ESSAYS| 2017

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From Hardship to Happiness

By Chanie Volovick, Long Beach, CA

Essays 2017

MyLife Essay Contest 2017 We live in a world where tragedies occur regularly, both to us individually and in the world at large. Poverty, crime and crisis are a sad reality. In our personal lives, we deal with numerous challenges, including financial struggles, relationship and family issues, etc. Simultaneously – and naturally so – we

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Building Competent Responsible Children as a Teacher
חינוך – נתינת הכוח לאחריות

By Dov Halperin

Essays 2017

MyLife Essay Contest 2017   חינוך תלמידים, חינוך ילדים, חינוך עצמנו. השאיפה של כל מחנך, הורה, אדם היא להצליח לחנך. לטעת מידות טובות, ידע, חכמה, מוסר, שיישארו לנצח. איך עושים זאת? איך מטמיעים בילד, בתלמיד, הנהגות טובות שלא יתפוגגו כשהמחנך כבר לא נוכח בשטח? איך גורמים לנו, לילדינו, להוציא מעצמם את המרב, לגלות את כל

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Parenting Like a Gardener
המחנך כגנן עפ”י תורת החסידות

By Rachel Shaked, Karmei Yosef, Israel

Essays 2017

MyLife Essay Contest 2017 ערכת כלים להורים ומחנכים המבקשים להצליח בגידול ילדיהם והכשרתם לחיים פרודוקטיביים כולנו רוצים לחיות בעולם מתוקן ונעים ולהיות מוקפים באנשים טובים, חומלים, מוכשרים ועושי טוב. איך משיגים זאת? חברה מתוקנת וטובה מעצבים במתן חינוך משובח ומטפח החל מגיל לידה.  כדי להצליח בחיים  – צריך לדעת מה לעשות ומהו סדר הפעולות הנכון

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Crowning the Queen

By Rachel Diamond, Bet Shemesh, IL

Essays 2017

MyLife Essay Contest 2017 We are taught in Mishlei (3,6) :“You should know G-d in all of your ways”. In knowing G-d in all of our ways, what is the essential way of the woman? According to the Hallel liturgy, her way is to be the foundation of the home and moreover, happy, as the

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Trust

By Motty Shochet, London, UK

Essays 2017

MyLife Essay Contest 2017   Introduction This article will present a fundamental concept in Chassidus that is relevant for all challenges, but in particular it is applied when dealing with fears, worries and anxieties. The concept of ‘trust’ is discussed in pre-Chassidic works. This article will focus on the definitions and novelties as it is

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Combating Relationally Assessed Self-Worth and Unactualized Potential

By Jordan Goldstein, Brooklyn, NY

Essays 2017

MyLife Essay Contest 2017 Abstract: It is all too common that members of today’s generation are constantly comparing themselves and their lives to the lives of others. In doing so, they attempt to gauge their “marketplace value” in order to judge their relative self-worth, social standing, and quality of life. This comparative self-analysis is expressed

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The Attention Obsession

By Levi Teleshevsky, Melbourne, AU

Essays 2017

MyLife Essay Contest 2017 Introduction The Millennial age has developed a growing obsession with attention. Overnight celebrities are taking over conversations as they are hurled into the limelight. An awkward comment on the daily news, or, a local nobody who somehow accrues 1000 likes on his Facebook post, are somehow gifted enormous recognition irrespective of

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Taking a Super Rational Approach to Addiction

By Rochel Schwartz, Chicago, IL

Essays 2017

MyLife Essay Contest 2017   Dan sat in his psychologist’s office. The psychologist leaned over his desk, making strong eye contact with Dan. He lowered his voice “Every one of our actions are meaningful. Although sometimes buried deep inside, every action has some sort of inner intention. Every addiction stems from somewhere. Dan, imagine yourself

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Growing through Reflective Criticism
ביקורת שבונה את עצמי

By Simcha Levinson, Tzfas, Israel

Essays 2017

MyLife Essay Contest 2017 ביקורת – מראה הבוס עצבני. אשתי קמצנית. המוכר במכולת גנב. והקולגה שלי אדם צבוע… אם גם אתה טיפוס ביקורתי במיוחד, כזה שיש לו מה להגיד על כל העולם ו’מחלק תארים’ לכל מה שזז – מאמר זה מיועד ממש עבורך. אולם גם אם אינך ביקורתי במיוחד, אלא ככל אדם רגיל אתה מתרעם

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The Service of Joy

By Count Machluf Elkaim, Bal Harbour, FL

Essays 2017

MyLife Essay Contest 2017 Simcha (joy) is an intrinsic component of Judaism, and all the more so of a Chassidic lifestyle. In fact, early Chassidim were often recognized by their joyful attitudes and behavior. Sometimes, misnagdim (anti-Chassidim) even used to ridicule their songs, dances, and antics, considering them irreverent. However, joy is a fundamental component

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