The Zohar says that “Someone who gets angry is like one who worships idols.”9 Here Chazal (our Sages) stress that anger stems from lack of faith in the oneness and goodness of all, so it’s as if an angry person is siding with idol worship or the evil inclination.

Suspending judgment in as many situations as possible is key.

The Zohar teaches: “By (the way one handles one’s) anger, one can recognize who one is. If a person guards their soul at a moment of anger and does not allow it (one’s soul) to be torn from its place… this is a person who is as they should be… This is a complete person.”

“A little bit is also good. The way to grow is to not worry about perfection—simply start moving a little bit beyond where you were a moment ago.”

The Holy One created the twin pathways of תשובה/שבת (teshuvah/returning and Shabbat) before even creating the world.

If the commandment is to love others as we love ourselves, and we feel that we don’t have enough love for ourselves, then the only way to keep this mitzvah is to increase the love we have for ourselves and decrease the self-doubt and self-hate. Because if we don’t show ourselves the proper love, how can we properly love others? And truly, the way w

The Talmud teaches that a person is led down the path that he chooses to follow.1 If we believe everything is for the good, then reality becomes good for us, but if a person only sees “bad,” then they are treated accordingly with this lack of emunah (faith), resulting in “bad” manifesting more and more.

what the Lubavitcher Rebbe said so beautifully, “You already belong. You are already holy. You are already loved. Now you too must love, and by loving, help others feel that they also belong.”

Loving kindness or restraint by itself is incomplete. Balance—knowing when to use each trait—is key. Tempering one with the other and the ability to discern when to use each characteristic is true da’at.