How do you define yourself

How do you define yourself?

There are 3 ways a person often defines themselves; by what they do for a living, what they own or their value system/priorities/character. Although we like to think that we would define ourselves by the latter, its almost impossible to do so in it's most complete way. The world around us primarily defines us by the first two mentioned how are we to escape that? It is the way of the world and that's a lot more powerful than ourselves.

The last few years, I did some good work but I didn't really have a platform to express myself within the Jewish community. I often felt ...... like I really wasn't anyone because I didn't have a "respected position" in the community. It's hard to feel good when you don't have your place and one that you feel is respected. And that was being a Rabbi let alone a job in the competitive business market. Even when people have respectable jobs, they can still feel like a loser inside and that they are just aren't making it or they are a failure.

It is up to us to pay attention, respect and champion the later category -who the person is, what they value, their character and what they give of themselves.  We have to pound away at seeing the other person's virtues  in an intense way so maybe just maybe we will feel good about ourselves. It's hard sometimes to be "a man". But a true man see's his own virtues and recognizes the virtues of others.

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What is Green Speech?

1. What is “Green” Speech?

Recycling, driving a hybrid car, reducing waste and shopping local

produce are ways to: “Go Green” in order to reduce toxins and

pollutants in our environment and sustain the well being our planet

      

            Why not remove the toxins and pollutants from our speech as well?

           "Go Green" and adopt “Green” Speech into our lives. Protect our: well being,

            homes, relationships, schools and businesses from negative, derogatory and

            harmful words, speech and gossip. Speak “Green” - positive, healing and

            encouraging words. Increase respect, tolerance and acceptance for one another

            and infuse greater peace, love and unity throughout all of our communities.

Passover: Time to Let Go -In Memory of Shoshie

 

Passover is called “The time of our freedom”

It is certainly deeper than our liberation from physical slavery.

It is the time when we were awakened up to the reality where

our souls could have its own master rather than the slavery that

we were subjected to either by outside forces or our own inner

demons.

Some times for the time being we find ourselves in

situations  or circumstances in our lives that are extraordinarily difficult,

confrontative and suffocating. Those are harder to break free from since

sometimes the circumstances are just out of our control. It is the slavery

of our internal world that offers us the most help for true freedom.

The internal demons are: hidden insecurities, self doubt and worth –

Old tapes that continuously play thoughts in our mind of who or what is to blame for

just about any specific ailment in my life and most of all deep seated anxiety, frustrations,

impulse for immediate gratification and feelings of apathy, laziness and complacency

just wreak havoc on our deepest and most authentic inner voice.

It is that inner voice that will never go away until it is truly satisfied. It is this voice

that forever gives you the drive to be a star and a champion of what it means to be truly

human – the kind that mirrors God’s image. The key to our destiny for success is seeing through

the illusions of any thoughts and feeling that run-counter to your truest and highest aspirations.

To let these false thoughts, no matter how real they appear to recognize them as such and them

walk out the back door of your mind. Everyone knows that a person can wake up feeling different

from day to day with the exact same circumstances in their life – sometimes you have to just wait

it out and eventually those negative, sabotaging and dreadful thoughts/feelings will leave.

When the cloud clears up in your mind, a new state of feeling permeates your being – you are

in touch with your higher self – the part of you connected to your soul -that would be the time

time to tackle your issues, challenges and problems. Until that better state of mind appears,

don’t trust your thoughts as reality no matter how compelling those thoughts look – be as

graceful as you can in the meantime – freedom will always necessarily emerge from the deepest

recesses of your soul

Have a beautiful Passover

   

   

Shoshie’s Yahrzeit & Unveiling – Sunday May 4th

Shoshie’s Yahrzeit & Unveiling – Sunday May 4^th

Beth David Cemetery – 10:30 a.m.

Reception – Afterwards – (Time to be announced)

Siyumim – Rabbi Mike and Yossi Stern

Rabbi Michael Stern – Scholar in Residence

Rabbi Michael Stern – Scholar in Residence

The Saranac Shul in Buffalo, New York

Inaugurate a New Yeshiva for the Buffalo

March 21^st –Parshas Shemini

In loving memory of Shoshie Stern a’h