ESSAYS| 2017

ESSAYSss| Winning Essays

A Different Kind of Success

By Chony Milecki

Essays 2017 / Finalists

MyLife Essay Contest 2017   The nature of the human-being is to strive for more. Whether in our relationships, art, business or personal struggles, we strive to do better and be better. But striving for success is really a shallow exercise without a clear picture of what we are really after. Somebody who strives for more

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Chassidus as an Eclectic Psychological Approach

By Shraga Crombi, Edison, New Jersey

Essays 2017 / Winning Essays

MyLife Essay Contest 2017 Originally in Hebrew, translated by Rabbi Yonah Pruss A number of central schools dominate today’s world of psychology. In recent years many attempts have been made to present an integrated approach to overcome existing deficiencies in each of them, based on the understanding that none of the existing approaches provide an adequate

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A Shidduch as Illuminated by the Teachings of Chassidus

By Esther Rochel Elkaim

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MyLife Essay Contest 2017 Shidduchim have been become increasingly difficult in many parts of the Jewish community during the last few years, including in Chabad circles. In this essay, I will humbly attempt to present a number of Chassidic teachings on the subject of shidduchim and the importance of marriage, as well as highlight how

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You Are Here

By Avi Lowell, Jerusalem, IL

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MyLife Essay Contest 2017 It was negative twenty six degrees outside (a warm day for Smolensk in the winter).  We were on our way to Lubavitch, Russia.  At the crack of dawn we stepped off the bus to reach the birthplace of Chabad, by foot.  The Rabbi had warned us about the traditional hike —

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Freedom from Addiction
שיטת הגמילה של ליובאוויטש

By DovBer Oirechman, Lod, Israel

Essays 2017 / Finalists

MyLife Essay Contest 2016   מה הדרך היעילה להפסיק התמכרויות למעשים לא נכונים? ואיך פשוט ‘לא לעשות’ זה לפעמים פתרון מעולה? ● ‘אתכפיא’: הדרך הקלה להיגמל מהרגלים לא טובים   הרגלים לא טובים התמכרות היא המגפה של הדור. המון אנשים מתמכרים – לסיגריות, לוואטסאפ, לשוקולד ולעוד הרגלים אחרים לא רצויים. הצריכה הקבועה משתלטת על האנשים,

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Dealing with Hate Issues

By Tonni Shmuckler, Montreal, QC

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MyLife Essay Contest 2017 Have you ever been annoyed by someone really obnoxious? Far too many people deal with irritating and exasperating situations daily. In this essay, I will try to offer, G-d willing, a solution to the far-too common problem of being annoyed, otherwise known as baseless hatred. This essay is based off the

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הערכה עצמית בונה
The Power of Self-Esteem

By Menachem Mendel Wolff

Essays 2017 / Finalists

MyLife Essay Contest 2016   מבוא: השעה 21:00, שעת התה הקבועה של אריה ושרה, הם ישובים על ספת ביתם הדהויה, הילדים כבר במיטות, ב”ה כבר נרדמו. כשהם משוחחים על ילדיהם ובפרט על שמוליק בנם בן העשר, ישנם בעיות שעולות לדיון שוב ושוב, כאילו שלא דיברו עליהם כבר 101 פעמים. שרה טוענת שעל אריה לשבח יותר

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