God Save the Queen - Making Hashem Our King

Humility is the antidote to all negative traits. During this time of Omer we have been refining ourselves in order to be ready to receive the Torah on Chag HaShavuot. The Or HaChaim teaches 3 lessons we can learn from the verse in Shemot that describes the B'nai Yisrael's journey towards Har Sinai …

When the Jewish people said Na'aseh v'Nishma they became like angels who know the secret of total compliance to Hashem's will. How can we use this principle of doing without understanding, accepting without knowing all the details in our daily relationships with spouses and children? 

This is the week of HOD. Hod is the midda of Humility. In order to reach true greatness, we have to admit our shortcomings and work on being grateful to others and to Hashem. Being humble should not be confused with low self esteem. You cannot be humble without good self esteem. Rabbi Akiva who be…