MyLife Essay Contest 2016 Introduction: Awareness, Self-Sacrifice and Some Action The objective of this essay is to demonstrate how using awareness can assist us in our avodas Hashem (1). We can serve Hashem wholeheartedly, irrespective of our current emotions and feelings. This essay will indicate how to overcome feelings of sluggishness and despair by operating on a
MyLife Essay Contest 2016 Introduction: Life can get chaotic. There are so many places to go, things to take care of and work to get done, that sometimes people get in way over their heads. True, people that do a lot are the most successful, but must there always be a constant shadow of
MyLife Essay Contest 2016 Everybody has “ups and downs”in life. The “ups” are when things are going just the way we think they should be. The “downs” are when we get all sorts of problems and things look like they are not going so good. In this essay, I will try to show how
MyLife Essay Contest 2016 A Story: The third Chabad Rebbe, the Tzemach Tzedek of Lubavitch, had a custom to share a Chassidic discourse specifically with the working class on days they would be spending at the market. Before daybreak on market days, businessmen would gather in the shul to hear the Chassidic discourse given
MyLife Essay Contest 2016 In this essay, I would like to share some concepts in Chassidus that really relate to me, and I continue to think about on a daily basis helping me overcome challenges, that come up in day to day life. It really works for me. It diminishes my fears, inhibitions, resentments
MyLife Essay Contest 2016 I had no idea that my vision of a nice home would start with a closet. My closet was stuffed, jammed and crammed, becoming a collection of poor choices, with unknown items, forgotten and neglected. The closet did not help with my mission in life, let alone bring joy in
MyLife Essay Contest 2016 Imagine that you’re taking a stroll on a magnificent nature trail, with majestic oak trees that seem to reach right up to sky. You can see flashes of red, blue, yellow and grey, as birds of all shapes dance among the tree limbs, serenading you with their song. A little
MyLife Essay Contest 2016 “Elokai, neshama shenatata bi, tehorah hi” – “My G-d, the soul that you gave within me is pure.”[1] G-d breathes this pure soul from His innermost being into us, and it is this pure soul that determines who we truly are in our essence. We are brought into the world in
MyLife Essay Contest 2016 Divine Providence: The Ultimate Tool for Finding Meaning During Challenging Times When The Bal Shem Tov (1698-1760) founded the Chassidic Movement, he breathed new life into ancient values that are fundamental to the Jewish faith. One such value was divine providence (Hashgacha Pratis in Hebrew). When The Torah speaks of Divine
MyLife Essay Contest 2016 In a fascinating comparison of the last few American generations , the shift in focus from just over half a century ago to today is glaring. Previous generations’ core values are listed as beliefs such as “Contributing to the Collective Good is Important,” “Dedication/Sacrifice,” “Family Focus” and “Giving Back is Important;”
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