Hashem is Speaking to You
Reb Elimelech of Lizhensk and his brother Reb Zusha once happened to be in the streets of a small town at the crack of dawn, when suddenly they heard from a run-down house the screams of a peasant woman. "Wake up!" she yelled at her apparently sleeping husband. "Do you not know that there is work to do? How long will you continue sleeping? Wake up!" Reb Elimelech and his brother realized that Hashem was speaking to them. It was the month of Elul , and they clearly heard Hashem telling them through the screams of the peasant woman: There is work to do! The month of Elul are days of Avodat Hashem , days to take advantage of! How long will you continue sleeping? Interestingly, in the story these Rabbis heard Hashem speaking to them not through the Torah but through a rather plain occurence. This story teaches us that we too should look for guidance from Hashem not solely in the Torah but also in the small events in our lives. I would like to share a small stor...