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Inner Strength

Courage and faith for life’s challenges

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Inner Strength: Courage and faith for life’s challenges

Deep down, every Jew possesses the spiritual strength to overcome the trials and tribulations of life. But how do we access this ability?

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Topics:	Disability, Down Syndrome, Struggle, Challenge & Adversity, Bitachon

Goldie Plotkin is co-director of Chabad of Markham in Thornhill, Ontario and director of the Torah Tots Pre-School. She was the keynote speaker at the International Convention of Shluchos in 2010.

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Farhan Nairobi November 24, 2025

The role of women in communities and societies should be celebrated.
When at war men drum for the killing and the massacre of the perceived enemy.
Mothers even in the force feel more pain both sides.
We often dismiss them by saying they are being sensitive.
A mother is sensitive and daughter feels everything and cries when she remembers the kind of father she used to have before the exams.

May the creator bless and grace all mothers.
The first values and teachings are by the mother.
The worst mother is always better than the best father. The Warmth of a woman and a mother alone makes life worth living.

Without them we are just stray men of emptiness.
We seek validation by the scores and grapings.

May humanity listen to the cry of all mothers .

Let there be peace in the of the mothers.

Let there be light for the sake mothers.
We created you in tribes and races and beliefs not to hate or fight but to know of each other.

The Guleds condemn the cry. Reply

Dali Santiago NC April 9, 2019

Thank you Goldie, thank you for this lecture. Every time I need to remind myself of Bitachon I listen to this all over again and again. I thank Hashem for you! Reply

Anonymous Ny March 17, 2015

Absolutely amazing speech!!! Reply

Jana Huff Dallas July 22, 2014

Goldie, words cannot express my gratitude to Hashem for the work you do to help us grow! Thank you for all that you are and all that you do! Reply

Ödalís Melvai Madrid November 5, 2013

Inspiring, simply inspiring!!! Wonderful Goldie!!! You are such a powerful speaker, you can move every level of our neshamot! Reply

Marlene Montreal, QC December 25, 2012

Trust in Hashem Thank you Goldie for this very powerful speech. There are so many messages in this half hour lecture. When we are faced with a challenge, and we ask Hashem what we were supposed to have learned from that particular challenge, and if we try to figure it out ourselves, and don't seem to be able to find the answer, where do we go from there? I trust in Hashem, and know that what he has sent to me, in the form of a challenge, having lost my son Ilan to a lung disease, was for a greater purpose, or a greater learning, but after 12 yrs., I still have not been able to figure it out. Yes, I trust, and will continue to trust Hashem, but it would be good to be able to have more of an understanding. Reply

S Rivera 00659 September 26, 2012

Inner Strength words Thank you very much , Blessings ! Reply

Anonymous thornhilil, Ontario via chabadmarkham.org June 8, 2012

inner stremgh Goldie that was the most powerful and most enlightning speech if have ever heard.
You spoke from the heart like a messenger of Hashem.
Thank you for those wise words.
May Hashen bless you and your family with joy and naches. Reply

Malka Miami, Florida April 30, 2012

Goldie, you were great!!! I've always been a fan of Goldie Plotkin, but she really outdid herself here. Her words seem to pour from the very core of her heart and soul, bringing me to tears during this half hour more times than I remember. Yes, we all have challenges, and we can chose denial, depression, or "tracht gut vet zein gut." Goldie makes its seem so simple to take that third, G-dly path -- may we all be blessed with clearly revealed goodness in our lives! Reply

Jessica San Francisco, CA April 30, 2012

Thank you so so much. This is what I am achieving through Chabad. Reply

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