Tips & Suggestions

What We're Really Looking For

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Free Translation of the Ohr Hachaim Hakadosh, Bereishis 2:1: You should know, that there is no craving in the world that is as pleasing, as precious, as desirable, as beloved, as coveted and as yearned for by the creations (specifically by the spiritual part [of the cr...

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The Snake on the Hike

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My husband runs a yeshiva, Toras Dovid, in Monsey, NY. There are a number of bachurim who stayed in the yeshivah for Bein HaZemanim, so we made a joint trip with them and my family. My family and I, along with 9 bachurim, show up to the parking lot of the park/hiking tra...

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The Lost Prince

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To hear this parable told over by the author, click here. There was once a king and queen who had an only child in their old age, who they treasured more than anything in the world. They surrounded him with gold and sparkling gems and showered him with endless love. One ...

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My Way Home

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This is an abbreviated and simplified but completely true version of my story. I appreciate the opportunity to be able to share it here. Please feel free to share feedback with me at Vehkam7@gmail.com (I get much chizuk from feedback). I started my journey full of energy...

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iPhone Song 2 - Second Generation

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In conjunction with GuardYourEyes, Rabbi Shalom Muskat, a noted mechanech from Flatbush, put out his second masterpiece! The iPhone Song 2 - Second Generation, (to the tune of MBD’s Kulam Ahuvim), follows on the heels of the first iPhone song. It was written to satirize t...

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GYE's New Chizuk Hotline

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We are very excited to announce our brand new hotline! 646-493-6600 The purpose of the hotline is that people should be able to easily access and listen to information and many useful tools & techniques for recovery as well as get chizzuk and listen to shiurim on top...

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The Drive for Hischadshus

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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...

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Avoiding Sips

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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...

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My Journey Home

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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...

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The Donkey in the Pit

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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...

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Dear Abby

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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...

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Cotton Candy and Surrender

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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 ...

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GYE Lamentation for Corona

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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...

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Guarding our eyes protects our livelihood

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“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,...

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Eyes on the Ball

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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 ...

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Why Social Distancing?

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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 ...

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Rabbi Avigdor Miller on Abstinence

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Q: How should a person know when to enjoy this world and on the other hand when to be a porush, an abstainer, from this world? A: And the answer is, whatever is good for your health you should use and enjoy in this world. If you like to eat bread and butter and it’s also ...

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“Please Grow up, My Child”

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If lust offered real happiness, would Hashem ask of His children to give up something really wonderful and precious? But it’s not that the Satan offers us something good and Hashem just offers us something better. The Satan was simply given the power to fool us. He is jus...

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