ESSAYS| 2015

ESSAYSss| English

Identity And Chassidus

by Chana Rose

Essays 2015

MyLife Essay Contest One of the great issues plaguing our generation is the lack of cultivation of identity – having a proper understanding of ourselves and our relationship to our surroundings. In fact, it would seem most of the generation’s hallmark “crises” – divorce, depression, and so on – stem not from a lack of

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Zero Tolerance For Bullying!

By Sara Rabiski

Essays 2015

MyLife Essay Contest These are famous words. Schools today will not be caught without this statement on their school policy. However, how effective is it? We find that less important school policies, carrying smaller punishments, are often successful. Yet, although the punishment for bullying ranges from a dressing-down by the principal, to expulsion, classrooms are

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Applying Tanya To Life Today

by Shlomie Cohen

Essays 2015

MyLife Essay Contest We live in a time when just one click can take you across the globe. Technology today gives us the ability to connect to anyone, anywhere. Dictation software has rendered pens obsolete. Instead of visiting the grocery store, we can shop online and it will be delivered to us within a matter

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Finding Inner Peace

by Chana Engel

Essays 2015

MyLife Essay Contest Based on the Rebbe Rashab’s maamar Heichaltzu 5659 Throughout the generations, Jews died with the words “Hear O Israel the Lord our G-d, the Lord is One,” on their lips. This is the ultimate declaration of a Jew’s faith and commitment to G-d. What is the deeper meaning behind these words? ‘G-d

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Healing From PTSD Through The Teachings Of Tanya

by Rivka Mazal Tauber

Essays 2015

MyLife Essay Contest Veterans, survivors, victims, words to describe those who have made it through. Something big. Something life altering. To walk away unscathed is as rare an occurrence as to fully heal. The scars run very deep. Post Traumatic Stress Disorder has recently become more common due to a growing number of people who

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Staying In The Moment

by Sara Spielman

Essays 2015

MyLife Essay Contest When I contemplate on the ups and downs, the highs and lows, the painful moments and the joyous ones, I realize that life is a series of contractions. G-d contracted Himself (according to kabbalah, which terms the contraction “tzimtzum”) in order to create the world. The woman’s uterus contracts in order to

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The Science Of Motivation

by Dovid Greenwald

Essays 2015

MyLife Essay Contest Every so often we can all use a wake-up call, reminding us of just how fortunate we are to have the Torah and its secrets. For with them we can answer so many of our questions, and thus have no need to search elsewhere—it’s all right here, in its purest form. To

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Making The Most Of Our Differences

by Levi Potash

Essays 2015

MyLife Essay Contest Conflict comes in many shapes and forms. Every time that you have two or more people working together there is the possibility of conflict. It could be between coworkers; parents and children; teachers and students; and even between spouses. Conflict comes from a differing of opinion or perspective as to how to

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