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
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Kaballah Instead of Gemara
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Question: Lately, when I learn Gemara my learning feels dry to me and I don’t have that much cheishek (enthusiasm)... Read more
Davening With Peshitus
August 19, 2021
Question: How does a person utilize the heart during davening? Answer: With temimus (earnestness) and p’shitus (simplicity). To daven with... Read more
Wealth In The Times of Mashiach
August 19, 2021
Question: 1) What is the Torah’s perspective on wealth and honor? In the Rosh Chodesh blessings we ask for wealth... Read more
P’shitus On Rosh HaShanah
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Question: What are the main thoughts to think about on Rosh HaShanah and during the davening on Rosh HaSHanah? Answer:... Read more
Temimus Vs. P’shitus
August 19, 2021
Question: 1) The Rav mentioned in a derashah (“Living A Life of Neshamah”) that the level called p’shitus is higher... Read more
Logical Emunah Vs. Simple Emunah
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Question: It seems that the Rishonim (early Torah scholars, spanning 10th-15th centuries) would “prove” emunah (belief in Hashem and in... Read more
Is There A Bilvavi Group?
August 19, 2021
Question: Is there a group of people who do any inner work on themselves or who get together to do... Read more
Can We Create A No-Internet Mentality In Our Society?
August 19, 2021
Question: Does the Rav think that just as we need to create programs of self-awareness where people can learn about... Read more
Avodah Before The Geulah
August 19, 2021
Question: Are we able to be calm and serene now, through having bitachon and relying on Hashem that He will... Read more
In Eretz Yisrael to Learn Torah
August 17, 2021
Question: I am a baal teshuvah and recently came to Eretz Yisrael to learn Torah. I love to learn hashfakah... Read more
Gave Up Internet to Unify With Hashem
August 11, 2021
Question: 1) This is a clarifying question regarding how we “unify Hashem’s Name”. Avraham figured out that we are not... 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
Crying Vs. Emunah
August 11, 2021
Question: I want to know: If a person has total emunah that everything is from Hashem, does that mean he... 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
How To Reach Heart-Recognition of Hashem
August 11, 2021
Question: I understand from the Rav’s approach that emunah must be coming from our heart, that we must be able... 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
The Power of Jewish Children
August 11, 2021
Question: Why do Chazal say that entire world stands on the merit of the Torah learning of children? Children don’t... Read more
Changing Our Thinking Patterns
August 11, 2021
Question: 1) Would it be accurate to say that our machshavas (thoughts) and feelings come hand in hand with the... Read more
The Path of Teimanim – Yemenites
August 11, 2021
Question: I’ve seen the Rav’s response that the great tree of soul roots [discussed in Arizal and Ramchal] contains the... 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
Mesirus Nefesh On A Practical Level
August 11, 2021
Question: In the Rav’s derashah “The Avodah of Our Generation”, the Rav writes that the way to overcome the “50th... Read more
Difficulty With Physical Exertion
August 11, 2021
Question: A person is obligated to do hishtadlus (practical effort) in order to get what he wants and needs. If... Read more
De-Stressing Before Learning Torah
August 11, 2021
Question: For many years, when I am learning Torah, I feel physically stressed and I become very nervous, to the... Read more
Staying Calm In Our Times
August 11, 2021
Question: The Rav said that we should live now with emunah peshutah and with temimus that Hashem will guide us... Read more
Advice For Joy
August 11, 2021
Question: My main element is earth and therefore I am drawn towards sadness, and the most difficult middah which gets... Read more