MyLife Essay Contest 2018 Is it possible to find focus, to find your place of calm amidst a distracting outside world? Amidst the subway commutes, incessant billboards and advertisements, or even the numerous thoughts that are pressing so very loudly inside your head? Focus is one of the subtle things we don’t realize how much
MyLife Essay Contest 2018 Introduction One of the three main identifying factors of our nation is that we are full of kindness and compassion . Loving our fellow just like ourselves is a general idea of the Torah and giving to others is a basic principle of our lives. But how do we know if
MyLife Essay Contest 2018 There’s probably nothing that makes us more uncomfortable than feeling like a fraud for covering up something that’s inside us. It can lead to terrible feelings of guilt, shame, and isolation, and even affect our physical health and ability to function productively. It seems we all have this urgent thirst for
MyLife Essay Contest 2018 Contemporary Issue: Lacking Limits Looking at the wedding Viennese table, scanning the extravagant delicacies, and watching everyone enjoy themselves. You can’t seem to decide whether you should take the chocolate fudge ice cream or the delicious chocolate and cream bar. You decide to try both. Nowadays, many people are unable to
MyLife Essay Contest 2018 One of the most fundamental requirements for a leader of the Jewish people is his sensitivity. From Moshe Rabbeinu until the Rebbe, our leaders have been renowned for this quality(1). While we may not find it likely that we could reach the level of sensitivity that they displayed, we can and
Contemporary Issue We face commitments at every turn in life. We commit to ourselves, our jobs and our relationships. Often, once commitments are made we are in power mode, doing whatever we can to fulfill our goal. What happens next is that just as fast as we start we stop. Somehow powering through doesn’t always
As the 45th President of this great nation has completed his first year in office this month, tensions are high. Most citizens are either euphoric or fearful; few remain ambivalent. Fear, anxiety and the Jewish approach to it, is a central theme in Jewish thought and a foundational principle of my faith too. Though the
Davening (praying) is something Yidden (Jews) do every day, multiple times per day. Yet, it is something that is often misunderstood and treated as an obligation to fulfill in the quickest manner possible and not given much thought. This is sad because the art of prayer is one of the most beautiful gifts in Yiddishkeit
Your close friendship has soured into tit-for-tat bursts of fury and verbal abuse. Your romantic relationship has faltered as you realize your partner holds fundamentally different values. Your family member’s deteriorating mental state means that she/he is no longer a healthy or safe person to engage with. How do you let go of the relationship
There is a bit of interesting history to this essay. A few months ago, I had an injury and had to go to a physical therapist. The one I chose was not Jewish (Ben Gibson). Both the instructions and tasks he gave sparked something inside of me – to me, they sounded like Chassidus in
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