Tips & Suggestions

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 that it will not last f...

; Rav Dovid Chaim Stern ;is a great Rabbi in Eretz Yisrael. He was the Talmid Muvhak of Rav Chazkel Levenstein. He taught me something amazing, as I have had a history of difficulty with Machshava. He taught me a method to memorize Mishnayot that helps clean a person's mind. Take the first line ...

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 and ;eyes" (Numbers 15:39)....

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 answer this, perhaps an intr...

; 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's the big deal anyway? I...

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Don't believe the lie that things are hopeless because they feel that way. That is a chemically induced emotion. Yes, all emotions are chemically induced. But let's ;say you took a drug that made you deliriously ;happy. Even though you are going to a funeral and normally you would be sad and expe...

One thing I feel that really helps me when I'm about to fall is to stop for a second, and think logically about what the pros and cons of this fall would be. For example: Pros: 1) I get pleasure. 2) it relieves stress. (And that's all I'm able to come up with, besides for the fact I'm so much mor...

; Firstly, I would like to thank you for the wonderful, life-saving work you do. Specifically, I would like to comment on the Window to the Soul phone group. I am unable to join in the shiur live because I live in England and therefore for me it takes place in the middle of the night. However, I...