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Transcript of Boost #749 here. I believe that the root of all desire is the need for Chiddush. Let me explain. When Hashem tried make the world’s tikkun all in one shot with Adam Harishon in Gan Eden, it failed. That’s why Hashem divided up the work into small bits and pi...

To a member who had a fall, "AlexEliezer" writes: We always need to ask ourselves, "What's the plan?" I have found that the cleaner I stay, the cleaner I stay. Being sober doesn't mean not looking at shmutz and not acting out. Being sober means not taking the small drinks...

Dear fellow brethren, Not too long ago, I saw an advertisement for GYE on YeshivaWorld; since then, I have signed up and read/listen to the GYE boosts, which is INCREDIBLY AMAZING beyond English words to describe what a powerful tool GYE is in retaliation of tremendous a...

One day a farmer's donkey fell down into a well. The animal cried piteously for hours as the farmer tried to figure out what to do. Finally, he decided the animal was old, and the well needed to be covered up anyway; it just wasn't worth it to retrieve the donkey. He invi...

How old will be you be in seven years if you don’t go to medical school (or fulfill any other ambition)? – Pauline Phillips (“Dear Abby”) Abigail Van Buren, who penned the long-running “Dear Abby” advice columns from 1956 until her death in 2013, was actually a Jewish wom...

One of the greatest successes of the 12-Step program is in teaching addicts how to surrender instead of fighting against desires that they feel ‘powerless’ over. How can we all apply this to our struggles, regardless of if we're addicts or not? What does surrender really ...

So many dear friends (mostly bochurim, but some marrieds too) are crying and miserable. They had worked so hard, b'ezras Hashem reached major milestones, and had attained real menuchas hanefesh. They had set up practical gedarim​, filters, guidelines, accountability. They...

“The Eyes of Hashem your God are always upon it, from the beginning of the year to the end of the year” (Devarim 11:12). When trouble in the world causes people’s parnassah to decline, people make every effort to protect and stimulate their livelihoods. G-d fearing Jews,...

In recent weeks I've been thinking about something I saw in one of Rabbi Noach Weinberg’s books where he speaks about reaching our goals. He says that the most common reason we don’t reach our goals is because it feels “heavy”, “painful” or “hard”, and therefore we don’t ...

YOUTH MUST BE TAUGHT TO BE ASHAMED OF SIN In our days, there are various groups seeking to force extreme liberal and leftist ideologies upon everyone, to try to justify every sinner, claiming that people are born with negative tendencies which are immutable and therefore ...