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Hamas Plot

By GYE Admin
From Today's News Tel Aviv - The Israeli military on Wednesday said it had uncovered a plot by the Hamas militant group to spy on soldiers by hacking their mobile phones after posing as women and befriending them on social media. In a presentation to reporters, it showe...
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Feeling the Grace

By GYE Admin
Dear child, You ask why From up high I send you test after test With no rest No time to breath To be at ease Why so alone Everything on your own My child, Sometimes it seems Like a constant fight Sometimes it seems Like there's not enough might Like whatever you do It'll ...
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Hanukkah Humor

By obormottel
As an El-Al plane landed on Chanukkah at Ben Gurion airport in Israel, the voice of the Captain came on: "To those who are still seated, we wish you a Merry X-mas, and hope that you enjoy your stay ... and to those of you standing in the aisles, we wish you a Happy Chanuk...
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Suffering is part of life

By obormottel
For the past, let's say, a week and a half - maybe longer - I haven't been myself. Instead of my positive, cheery, optimistic, loving self, I've had these feelings inside of self-hate, harshness, and withdrawal from life… What I'm feeling hurts. It's suffering. But I know...
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Same test, different time

By obormottel
I am going to share with you an absolutely mind-blowing moshol that I once heard years ago from Rav Mattisyohu Salomon, Shlita. If I am not mistaken, he got this moshol from R' Elya Lapian Zt"l. Imagine an Ehrliche Frum Yid travelling on business to the Far East. While ...
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The King's Messenger and the Horse

By the.guard
Someone wrote to GYE: I am a real sicko - a loser. I am so subconciously focused on lust and I am almost 50 yrs old. Why can't I just be normal? I agree everyone has nisyonos from time to time, but it feels like I'm always stuck in the mud! GYE replies with a parabl...
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Guard Your Eyes

By the.guard
In the world of sensory stimulation – sounds, smells and images – eyes are our primary interface with the world. Eyesight accounts for 80% of what we learn and 80% of our memories. We need to choose our images wisely, as the Torah exhorts: "Don't stray after your heart an...
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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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Who's Hungry?

By obormottel
I heard the following Mashal/parable from a wise Tzaddik: A man is walking down the street. He has been walking for an hour and is very hungry. As he walks, he passes a McDonald's and he can smell the food cooking inside. Oh, is he hungry! But he knows the Halachos of k...
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Mandate from Shamayim

By obormottel
Sometimes, I find the nisyanos and challenge of watching my eyes so difficult. At times, it can feel so unnatural - having to look away from so many things on the street, constantly on guard. And then I start asking myself why? Why would Hashem ask this of us? And what'...
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Respect

By obormottel
A couple of days ago, I was leering at women with lust. How I got stuck back there, isn't really the point. I was stuck! I didn't even really want to look that way- I was seeing them that way, in spite of not wanting to. It was painful - I knew it was not good, and I a...
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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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Rip currents: learning the lessons

By obormottel
Recently, a number of deaths by drowning related to rip currents have hit the headlines both in Israel and in the United States. I dedicate this article to those who lost their lives in this tragic way. May their souls be elevated. Yesterday I received an email with l...
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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

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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Faithful Servants

By GYE Admin
What does it mean to serve? Does this question touch a nerve? You got some nerve! To ask me to serve You want me to be your slave? Do you want me to build you a cave? Or dig a grave? Yea for you, I will dig a grave! Go away! Hide in a cave! I am for me Can't you see? I'...
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