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"Where does it say that you have a contract with G-d to have an easy life?"

the Lubavitcher Rebbe



"Failure is not the enemy of success; it is its prerequisite."

Rabbi Nosson Scherman



8 Apr 2010

Saving your possessions

In a devar torah on Parshat Vayigash entitled Small Vessels, Jonathan Neril discusses Jacob re-crossing a stream to retrieve some small vessels he left behind.
The truly righteous recognize the value of their God-given possessions, and are very careful with them, no matter how small or seemingly insignificant they are. While not overly attached to material things, they do not dispose of objects prematurely or use them inappropriately. Indeed, the Talmudic sage Rabbi Yochanan, on his deathbed, told his students to remove the vessels from his room lest they become contaminated by his corpse, and thereby unusable (Berakhot 28b).
Read full article: http://www.myjewishlearning.com/texts/Bible/Weekly_Torah_Portion/vayishlah_cn.shtml

An article I read this morning provided interesting information about how to save money.
Here's a way you might save $20 this year: Change the font in the documents you print.
Because different fonts require different amounts of ink to print, you could be buying new printer cartridges less often if you wrote in, say, Century Gothic rather than Arial. Schools and businesses could save thousands of dollars with font changes.

Read more: http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100406/ap_on_hi_te/us_tec_money_saving_fonts

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