevavos has become the foundation for Jews in their service of Hashem. Great Torah luminaries, e.g. Rabbi Yosef Karo, Rabbi Yitzchak Luria, the Vilna Gaon and Rabbi Elimelech of Lizhensk immersed themselves in the sefer and encouraged others to do likewise. Simchas Hachaim Publishing is publishing Chovos Halevavos with Rabbi Avigdor Miller’s insights.

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