ESSAYS| 2015

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Bad Hair Day

by Yosef Kaner

Essays 2015

MyLife Essay Contest 2015 I saw the following on Chabad.org: The holy Baal Shem Tov taught: “When you see ill in your friend, it is your own ill that you are observing.” Like a mirror that reflects nothing but what you place before it, so too what you see in your fellow reflects nothing but

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Growing through Guilt

by Anonymous

Essays 2015

MyLife Essay Contest 2015   The more we learn Chassidus, the more it is clear what kind of tremendous impact it can have in our lives, when applied. Be it on an emotional, psychological or cognitive level, Chassidus offers more meaningful and practical solutions than we can ever hope to find in Pop Psychology. In

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Growing through Guilt

by Rivkah Shanowitz

Essays 2015

MyLife Essay Contest 2015   The more we learn Chassidus, the more it is clear what kind of tremendous impact it can have in our lives, when applied. Be it on an emotional, psychological or cognitive level, Chassidus offers more meaningful and practical solutions than we can ever hope to find in Pop Psychology. In

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When my Self is in Control

by Yaakov Wagner

Essays 2015

MyLife Essay Contest 2015   Introduction A challenge I face every morning before entering my classroom is to think of ways to make the Chassidic discourse I’m about to teach relatable and applicable to my students – young men from various backgrounds, many of whom are being exposed to the teachings of Chassidus for the

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Transforming Fear into Goodness

by Moises Waisberg

Essays 2015

MyLife Essay Contest 2015   This essay is about how to deal with fear. The basic idea is that we fear things which we can´t handle. The reason we can´t handle certain things is that our human tools are too limited to deal with them. The Chasidic solution is that when something is beyond our

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The Power of our Thoughts

by Menucha Ezagui

Essays 2015

MyLife Essay Contest 2015   The Problem Do you ever feel a violent war, dramatic movie, hilarious comedy or romantic story constantly taking place and replaying itself in your mind? And every few hours the characters pop in, to pay a visit or say “hello” invisibly, during the most important parts of your day or

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The Game of Hiskafia

by Yechezkal Gutfreund

Essays 2015

MyLife Essay Contest 2015   A. Motivation Our biggest source of distraction in the contemporary western culture is computer and internet based technologies. We learn in the maamar Basi L’Gani, that we have the power to turn this shtus of kelipa into a force for kedushah. Many Olemish/Litvish approach technology as an ill that can

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Putting the Past Behind Me

by Anonymous

Essays 2015

MyLife Essay Contest 2015   The more we learn Chassidus, the more it is clear what kind of tremendous impact it can have in our lives, when applied. Be it on an emotional, psychological or cognitive level, Chassidus offers more meaningful and practical solutions than we can ever hope to find in Pop Psychology. In

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Recognizing the Plan

by Sara Stiefel

Essays 2015

MyLife Essay Contest 2015 I awoke early to catch the 7:00 AM bus to the embassy, a 7 hour journey from home.  I had a 3:30 PM appointment to submit some important paperwork. I took my baby with me as she was too young to remain at home for an entire day without her mother. Much

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Going Straight to the Source

by Mordechai Chemel

Essays 2015

MyLife Essay Contest 2015 Introduction: Many Jews are under the mistaken impression that they must place their Jewish observance on the back burner in order to make a successful living. The following script highlights the Chassidic concept of Divine Providence (Hashgacha Pratis) and explains how it applies to a person’s pursuit of a livelihood. Scene

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