ESSAYS| 2017

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Four Languages of Growth

By Yaakov Wagner, Morristown, NJ

Essays 2017

MyLife Essay Contest 2017 Life is a constant cycle of evolution and progress. Human beings yearn for purpose and meaning. We aren’t satisfied remaining static, when at the end of any period there is no discernible development to look back upon. Often, however, when considering the objective it feels like staring up an imposing mountain

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Beneath The Surface: True Feminism

By Chaya Engel, Brooklyn, NY

Essays 2017

MyLife Essay Contest 2017 Women – What’s the issue? In search of me. I am a woman. What is my role in Judaism? How do I express myself? What is my worth? Does Judaism really appreciate me? Questions that plague so many minds today. Understanding the role of the woman is one that has tormented

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Restoring Normalcy through Prayer
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By Batsheva Segal, Berlin, Germany.

Essays 2017

MyLife Essay Contest 2017 החיים במאה ה-21 מהווים עבור רוב האנשים אתגר לא פשוט. כמות המידע הזורמת כמעט מדי דקה, ההודעות והסטטוסים שיש לעקוב אחריהם, להגיב, לתייג ולהוסיף לייק יכולה לסחוט כל רגע פנוי מזמננו ולהותיר אותנו חסרי נשימה. המוח האנושי למד ללהט בין הפייסבוק לוואטסאפ, לסנאפצ’ט ודומיהם וזאת מבלי להזכיר את אלפי האפליקציות הזמינות

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Love in Three Dimensions

By Miryam Guitta, Cote Saint Luc, QC

Essays 2017

MyLife Essay Contest 2017   Introduction Chaim is a 14 year old boy who struggles in school due to lack of motivation and low self-esteem. To pass time, Chaim likes to hang out with the “wrong” group of friends who provide him with the attention he lacks at home. In fact, ever since he can

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Learning Love from G-d

By Alter Deitsch, Brooklyn, NY

Essays 2017

MyLife Essay Contest 2017 Would you like to deepen your connection with the special people in your life? Are you searching for love? Would you like to learn the secret that G-d himself employed when forming his relationship with us? The Lubavitcher Rebbe shared this great lesson with us in 1957 when he delivered the

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Attaining a Mindset of Depth in a Shallow World

By Bayla Oster, Pittsburg PA

Essays 2017

MyLife Essay Contest 2017   I. The Problem As the modern world spins faster and faster into the future, the physicality in our lives only gets more and more advanced. In response,the world is witnessing a huge paradigm shift, with shallow definitions of fulfillment placed at the top of our priorities. Research at UCLA has

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Be You. G-d Wants You.

By Chana Rachmani, Boston, MA

Essays 2017

MyLife Essay Contest 2017 “Hey God, I’ve been feeling really frustrated recently so I figured I’d reach out a bit. That’s what Fathers are for, right? God, I really want to connect to you. I just sometimes feel like You are so far away. Yes, You give me all these mitzvos to reach you with,

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The Secret to Lying Your Way Through Marriage

By Shalom Lipszyc, Brooklyn, NY

Essays 2017

MyLife Essay Contest 2017   This essay will explore the Alter Rebbe’s explanation on a key Kabbalistc concept. This will 1)     help us gain understanding into the reason we tell lies and 2)    give us the tools needed to turn around our marriages and other significant relationships     for the better. Common Lies and Why We

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The Thirsty Soul

By Avigail Halevy, Brooklyn, NY

Essays 2017

MyLife Essay Contest 2017   Once I chanced upon a non-Jew adorned with an enormous Magen David necklace standing on a box in the middle of the sidewalk shouting: “Who are the Jews? They are not those people sitting in the synagogues eating!” We all know about ‘eating’ in the synagogue. But what is the real

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Get the Point

By Moshe Backman, Brooklyn, NY

Essays 2017

MyLife Essay Contest 2017 Sailing on the proverbial ship across the seas of life one may often encounter stormy, treacherous waters that threaten to capsize his existence. As adults these challenges are apparent and constant, for some, even on a daily basis. With waves of responsibility at every moment; children, food, clothing, tuition, and mortgage

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