Seek to fulfill your purpose each day.

Responsibility is assessing what is ours to do to and seeing these tasks through to completion. A proper balance of this trait is where one spreads out the tasks for each other and for self.  When one takes on too much responsibility, this leads to stress and the tendency to control situations and take over.  At the other end of imbalance, one who is irresponsible takes on little to no tasks and does not realize the ramifications of negligence. When we do what we are beholden and capable of doing with firm resolve, we repair the world and make living for all more bearable.

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awakening from below

In Parashat Vayakhel, the Israelites finally begin to build the tabernacle after the disastrous detour of the golden calf. The Lord provides detailed instructions for the tabernacle...

by rabbi russ resnik on Mar 3, 2013 in torah

taking responsibility

Responsibility, in society has negative connotations. When something goes wrong, everyone looks for who is Responsible. Responsibility has become a synonym for “guilt.” Whoeve...

by rabbi michael schiffman on Apr 24, 2012 in besorah

the responsibility hot potato

Responsibility has become a sort of hot potato in our times. We want others to take lots of it, and we don’t want to take any ourselves. ...

by rabbi russ resnik on Apr 22, 2012 in torah

social responsibility

“In a free society, some men are guilty and all men are responsible.” ...

by rabbi benjamin ehrenfeld on Apr 22, 2012 in daily living

from invisible to visible

R. Simon said: When the Holy One, blessed be He, came to create Adam, the ministering angels formed themselves into groups and parties, some of them saying, Let him be created, w...

by rebbetzin malkah on Jan 23, 2012 in mesorah

where are you?

And the Lord God called to man, and He said to him, "Where are you?"  And he said, "I heard Your voice in the garden, and I was afraid because I am naked; so I hid."  And ...

by rav rafael on Jan 22, 2012 in torah

tend your planet

"It's a question of discipline," the little prince told me later on. "When you've finished washing and dressing each morning, you must tend your planet." – Antoine de Saint-Exupé...

by rebbetzin malkah on Jan 21, 2012 in meditation

am I my brother's keeper?

When we realize that “love your neighbor as yourself” is part of the great commandment of the Shema (Mt. 22:37–40; Lk. 10:25–28), it increases our responsibility level subst...

by rabbi russ resnik on Jan 20, 2012 in daily living

accounting  questions to ask yourself Use these questions to evaluate your day: What were the seeds that affected your responsibility in various arenas today? Did a you shirk away from a responsibility today and if ... by riverton mussar on Nov 2, 2011

quotes  quotes Rabbi Tarfon said: "The day is short, the task is great, the laborers are lazy, the wage is abundant and the master is urgent." -- Avot 2:20 He [Rabbi Tarfon]used to say: "It is no... by riverton mussar on Nov 2, 2011

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daily living

 social responsibility “In a free society, some men are guilty and all men are responsible.” ... by rabbi benjamin ehrenfeld on Apr 22, 2012 am I my brother's keeper? When we realize that “love your neighbor as yourself” is part of the great commandment of the Shema (Mt. 22:37–40; Lk. 10:25–28), it increases our responsibility level subst... by rabbi russ resnik on Jan 20, 2012

torah

 awakening from below In Parashat Vayakhel, the Israelites finally begin to build the tabernacle after the disastrous detour of the golden calf. The Lord provides detailed instructions for the tabernacle... by rabbi russ resnik on Mar 3, 2013 the responsibility hot potato Responsibility has become a sort of hot potato in our times. We want others to take lots of it, and we don’t want to take any ourselves. ... by rabbi russ resnik on Apr 22, 2012 where are you? And the Lord God called to man, and He said to him, "Where are you?"  And he said, "I heard Your voice in the garden, and I was afraid because I am naked; so I hid."  And ... by rav rafael on Jan 22, 2012

besorah

 taking responsibility Responsibility, in society has negative connotations. When something goes wrong, everyone looks for who is Responsible. Responsibility has become a synonym for “guilt.” Whoeve... by rabbi michael schiffman on Apr 24, 2012 responsibility of a neighbor “A certain man went down from Jerusalem to Jericho, and fell among thieves, who stripped him of his clothing, wounded him, and departed, leaving him half dead. Now by chance a cer... by rabbi benjamin ehrenfeld on Jan 20, 2012

mesorah

 from invisible to visible R. Simon said: When the Holy One, blessed be He, came to create Adam, the ministering angels formed themselves into groups and parties, some of them saying, Let him be created, w... by rebbetzin malkah on Jan 23, 2012

meditation

 tend your planet "It's a question of discipline," the little prince told me later on. "When you've finished washing and dressing each morning, you must tend your planet." – Antoine de Saint-Exupé... by rebbetzin malkah on Jan 21, 2012

stories

 step it up On another occasion, Rabbi Israel [Salanter] encountered an orphan boy wandering about and not going to school. When he asked the charity wardens why they did not see to defraying t... by rebbetzin malkah on Jan 21, 2012

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