Tips & Suggestions

My psychiatrist prescribed me a not-so-well-known medication called "Nalmefene" for lust cravings (in Israel, the brand name is Selincro). You take it on an as-needed basis, as many times as you need it, and it lasts for 18 hours a pill. I found that it cut my lust cravin...

I want to try to clarify some of the fundamental differences between the Torah approach and other approaches. I do not want to discuss any particular approach. I only want to try to add clarity to what the Torah approach is. The things I discuss may or may not be contrary...

Roughly six months ago, I watched a particularly riveting porn scene (please God, that was the last one). I could not get the images out of my mind. Whenever I shut my eyes, there they were. Then I remembered from when I was young and scary thoughts/images would fri...

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...

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 min...

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...

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...

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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