A young American who is learning in one of the local English-speaking yeshivas came to the Tefillin stand in the afternoon and put on tefillin.

     When he finished, I asked him why he hadn't put them on in the morning as is the proper custom. He said he overslept. Then he asked, "Can you give me some good advice on how to Wake up early in the morning?"

     I told him, "The time to decide to wake up early in the morning is not early in the morning… It's the night before. If you want to get up early, you have to go to bed early. It's that simple."

     Early morning is the spiritual, "time of kindness." It's worth going to bed early to be able to enjoy.