Chizuk

By the.guard

Every human being has a divine soul. This soul yearns for connection to where it came from, the Almighty Himself--Who is the source of all good, pleasure and oneness. This yearning is known as the “G-d hole”, and it is felt particularly strongly by those who struggle wit...

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From the mouth of the Soton himself

By obormottel

The Ohr Hachayim on Parshas Shemos (3:8) writes that before Moshiach's time, the Jewish nation will be subjected to the 50th level of impurity. But he also writes there, that before the Redemption the Jewish people will garner the strength to enter into the very "mouth" o...

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Getting Out of His Way

By the.guard

We all know the story of Yaakov and the shepherds from Parshas Vayetze. Did you ever wonder how Yaakov Avinu single handedly removed such a large rock from on top of the well? If he was an “Ish Tam Yoshev Ohalim” how did he have this kind of super-human strength? To answ...

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The Despair of an Addict

By GYE Admin

GYE Responds: First of all, there's no such thing as a disgusting being. Hashem doesn't make junk. He has a plan for you, and it's better than you can imagine! The feelings you express are very common for addicts, and I feel your pain and confusion. A few points c...

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Feeling Depressed?

By GYE Admin

The winter months can often make us feel down and depressed. And when feeling that way, our natural instinct is to reach for those things that make us "feel good”, which we all know on GYE can lead us down a destructive path. So what attitude can we adapt to stay out of...

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Adam and Haman

By GYE Admin

The Gemara in Chulin (139b) asks, where can we find “Haman” (from the story of Purim) in the Torah? Says Rav Masnah, "from the pasuk after the sin of the Eitz Hadaas when Hashem asks Adam: 'Did you eat from the tree that I commanded you not to eat from?'” In Lashon Kode...

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The Barrel of Scorpions

By GYE Admin

Most of us have so many blessings to be thankful for in our lives, but the Yetzer Hara tries to make us believe that we MUST have that one “forbidden fruit.” He tries to convince us that Hashem is withholding the ONE THING we want most because He really doesn’t have our...

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A vort from Baal Shem Tov in honor of Chai Elul

By GYE Admin

Every pull to lust and connection is really a pull of your soul to G-d... It's just that an addict's brain messes up the signals... The Bal Shem Tov calls it "Fallen Love"... Its source is up on high, but our souls are trapped in physical bodies and are looking for the an...

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Questions to ask yourself before acting-out:

By GYE Admin

Why do I feel I need to act out? What brought me to this point? Have I been here before? What did I do to deal with it? How did I feel after dealing with it correctly? What have I done to ease the discomfort so far? What else can I do that won't be acting out? How will I...

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Hashem is One

By GYE Admin

Chazal say: בא חבקוק והעמידן על אחת, צדיק באמונתו יחיה– The prophet Chavakuk came and founded all the Mitzvos of the Torah up on one Mitzva: that of EMUNAH, as the Pasuk (in Chavakuk) says “The righteous one lives in his faith.” This means that all the mitzvos of the Tora...

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GPS - G-d Prefers Straight

By the.guard

One of the big demoralizers and deterrents to spiritual progress, is the feeling that I'm anyway in the mud and G-d surely isn't interested in me now. Even if we are making good progress in general but now we had a slip or fall, we get this feeling that "I'm anyway far ...

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To conquer the mountain, just climb over the thread

By obormottel

GYE Responds: Thank you for this nice share. Yes, what Dov always shares seems to be the only way to beat the yetzer hara at the end of the day. I was thinking recently, we find by the story of the Meraglim, that they clearly saw that אל פי טבע (naturally) there was no...

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Faith Above Understanding

By obormottel

We can try hard to guard our eyes and even make all sorts of barriers and penalties for ourselves, but if we aren't willing to truly give G-d our hearts, we will likely end up slipping again. What does it mean to give G-d our heart? It means that we need to be ready to a...

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Attitude Towards Women

By obormottel

This comment was mentioned on our forum, and a member by the name of "Chl" answered powerfully. He writes: I would like to ask the question the other way round: 1) Where can you find magazines in the open depicting women as meat; on the subway newspaper stand in New Yor...

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The Secret to Happiness

By the.guard

Part 1: The Hidden Light of Creation. The pasuk in the beginning of Bereishis says “And G-d saw that the light was good”. Our Sages say that G-d didn’t want the light to fall into the hands of those unworthy and so He hid it for the World to Come (therefore it is ca...

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Marrying Off a Son

By the.guard

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Watch it!

By obormottel

Watch your Thoughts; they become Words. Watch your Words; they become Actions. Watch your Actions; they become Habits. Watch your Habits they become Character; Watch your Character; it becomes your Destiny.

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Use Things!

By obormottel

Similar sentiment was expressed by a GYE member: Things are to be Used and people are to be Loved. But the problem in today's world is that, People are Used & Things are Loved. In this year, let's be careful to keep this thought in mind: "Things are to be Used,but ...

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