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TOPIC: OivedElokim-I’ll never give up 34794 Views
Re: OivedElokim-I’ll never give up 26 Jul 2024 12:00 #417851
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Every challenge is an opportunity. Every stumbling block is also a steppingstone. Keep climbing.
Today is yesterday's tomorrow. "In the place where the penitents stand, the perfectly righteous cannot stand." -Berachos 34b The yetzarim a person has the most trouble dealing with are his most powerful God-given tools for developing his potential and achieving shleimus. In order to love who you are, you cannot hate the experiences that shaped you. It doesn't matter how big the number is, only that today it is going up by one. A little about what I'm doing here: guardyoureyes.com/forum/19-Introduce-Yourself/412971-I-Want-to-Help-Others |
Re: OivedElokim-I’ll never give up 31 Jul 2024 08:03 #418168
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I am a bochur with a passion for meaning and truth, searching to remain clean and live a holy and fulfilling life.
If you are reading this-you have a friend in me. Feel free to PM me and I'll share my offline contact information, so we can call and text. I'd be honored if you'd trust me with your story and promise to support you in any way I possibly can. I've been on GYE for over 7 years. "I may walk slow, but I never walk back" (-Abraham Lincoln?). (For the background and meaning of my username- see Tanya chapter 15). My current thread |
Re: OivedElokim-I’ll never give up 02 Aug 2024 18:51 #418370
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Day #47
Last few days have been pretty crazy, I'm running on three hours of sleep and I have a million more things to do. I figured that writing a medium length post might be a good way to unwind a bit, as writing always has a calming effect on me. Thanks for being my dumping grounds  For the next month I have a Chinuch position, and it really got me thinking about the need to see the potential in the young people I will be interacting with in the coming weeks. I think I already have the right mindset and have begun to implement it, but I think it would be helpful for me to articulate it here, both for myself and perhaps for others as well. Honestly I'm too tired to really elaborate, so I will just share the following quote from one of my favorite seforim which I have quoted on here at least once-The Sefer Hayom Yom, a collection of Chassidic aphorisms compiled by the Lubavitcher Rebbe, ztz"l. This is the entry for 17 Iyar: ל"ג בָּעוֹמֶר שְׁנַת תּר"ד — לְעֶרֶךְ — סִפֵּר הַצֶּמַח צֶדֶק תּוֹרַת הַבַּעַל שֵׁם טוֹב: עֶס שְׁטעֶהט כִּי תִהְיוּ אַתֶּם אֶרֶץ חֵפֶץ אָמַר ה' צְבָאוֹת. אָט אַזוֹי וִוי דִי גרעֶסטעֶ חֲכָמִים וועֶלעֶן אֵייבִּיג נִיט דעֶרגֵיין דִי גְרוֹיסעֶ, טִבְעִיּוּת'דִיגעֶ אוֹצָרוֹת, וועֶלכעֶ הַשֵּׁם יִתְבָּרֵךְ האָט טוֹבֵעַ געֶוועֶן בָּאָרֶץ, אַז הַכֹּל הָיָה מִן הֶעָפָר, אָט אַזוֹי קעֶן קֵיינעֶר נִיט דעֶרְגֵיין דִי גְרוֹיסעֶ אוֹצָרוֹת וואָס לִיגעֶן אִין אִידעֶן, וואָס זֵיי זַיינעֶן דעֶם אוֹיבּעֶרשְׁטעֶנס בָּרוּךְ הוּא אֶרֶץ חֵפֶץ. וְסִיֵּם הַבַּעַל שֵׁם טוֹב: אִיך וִויל מאַכעֶן פוּן אִידעֶן, אַז זֵיי זאָלעֶן געֶבּעֶן דעֶם יְבוּל, וואָס דעֶם אוֹיבּעֶרשְׁטעֶנס בָּרוּךְ הוּא אַ אֶרֶץ חֵפֶץ קעֶן געֶבּעֶן. On Lag Baomer,around the year 5604 (1844), the Tzemach Tzedek relayed the following teaching of the Baal Shem Tov. “It is written, ‘For you shall be a cherished land, declares the G‑d of Hosts.’ Just as the wisest minds will never be able to grasp the vast natural treasures that G-d has hidden in the earth, to grasp that ‘everything came from dust, so, too, no one can appreciate the treasures that lie hidden within Jews, who are G‑d’s cherished land.” The Baal Shem Tov concluded: “I want to bring Jews to the point that they will yield the kind of harvest that G‑d’s ‘cherished land’ can yield.” |
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I am a bochur with a passion for meaning and truth, searching to remain clean and live a holy and fulfilling life.
If you are reading this-you have a friend in me. Feel free to PM me and I'll share my offline contact information, so we can call and text. I'd be honored if you'd trust me with your story and promise to support you in any way I possibly can. I've been on GYE for over 7 years. "I may walk slow, but I never walk back" (-Abraham Lincoln?). (For the background and meaning of my username- see Tanya chapter 15). My current thread |
Re: OivedElokim-I’ll never give up 05 Aug 2024 11:53 #418471
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I am a bochur with a passion for meaning and truth, searching to remain clean and live a holy and fulfilling life.
If you are reading this-you have a friend in me. Feel free to PM me and I'll share my offline contact information, so we can call and text. I'd be honored if you'd trust me with your story and promise to support you in any way I possibly can. I've been on GYE for over 7 years. "I may walk slow, but I never walk back" (-Abraham Lincoln?). (For the background and meaning of my username- see Tanya chapter 15). My current thread |
Re: OivedElokim-I’ll never give up 16 Aug 2024 11:07 #419293
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I am a bochur with a passion for meaning and truth, searching to remain clean and live a holy and fulfilling life.
If you are reading this-you have a friend in me. Feel free to PM me and I'll share my offline contact information, so we can call and text. I'd be honored if you'd trust me with your story and promise to support you in any way I possibly can. I've been on GYE for over 7 years. "I may walk slow, but I never walk back" (-Abraham Lincoln?). (For the background and meaning of my username- see Tanya chapter 15). My current thread |
Re: OivedElokim-I’ll never give up 16 Aug 2024 13:36 #419298
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In the place where ba’alei teshuva stand, even pure tzaddikim who never sinned cannot stand. (Rabbi Avohu, Brachos 34b)
Great free resources: My favorite book for breaking free: The Battle of the Generation https://guardyoureyes.com/ebooks/item/the-battle-of-the-generation. Change your attitude and change your life! Rabbi Shafier's incredible lectures on breaking free: The Fight. Download here: https://theshmuz.com/series/the-fight/ If you're only ready to try something small, check out an easier way to do self-talk here: https://guardyoureyes.com/forum/4-On-the-Way-to-90-Days/378128-Captain—Shtarkemotionals-Secret90Day-Challenge |
Re: OivedElokim-I’ll never give up 18 Aug 2024 09:28 #419337
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Captain wrote on 16 Aug 2024 13:36:
oivedelokim wrote on 16 Aug 2024 11:07: Day #61 A few weeks ago I started writing a post in honor of getting 101 Karmas-101 is a special number for me and is very connected to my username. I hope to finish writing that post sometime today. So I shouldn't raise you to 102? No worries, man  בכלל מאתיים-מנה... |
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I am a bochur with a passion for meaning and truth, searching to remain clean and live a holy and fulfilling life.
If you are reading this-you have a friend in me. Feel free to PM me and I'll share my offline contact information, so we can call and text. I'd be honored if you'd trust me with your story and promise to support you in any way I possibly can. I've been on GYE for over 7 years. "I may walk slow, but I never walk back" (-Abraham Lincoln?). (For the background and meaning of my username- see Tanya chapter 15). My current thread |
Re: OivedElokim-I’ll never give up 18 Aug 2024 09:32 #419338
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I am a bochur with a passion for meaning and truth, searching to remain clean and live a holy and fulfilling life.
If you are reading this-you have a friend in me. Feel free to PM me and I'll share my offline contact information, so we can call and text. I'd be honored if you'd trust me with your story and promise to support you in any way I possibly can. I've been on GYE for over 7 years. "I may walk slow, but I never walk back" (-Abraham Lincoln?). (For the background and meaning of my username- see Tanya chapter 15). My current thread |
Re: OivedElokim-I’ll never give up 25 Aug 2024 11:18 #420043
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I am a bochur with a passion for meaning and truth, searching to remain clean and live a holy and fulfilling life.
If you are reading this-you have a friend in me. Feel free to PM me and I'll share my offline contact information, so we can call and text. I'd be honored if you'd trust me with your story and promise to support you in any way I possibly can. I've been on GYE for over 7 years. "I may walk slow, but I never walk back" (-Abraham Lincoln?). (For the background and meaning of my username- see Tanya chapter 15). My current thread |
Re: OivedElokim-I’ll never give up 26 Aug 2024 11:39 #420103
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I am a bochur with a passion for meaning and truth, searching to remain clean and live a holy and fulfilling life.
If you are reading this-you have a friend in me. Feel free to PM me and I'll share my offline contact information, so we can call and text. I'd be honored if you'd trust me with your story and promise to support you in any way I possibly can. I've been on GYE for over 7 years. "I may walk slow, but I never walk back" (-Abraham Lincoln?). (For the background and meaning of my username- see Tanya chapter 15). My current thread |
Re: OivedElokim-I’ll never give up 29 Aug 2024 09:26 #420322
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I am a bochur with a passion for meaning and truth, searching to remain clean and live a holy and fulfilling life.
If you are reading this-you have a friend in me. Feel free to PM me and I'll share my offline contact information, so we can call and text. I'd be honored if you'd trust me with your story and promise to support you in any way I possibly can. I've been on GYE for over 7 years. "I may walk slow, but I never walk back" (-Abraham Lincoln?). (For the background and meaning of my username- see Tanya chapter 15). My current thread |
Re: OivedElokim-I’ll never give up 30 Aug 2024 21:04 #420452
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I am a bochur with a passion for meaning and truth, searching to remain clean and live a holy and fulfilling life.
If you are reading this-you have a friend in me. Feel free to PM me and I'll share my offline contact information, so we can call and text. I'd be honored if you'd trust me with your story and promise to support you in any way I possibly can. I've been on GYE for over 7 years. "I may walk slow, but I never walk back" (-Abraham Lincoln?). (For the background and meaning of my username- see Tanya chapter 15). My current thread |