Category: "Middos- 4 Yesodos"
29 questions
Healthy Eating
August 27, 2021
Question: I do not make a deal out of food that much, but I make sure to have certain foods... Read more
Figuring Out My Worst Middah
August 20, 2021
Question: I am learning “Getting To Know Your Feelings” and I see that I need to need to work on... Read more
Middos and Emotions
August 20, 2021
Question: What is the relationship between the middos (character traits) which the Rav elaborates upon in Getting To Know Your... Read more
Beginning To Fix Bad Middos
August 19, 2021
Question: Should we begin to work on our bad middos (character traits) when we discover them? Or should we leave... Read more
Summary of Fixing Middos Through 4 Elements
August 19, 2021
Question: Can the Rav summarize how each of the bad middos (sadness, laziness, lust, idle speech, conceit, anger) coming from... Read more
The Solution To Unwarranted Hatred
August 11, 2021
Question: Powerful clashes seem to be happening between people more and more. It seems to me that when two wills... Read more
Serious & Sensitive Nature
August 11, 2021
Question: My nature is that I am a bit sensitive. Before I got into learning Gemara in-depth, I could easily... Read more
Receiving Love
August 11, 2021
Question: What is the way to view the pleasure that comes from the love that we get from others? Do... Read more
Suffering From Perfectionism In Kiruv & In Learning
August 11, 2021
Question: I love to help others and I think about others all the time. I especially want to do kiruv.... Read more
Can Your Soul Change
August 11, 2021
Question: Can a person’s nature (and 4 elements) change as he goes through different lifetimes, or does one’s current lifetime... Read more
The Baal Shem Tov and Rebbi Nachman – Simplicity and Complexity
August 11, 2021
Question: What did R’ Nachman of Breslev introduce in Chassidus which the Baal Shem Tov hadn’t yet revealed? Answer: The... Read more
Uncovering Your Personal Share In Torah
August 11, 2021
Question: The Rav has said that the main kind of Torah learning is to learn in order to know how... Read more
Why Is It So Hard To Work On Middos
March 4, 2019
Question: It is written in sefarim hakedoshim that the main task of a person on this world is to work... Read more
Extreme Boredom & Isolation
March 4, 2019
Question: I know a person who has been doing nothing with his life for the last 9 years. All he... Read more
Building The Inner World
February 28, 2019
Question: The Rav has said that the more that a person builds a “world” of his own, the easier it... Read more
Guide to the “Da Es” series
January 30, 2019
I saw a response from the Rav regarding the order of how to learn the “Da Es” sefarim. The Rav... Read more
4 Elements of Fear
January 7, 2019
In our generation we are finding two central causes for all personal issues: depression, and fear. There are therapists today... Read more
Elements of Intimacy
January 7, 2019
1) The sefer “Asiris HaEifah” of the Kamarna Rebbe writes that a person need to begin his avodah by first... Read more
Examples of Expansion & Contraction
January 7, 2019
I need a clarification on the concepts of “expansion” and “contraction” of the soul. I do not understand the concept... Read more
Researching Info On The 4 Elements
January 7, 2019
Concerning the 4 elements of the soul, I have found other sefarim besides for Shaarei Kedushah of Rav Chaim Vital... Read more
Jealousy Attacks
January 7, 2019
Shalom, honorable Rav. My entire soul and life lays in this question. The dominant element which I identify in my... Read more
Insensitivity
January 7, 2019
How it is that certain people can be so insensitive to other people’s feelings? In our language today, we call... Read more
Elements of The Emotions
January 7, 2019
Each person has seven primary negative emotions, as mentioned in “Getting To Know Your Feelings”. Do each of these emotions... Read more
Dealing With Unfairness
January 7, 2019
How do I deal with a boss who doesn’t keep to the conditions of the workers, especially if he was... Read more
Balancing the Four Elements
January 7, 2019
I have some questions about the four elements of the soul. 1) The Rav has said that one needs to... Read more
Applying The Four Elements To Marriage
January 4, 2019
The Rav has said that in order for a couple to improve their marital peace, a couple needs to find... Read more
Source of Our Generations Emotional Problems
June 3, 2018
Our generation is filled with all kinds of mental problems, such as anxiety, irrational fears, etc., and all kinds of... Read more
Repairing Dryness of the Soul
May 30, 2018
In the series of Fixing Your Water, where the Rav discusses desires that stem from fire-of-water, the Rav explained that... Read more