GYE Boost

Transcript of GYE Boost #164 If you get a chance to read Alcoholics Anonymous big book, you'll find the first of the 12 steps clearly described there to recognize that I am powerless to give myself over to my higher power because I am powerless to stop this behavior. I'd ...

Transcript of GYE Boost #193 So if a person is drowning and he's about to check out of this world, he can yell out at Hashem. And this is a kal v'chomer that we learn, if you can yell at Hashem for his physical life, then he certainly can yell at Hashem for his spiritual ...

Transcript of GYE Boost #547 We all know that one of the Yetzer Hara’s greatest tools is to convince us that we anyway did so many aveiros and we’re surely going to gehenom anyway, so why bother working hard. I’d like to show how this way of thinking is not only wrong, b...

Transcript of GYE Boost #548 Chametz on Pesach equals poison, a very strong poison. It’s not even nullified in 1000 parts and any derivative of chametz is also chametz. Our sages compare it to the Yetzer Hara and we are all working very hard to rid it from our homes and t...

Transcript of GYE Boost #421 I heard today from a Choshuve Yid, R' Yehoshua Kleiner. He was very close to the Beis Yisroel (of Gur). Years ago, as a bochur, he spent a lot of time with the Beis Yisroel. He's an old man today. May he live to greet Mashiach. He once asked t...

I basically keep the rules.    I wake up early, daven with a minyan, squeeze in a breakfast (sometimes) and a daf, and I'm off to work. After a long day at the office, I come home and try to be a good husband and father.    I try to do what's right ... but shmiras einayim is a really tough one. 

HaRav HaMekubal Yosef Shabtei Shani says that one of the key tools for Klal Yisrael to bring Mashiach and build the third and final Beit Hamikdash is Shemirat HaEnayim, guarding our eyes. A person should think: "My eyes are wondrous tools. They are windows to my thoughts,...

A great 20-minute analysis by Rabbi YY Jacobson In a nutshell: There are real human needs. If we're missing those needs, we feel a void, which causes us pain. In such a case, we can do one of two things: 1) Address the needs and fill the void and go back to a st...

Confidence isn't everything. Here are traits that are just as important to cultivate: - Acceptance - Kindness - Patience - Resilience - Grit - Foresight - Compassion - Rationality - Forgiveness - Authenticity - Courage - Gratitude - Honesty - Optimism - Discipline - Wisdom

It was an ordinary day in Judge Mindy Glazer’s Miami-Dade courtroom when 49-year-old Arthur Booth appeared before her for his bond hearing. He had been arrested the previous day for breaking into a home, stealing a car, and running from police. He caused two accidents bef...