ESSAYS| 2018

ESSAYSss| Winning Essays

Da’at: Knowledge דעת

By Aryeh Yonantan Chadad, Migdal Haemek, Israel

Essays 2018 / Finalists

MyLife Essay Contest 2018 – הדרך להפנמה וליישום – פרולוג: אריק נטל את חוברת הבגרות לידו והחל מדפדף בה קלות, השאלה המרכזית זעקה מבין הדפים, ניתן למענה עמוד רחב שוליים בו התבקשו התלמידים להגדיר ולפרט בדיוק מהו ‘אומץ’. מיד עמלו כל התלמידים על חוברת הבגרות על מנת להעביר את התובנות שאגרו בימי ההכנה אל דפי

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Peace and Love Where the Streets are Paved with Plastic

By Elka Melamed, Chicago, Illinois

Essays 2018 / Finalists

MyLife Essay Contest 2018 Introduction: The Road Ahead In this essay we will address the inner unrest that comes with living in a world of constant movement and change. We will examine this unrest as it is expressed in our interactions with our surroundings, leading to reactivity and indecision, and in our perceptions of ourselves,

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The End of Procrastination

By Shterna Karp, Brooklyn, NY

Essays 2018 / Finalists

MyLife Essay Contest 2018 The twenty minutes it takes from when the alarm goes until you are out of bed… The stack of books waiting to be read… The mending and fixing that still needs your attention… Supposedly only 20% of the population procrastinates,(1) but the number would probably be higher if people got around

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How to Be a Warrior, Not a Worrier

By Devorah Block, San Antonio, Texas

Essays 2018 / Finalists

MyLife Essay Contest 2018 If I would try to contain the contents of this entire essay into two sentences it would be the following: 1) You have power to create your own reality. 2) The resolution to all of your challenges, hardships, and uncertainties lies entirely in your hands. Since that sounds like blaspheme and

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Finding a Geulah-Life of Bliss & Joy, In a Place Called Golus

By Levi Ginsberg, Brooklyn, NY

Essays 2018 / Finalists

MyLife Essay Contest 2018 In this essay, I would like to analyze the concept of “Daas” (lit. knowledge), as explained in Chabad Chassidic philosophy; and how through developing the quality of Daas, one can achieve a life of utter bliss and tranquility, free of any feelings of anxiety, depression, helplessness and insecurity. Concepts that we

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How to Deal with Difficult People

by Hadassah Silberstein

Essays 2017 / Student Winners / Winning Essays

MyLife Essay Contest The sound of her unnecessarily aggressive chewing drives you crazy. You cringe every time he opens his mouth. You cannot remain in one room with her for too long before you get irritated. More often than not, your conversations with him turn into arguments. When you aren’t with her, you find every

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Trees and Maps: How to Stop Being a People Pleaser

by Moishe Chakoff

Essays 2017 / Student Winners / Winning Essays

MyLife Essay Contest 2017   The expression “people-pleaser” may seem like an innocuous phrase to describe a very nice person. In truth, it describes a psychological disorder wherein individuals feel they must say “yes” when they really want to and should say “no”. The Giving-Tree by Shel Silverstein illustrates the mentality of people-pleasing very clearly. 

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ADD: The Key to Living A Productive Life

By Sara Blau, Brooklyn, NY

Essays 2017 / Student Winners / Winning Essays

MyLife Essay Contest   Contemporary Issue: There are many challenges that make up the gamut of the human experience, from depression and anxiety, to lust and obsessions, from feelings of loneliness and doubts, to issues in a relationship. How does one live a productive, functional life, when the mind is bogged down by the above

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תורת החסידות כגישה פסיכולוגית אקלקטית
Chassidus as an Eclectic Psychological Approach

By Shraga Crombi, Edison, New Jersey

Essays 2017 / Student Winners / Winning Essays

MyLife Essay Contest 2017 English translation הקדמה בעולם הפסיכולוגיה שולטות כיום מספר אסכולות מרכזיות, ובשנים האחרונות נעשים ניסיונות רבים על מנת להציג גישה משולבת, שתתגבר על החסרונות הקיימים בכל אחת מהן, וזאת מתוך הבנה שאף אחת מהגישות הקיימות לא מספקת מענה הולם למבנה הנפש ולבעיות נפשיות, ולכל אחת מהן מעלות וחסרונות. תורת החסידות היא הפתרון

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