ESSAYS| 2015

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Establishing A Deep Sense Of Identity

by Sholom Munitz

Essays 2015

MyLife Essay Contest Introduction: One of the major questions in the field of education is whether the teacher puts the focus on the WHAT aspect, the WHEN, the HOW or the WHO. Just as the Chassidic way of living and being is with a focus on the WHO, the internal essence, likewise is true regarding

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Eliminating Dissonance For A Happier Self

by Emmett Gilles

Essays 2015

MyLife Essay Contest In this essay, I address a Chassidic approach to overcoming depression, one which I have found effective in struggling with my own feelings of disappointment and inadequacy. Though depression can stem from a wide variety of causes and manifests itself differently according to the person affected, the internal process I will describe

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?!ื”ื ื ื™ ืžืฉืงืจ ืœืขืฆืžื™, ื”ืืคืฉืจื™
The Battle Between Matter And Spirit

by Shneur Zalman Pevzner

Essays 2015

MyLife Essay Contest ื™ืฉ ืืฆืœ ื›ื•ืœื ื• ืœืขืชื™ื ืงืจื•ื‘ื•ืช ืžืฆื‘ ื ืคืฉื™ ืจืขื•ืข ื•ืคืจื“ื•ืงืกื™, ืงืฉื” ืœื ื• ืœื”ื—ืœื™ื˜ ืœืื™ื–ื” ื—ื•ื’ ืื ื• ืžืฉืชื™ื™ื›ื™ื, ืœืคืขืžื™ื ื ืจืื” ืœื ื• ืฉืื ื—ื ื• ืฉื™ื™ื›ื™ื ืœื—ื™ื™ ื”ืขื•ืœื ื”ื—ื•ืœ, ื•ืœืคืขืžื™ื ืžืจื’ื™ืฉื™ื ืฉืื ื—ื ื• ืฉื™ื™ื›ื™ื ืœืขื•ืœื ืฉืœ ืจื•ื—ื ื™ื•ืช ื•ืงื“ื•ืฉื”, ื–ื” ื’ื•ืจื ืœื ื• ืœื—ื•ืฉ ื›ืื™ืœื• ืžืฉืงืจื™ื ืœืขืฆืžื ื•. ื‘ืžืืžืจ ืฉืœืคื ื™ื ื• ื ื’ืœื” ืื™ืš ืฉืขืœ ื™ื“ื™ ืื—ืช ืžื”ืจืขื™ื•ื ื•ืช ืฉืœ ื”ื—ืกื™ื“ื•ืช ืืคืฉืจ ืœื”ื’ื™ืข ืœืจื•ื’ืข

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Struggle On Purpose

by David Karpel

Essays 2015

MyLife Essay Contest Fighters train to fight by fighting. Visualize your everyday internal spiritual or emotional struggles in the way of the grapplers described in Tanya. This way we can consider actionable solutions to pervasive anxiety, frustration, and even depression due to the mistaken idea that finite happiness is actually attainable, that the pursuit of

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Lessons From A New Year

by Zalman Friedman

Essays 2015

MyLife Essay Contest What Blowing the Shofar Can Teach Us About Helping Individuals Who Struggle with Depression When Dovid1 โ€“ a close friend โ€“ became depressed, I didnโ€™t really know how to respond. He was suffering severely, not sleeping well, and generally listless, tired, and disinterested. He rarely ventured out of his house, just lying

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ื”ื™ืคืจืืงื˜ื™ื‘ื™ื•ืช ื‘ืจืื™ ื”ื—ืกื™ื“ื•ืช – Converting Weakness Into Strength

by Chaim Hillel Kirenberg

Essays 2015

MyLife Essay Contest Chassidus’s Approach to Hyperactivity ืžื‘ื•ื ื”ืขื•ืœื ืžืœื ื‘ืกื‘ืœ, ืงืฉื™ื™ื ื•ื‘ืขื™ื•ืช. ืื™ืŸ ืื“ื ืฉืœื ื ืื‘ืง ื›ืœ ื™ื•ื ื‘ื’ื™ืœื•ื™ื™ื ืฉืœ ืงื•ืฉื™ ื•ืืฃ ืจื•ืข ืžืกื‘ื™ื‘ื•, ื‘ืขื™ื•ืช ื”ื—ื™ื™ื ื”ืคื›ื• ื“ื‘ืจ ื‘ืœืชื™ ื ืคืจื“ ืžื”ื•ื•ื™ ื”ื—ื™ื™ื ืฉืœ ื›ืœ ืื“ื, ืชืคืงื™ื“ ื”ืื“ื ื”ื•ื ืœื‘ื—ื•ืจ ืื™ืš ืœื”ื’ื™ื‘ ื•ื›ื™ืฆื“ ืœืคืชื•ืจ ืืช ื”ื‘ืขื™ื•ืช ื”ืขื•ืžื“ื•ืช ื‘ืคื ื™ื•. ื‘ืื•ืคืŸ ื›ืœืœื™ ื™ืฉื ื ืฉืœื•ืฉื” ืื•ืคื ื™ื ืื™ืš ืœื”ืชื™ื™ื—ืก

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ื”ืคืกื™ื›ื•ืœื•ื’ื™ื” ืฉืœ “ืขืฆื ื”ื ืฉืžื”” ื‘ืชื•ืจืช ื”ืจื‘ื™ ืžืœื•ื‘ื‘ื™ืฅ’ ื•ื™ื™ืฉื•ืžื™ื” ื”ืžืขืฉื™ื™ื
Expressing Your Essence

by Erez Peleg

Essays 2015

MyLife Essay Contest ืคืชื™ื—ื” ืฉืœื•ืฉ ืฉืืœื•ืช ื›ืœืœื™ื•ืช ื•ืขืงืจื•ื ื™ื•ืช ืขื•ืžื“ื•ืช ื‘ื‘ืกื™ืก ืžืืžืจ ื–ื”: 1) ืžื”ื™ ื‘ืขืฆื ื”ืคืกื™ื›ื•ืœื•ื’ื™ื”, ืชื•ืจืช ื”ื ืคืฉ, ืฉืœ [ื”ืชื’ืœื•ืช] “ืขืฆื ื”ื ืฉืžื””? ืžื”ื ืžืืคื™ื™ื ื™ื”? ืžื” ื™ื™ื—ื•ื“ื”? 2) ืžื“ื•ืข ืจืื•ื™ ืœืœืžื•ื“ ื“ื•ื•ืงื ืื•ืชื”? ืขืœ ืืœื• ื‘ืขื™ื•ืช ืงื™ื•ืžื™ื•ืช ื”ื™ื ืืžื•ืจื” ืœืขื ื•ืช? 3) ืžื”ืŸ ื”ื“ืจื›ื•ืชื™ื” ื”ืžืขืฉื™ื•ืช? ืœื”ืœืŸ ืื ืกื” ืœื”ืฆื™ืข ื‘ืงืฆืจื” ื•ื‘ืื•ืคืŸ ื•ืจืืฉื•ื ื™ ืชืฉื•ื‘ื•ืช ืœืฉืืœื•ืช ื”ืœืœื•, ืขืœ ืคื™ ืžื”

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ืฉื•ืจืฉ ื”ืงื•ื ืคืœื™ืงื˜ – Chassidic Conflict Resolution

by Chaim Heber

Essays 2015

MyLife Essay Contest ืžื‘ื•ื ืžืืžืจ ื–ื” ืขื•ืกืง ื‘ืงื•ื ืคืœื™ืงื˜ื™ื ื‘ื™ืŸ ืื ืฉื™ื, ื•ืžืฆื™ืข ื”ื ื—ื” ืฉื—ืœืง ืžื”ืคืขืจื™ื ื ื•ื‘ืขื™ื ืžื›ืš ืฉืื—ื“ ืžื‘ื ื™ ื”ื–ื•ื’ ืฉื™ื™ืš ืœืžื™ื“ืช ื”ื—ืกื“, ื•ืื™ืœื• ื”ืฉื ื™ ื”ื•ื ื“ื™ืŸ. ื‘ื”ืชืื ืœื›ืš, ื”ืžืืžืจ ืžืฆื™ืข ืฉื™ื˜ื” ืœืื‘ื—ื•ืŸ ืขืฆืžื™ ืขืœ ื‘ืกื™ืก ื”ืขืงืจื•ืŸ ื”ื—ืกื™ื“ื™ ืฉื”ืขื•ื ื’ ื”ื•ื ื”ื’ื•ืจื ื”ืžื ื™ืข ืืช ื”ืื“ื. ื‘ื”ืžืฉืš, ืžื•ืฆืข ื›ื™ืฆื“ ืœื”ืชื™ื™ื—ืก ืืœ ื”ืฉื•ื ื™ ื”ืžื”ื•ืชื™ ื‘ืื•ืคืŸ ืžืงื“ื ื•ืžื•ืขื™ืœ ืœืฉื ื™ ื”ืฆื“ื“ื™ื.

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Tackling Personal Bereavement

by Yaakov Shallman

Essays 2015

MyLife Essay Contest As we approach the 5 year yahrtzeit of my father I thought I would share a short letter I wrote around the time of his passing and share some strength I found during that tragic and challenging time. Tragedy has rippled through our family. It affects us all and will forever weigh

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The Challenge Of Modern Freedom

by Menachem Danishefsky

Essays 2015

MyLife Essay Contest A Saul Bellow wrote thatย “the challenge of modern freedom, or the combination of isolation and freedom which confronts you, is to make yourself up.” For Bellow, “the danger is that you may emerge from the process as a not-entirely-human creature.” For others, the challenge of making one’s self up is so paralyzing

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