Journal Mitzvah

Journal Mitzvah

Thursday, May 8, 2014

How should we use our power of reason?





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A quotation-a-day by Rabbi Avigdor Miller

A person’s purpose in life is to mold his character. How does he mold his character? By going against the passions, the instincts, that motivate all men. He puts his reason, his seichel, in control. Of course when we talk about seichel for the servants of Hashem, it means the seichel of the Torah. That’s the real seichel; seichel without Torah is a self-deception. — Ideal Marriage; Tikun Olam (#684)

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

Chovos Halevavos hás 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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