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Author's Foreword

Introduction

Acceptance

True Accomplishments

The Value of Action

The Value of Action(2)

Accepting Advice

Anger

The Positive Side of Arrogance

Faulty Assumptions

Attentiveness

Attitude

Attitude (2)

The Proper Attitude (3)

Awakening the Jewish Spark; The "Pintele Yid"

Jewish Roots - A Sense of Belonging

Bravery

The Benefit of a Broken Heart

Challenge

Change

Child-Rearing

Choices

Honoring G-d's Choices

Compassion

Competition

Concentration

Inner Conflict

Eternal Connection

Crisis

How to Give Criticism

Depression

The Importance of Eating

Education

Effort

Empathy

Channeling Enthusiasm

Equanimity

Balancing One's Excitement

Excuses

Faith

Fame

Finding G-d

Flexibility

The Proper Focus

Goal Setting

Achieving Goals

Gossip

Gratitude

Hastiness

Healing

Good Health

A Happy Home

Humility

Positive Hypocrisy

Hypocrisy (2)

Identity

Influence

Inspiration

The Power of Intellect

Introspection

Judging Others

Judgmentalness

The Wisdom of a True Leader

Lifting Spirits

Creating Light

Living in the Moment

Lust

Materialism

What Matters

Meditation

Moodiness

The Truth About Motivation

Life's True Necessities

Missed Opportunities

The Pitfalls of Perfectionism

Persistence

Advice for Personal Growth

Proper Planning

Finding the Positive in the Negative

Possession

Prayer

True Prayer

Purpose

Quality of Living

Rationalization

Rationalization (2)

Reaching Out to Others

Security

Security (2)

Self-Assessment

Self-Concern

Self-Control

Purposeful Self-Denial

Self-Esteem

Self-Sacrifice

Slander

The Power of Speech

Success

Suffering

The Power of Thought

The Proper Use of Time

Toil

Toil (2)

Understanding Tragedy

Making the Best of Tragedy

Truth and Honesty

Who Are We?

Worry

Maintaining Youth

Chassidic Soul Remedies
Inspirational Insights for Life's Daily Challenges

Compassion

Rabbi Dovid Shraga Polter

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  Honoring G-d's ChoicesCompetition  

When the Rebbe Rashab was a child of five years old, he was playing with his older brother Reb Zalman Aharon. Since both of them were raised in a home where discussion of the Rebbe-chassid relationship was very common, they decided to play a game of "Rebbe and chassid."

The older brother, Reb Zalman Aharon, played the role of "Rebbe," and the Rashab assumed that of the "chassid."

The RaZa sat down on a chair and fixed his hat like that of a Rebbe. The Rashab (playing the part of a chassid) entered the "Rebbe's room" and requested a tikkun (rectification) for a particular shortcoming of his. "This past Shabbos," he said, "I ate peanuts. And only after I finished them did I remember that the Alter Rebbe writes in his Siddur that one shouldn't eat peanuts on Shabbos."[22]

Reb Zalman Aharon answered immediately with advice. "Begin praying from a Siddur; not by heart. This is your tikkun."

The Rashab responded: "You're not acting like a real Rebbe."

The RaZa asked, "Why? I gave you good advice."

The Rashab answered: "A Rebbe first lets out a sigh of commiseration - and only then does he give advice. You didn't show me any compassion - and therefore you are not a Rebbe and your advice is useless."

Sichos Kodesh 5720, Purim

   

Notes:

  1. (Back to text) A person should refrain from eating nuts on Shabbos unless he takes them out of the shell erev Shabbos (Hilchos Rabsa L'Shabbata, in the Siddur of the Alter Rebbe, p. 320).


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