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Drunk All Year Round!

By the.guard

Transcript of boost #735. There’s a recurring theme on GYE and on the boosts that we’ve probably heard already a number of times, that the Yetzer Hara’s biggest trick is to get us to feel down after a sin. Because when we feel down, it’s easy for us to give up and we end ...

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The Inyan of Simcha

By the.guard

We’re always hearing about the importance of Simcha, especially from the Chassidic sources, mitzvah gedola leihiyos besimcha, and all the more so in Adar… Meshenichnas Adar Marbim Besimcha… But what does it really mean to be besimcha? And how can Hashem expect us to just ...

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Hashem in Our Hearts

By obormottel

In the beginning of "Machshivos charutz," R' Tzadok Hacohen of Lublin explains the deepest secrets of milchemes hayetzer. He explains that there are two "drachim" in milchemes hayetzer that are both legitimate but only when used together. IE: Although some people have mor...

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Adar message for SSA strugglers

By obormottel

In the spirit of Purim, I figured I would share a thought of Torah with everyone here. The Bnei Yisaschar (Rav Zmi Elimelech Shapiro of Dinov) points out something very interesting about Purim. In naming the Moadim, the Torah refers to each particular holiday with a name ...

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In the eyes of our enemies...

By obormottel

The Klausenberger Rebbe zy"a after the war was in the DP camps and it was Purim and he was at the seudah surrounded by many people, each one with a tragic story, this one lost a wife, this one his parents, this one his children and so on. the matzav ruach was very low. th...

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Al tedami benafshech lehimalet

By obormottel

Did Mordechai really suspect that Esther would do something so low? hamispalel ba'ad chavero vehoo tzarich leee'oso davar hu nenah techila. There is a power in a tefila that comes from a lev nishbar. A persn who needs something and his heart is broken because of it, and e...

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Seeking the Light in the Darkness

By obormottel

I heard some tremendous Chizuk from Rabbi Efriam Wachsman in a shiur titled "Megilas Esther: Discovering the Depths of Our Neshomos":(Note: In general, Rabbi Wachsman's shiurim often give chizuk to those who struggle with the Yetzer Harrah.To hear his Shiurim, call the Ye...

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Parnasa, Haman, and Parshas HaMan

By the.guard

Hashem inspired me to respond as follows: That's a good question. Chazal actually ask, "Where can we find Haman in the Torah?" And they answer, from the pasuk where Hashem asks Adam Harishon if he ate from the tree that he was commanded not to: הֲמִן-הָעֵץ, אֲשֶׁר צִוִּי...

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Adam and Haman

By GYE Admin

The Gemara in Chulin (139b) asks, where can we find “Haman” (from the story of Purim) in the Torah? Says Rav Masnah, "from the pasuk after the sin of the Eitz Hadaas when Hashem asks Adam: 'Did you eat from the tree that I commanded you not to eat from?'” In Lashon Kode...

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Giving Away our Minds

By obormottel

Reb Chaim Shulevitz asks the obvious question: Why is there an obligation to become intoxicated on Purim? He magnifies his question with the famous Shl"a hakadosh that says Purim in spiritually more elevating than Yom Kippur??? His basic answer (after all his proofs) is ...

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That very day

By GYE Corp.

If there is any time of the year to get help from Hashem to break free it is Purim, when all who ask are given. One case in point is our Feature Story where the writer writes as follows: One Purim, some eight years into our marriage, I got drunk. I was reading Psalms and ...

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Filling the void

By GYE Corp.

Whenever there was a strong Kedusha, it leaves a "void" in its wake when it leaves. That is why we eat Melaveh Malka on Motzai Shabbos, to counter this affect. And perhaps that is also why there is Shushan Purim. Otherwise, the great drop in Kedusha from Purim to regular ...

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The Great Helplessness & the Great Light of Purim

By GYE Corp.

In the days before Purim, I received an unprecedented amount of e-mails with cries for help, people who had fallen and felt they couldn't get back up, posts on the forum of despair, lack of motivation, etc... It struck me as odd that there should be so many in a row, all ...

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Dov Talks About Purim

By GYE Corp.

Purim was a neis nistar, Hashem was hidden all through the story - all through it. We dress up in disguises or funny costumes, and are hidden too. Well, Hashem saved me from my own hidden life; my own disguise that I wore all the time - oh, it was incredibly draining! And...

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Yeshno Am Echad

By GYE Corp.

I heard b'shem the Chassam Sofer that when Haman slandered the Jews to Achashveirosh and said "Yeishno Am Echad..." (There is this one nation...) he was saying "YeShanu" (they are sleeping), meaning the One Nation is now sleeping in their achdus, they are spread out all o...

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Daily Dose of Laughter

By GYE Corp.

Ki Be'Simcha Taitzai'u! For with Simcha you shall go out (of your struggles)! Print out jokes from close to 50 pages of our "Depressed Person's Chill Spot" to read over at your Purim Se'udah and get everybody ROLLING! Messages heard on people's answering machines 1. Hi!...

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Seeking the Light in the Darkness

By GYE Corp.

The Rizhiner explains that in one way, Purim is greater than Yom Kipur (Yom Ki- Purim. A day that is only "like" Purim, but not as great). Yom Kippur atones for the Shavim (Those who return - i.e. repent), while Purim atones for the Shavim and the Aino Shavim (those who r...

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Hishtadlus: Is it Us or is it Him?

By GYE Corp.

R' Tzadok Hacohen of Lublin explains (in the beginning of "Machshivos charutz") the deepest secrets of the battle with our evil inclination. He explains that there are two paths in fighting the Yetzer Hara, and that they are both legitimate only when used together, i.e. a...

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