Rabbi Daniel Coren shares two powerful tips on how to keep strong in these areas.

One of the girls on our women's forum is struggling and is in dire need of funds for some serious rehab. She spent all of her savings on therapy until now, which has just brought up the memories of abuse and hasn't helped.

If you can join or pass on the link, it would be a big Mitzva.

thechesedfund.com/pleasesaveme

While we're on the topic of helping others, there's a bochur who has repeatedly reached out to us to find a sponsor for a filter for his two devices because his parents won't pay for it. If you'd like to help him, please be in touch with us at eyes.guard@gmail.com. Tizke Lemitzvos!

The Lubavitcher Rebbe says in this short audio clip below (in Yiddish), that when a person makes a neder for a mitzvah, Hashem gives them the strength to fulfill their neder, even if at the time they make the neder they don’t see any way they can physically fulfill it.

We learned in this week's Pirkei Avos: נדרים סייג לפרישות - Vows are a fence for abstinence. But vows are like fire and should not be "played with" unless one is very careful not to make a vow that he may not keep. To help us do this in the safest way possible, GYE has developed the TaPHSiC method. TaPHSiC stands for “The Physical & Spiritual Combo” Method. To learn how it works, click here.

I wanted to just share this...

Recently, a fellow that I know from many years back was arrested for some deviant behavior in the realm of z'nus. Here was a guy just about my age and on the surface seemed to have had it all. A great job, beautiful family, prominence in the community where he lived, well-liked by all etc. Maybe even I could say he is the kind of guy people like me would look at, reflect upon my own life and feel like a loser when comparing myself to him. And then....the arrest. I can only imagine how much pain he has caused his family, ruined his career, his name and basically dumped his whole life into the toilet.

There is an unspoken side effect of the coronavirus and that is what it does to our psychological and emotional wellbeing. Regular life struggles are typically managed well, and with the status quo we are okay. However, during the current climate of COVID-19 and social distancing, things have changed. Pain, grief, anxiety, loneliness, depression and more have risen their heads and are tormenting people all over the globe. Familial discord, personal isolation, and financial loss are causing people raw hurt. The word Coronavirus itself triggers anxiety for many. Countless people are up at night haunted with worthlessness and fearing the onset of clinical depression.

In isolation, it is easy to feel forgotten; to give up and despair. However, there is truly no need to suffer alone. Hope exists and it is here. While we all have our personal demons, don’t forget we also have each other.

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