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proclaiming to yourself that your spiri- with important communal obligations. thank Hashem (silently) when a patient
tual self is with you in the office. If the The bracha on the Torah tells us to who is very elderly and has difficulty
arrangement of your workplace calls busy ourselves throughout the day with walking gets in and out of my exam
for it, having a mezuza in your space is words and concepts of Torah, not to chair without mishap.
also a constant reminder that Hashem is leave them at home when we go to the
watching and protecting you, and that workplace. Challenges but also Protectors
your office space can also be endowed Certain mitzvos may feel like a challenge
with kedusha. It is also helpful to learn something to observe in the workplace, but they are
at some time during the day; nowadays also protecting us. They indicate who
Saying Modeh Ani each morning this is very easy. One could read a page we are and set us apart in the sense of
so you mean it is also a great help. Rav of the Chofetz Chaim, listen to a shiur on socializing with others. For example,
Shimshon Pincus, zt”l, in Nefesh Shim- torahanytime.com while driving to work tzni’us, the laws of modesty in dress and
shon, says that when you are on a road to or cooking, in addition to more standard behavior, distinguish us. Yichud, the
Yerushalayim, for example, and get lost text-based learning. The learning fills our prohibition of a man and woman being
because you made a wrong turn, it is ex- heads with divrei Torah which we can alone in a locked office, protect us from
cusable. But if you end up in the wrong carry with us. what could turn into a difficult situation.
place because you didn’t know where you Covering our hair if we are married is a
were trying to go in the first place, that In my role as an ophthalmologist and reminder of who we are and that we have
is inexcusable. Modeh Ani serves to ori- low vision specialist, I often care for a special relationship to nurture in our
ent us to the day and what we should be people with very poor vision, for whom home.
doing. there is currently no treatment. I try
to give them optimism and often will Don’t speak or listen to lashon hara.
Saying birchos haTorah (the bless- mention Hashem (thank G-d that…). You often can’t stop it or redirect the con-
ings on learning Torah) is also very There also are circumstances when I versation, so just walk away if necessary.
relevant. We thank Hashem for com- do specialized testing to determine if This is great protection for yourself as
manding us “la’asok bedivrei Torah,” someone has a severe progressive ret- well. Anything you say will be repeated,
to busy ourselves with words of Torah. inal degeneration. I often daven for the and not indulging yourself in gossip will
The terms la’asok is from the same root person before I do the test, when the protect you somewhat from being the
as askan, someone who busies himself outcome is not yet known. And I also
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tual self is with you in the office. If the The bracha on the Torah tells us to who is very elderly and has difficulty
arrangement of your workplace calls busy ourselves throughout the day with walking gets in and out of my exam
for it, having a mezuza in your space is words and concepts of Torah, not to chair without mishap.
also a constant reminder that Hashem is leave them at home when we go to the
watching and protecting you, and that workplace. Challenges but also Protectors
your office space can also be endowed Certain mitzvos may feel like a challenge
with kedusha. It is also helpful to learn something to observe in the workplace, but they are
at some time during the day; nowadays also protecting us. They indicate who
Saying Modeh Ani each morning this is very easy. One could read a page we are and set us apart in the sense of
so you mean it is also a great help. Rav of the Chofetz Chaim, listen to a shiur on socializing with others. For example,
Shimshon Pincus, zt”l, in Nefesh Shim- torahanytime.com while driving to work tzni’us, the laws of modesty in dress and
shon, says that when you are on a road to or cooking, in addition to more standard behavior, distinguish us. Yichud, the
Yerushalayim, for example, and get lost text-based learning. The learning fills our prohibition of a man and woman being
because you made a wrong turn, it is ex- heads with divrei Torah which we can alone in a locked office, protect us from
cusable. But if you end up in the wrong carry with us. what could turn into a difficult situation.
place because you didn’t know where you Covering our hair if we are married is a
were trying to go in the first place, that In my role as an ophthalmologist and reminder of who we are and that we have
is inexcusable. Modeh Ani serves to ori- low vision specialist, I often care for a special relationship to nurture in our
ent us to the day and what we should be people with very poor vision, for whom home.
doing. there is currently no treatment. I try
to give them optimism and often will Don’t speak or listen to lashon hara.
Saying birchos haTorah (the bless- mention Hashem (thank G-d that…). You often can’t stop it or redirect the con-
ings on learning Torah) is also very There also are circumstances when I versation, so just walk away if necessary.
relevant. We thank Hashem for com- do specialized testing to determine if This is great protection for yourself as
manding us “la’asok bedivrei Torah,” someone has a severe progressive ret- well. Anything you say will be repeated,
to busy ourselves with words of Torah. inal degeneration. I often daven for the and not indulging yourself in gossip will
The terms la’asok is from the same root person before I do the test, when the protect you somewhat from being the
as askan, someone who busies himself outcome is not yet known. And I also
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