MyLife Essay Contest The third Chabad Rebbe, R’ Menachem Mendel; known as the Tzemach Tzedek1, once asked his grandfather; the first Chabad Rebbe, Rabbi Schneur Zalman of Liadi2, to explain the purpose of Chassidus. R’ Schneur Zalman replied: “The purpose of Chassidus is to change the nature of one’s personal traits.” As a means of
MyLife Essay Contest It’s no secret that change is hard. But imagine if you knew that there was one trait you can work on, which would cause so many of life’s struggles and difficulties to slowly disappear. It would make you a happier person, it would give your life more meaning and it would enhance
MyLife Essay Contest In the average daily life we are required to interact with countless individuals throughout our busy days. Often times, people are rude to us and/or give us negative input. Many a person react on the same token as the subject who caused them distress. Chassidic thought provides us with tools to cease
MyLife Essay Contest Once, a relatively active young man sustained a major injury that altered his way of life drastically. He became angry and submitted himself to therapy treatment. In his first visit he was asked to draw a picture of his body as he sees it in his mind’s eye. The drawing showed a
MyLife Essay Contest A Jew jumps joyfully into the sea… and everybody follows… This essay will hopefully shed some light on the mentality of the man who started the splitting of the sea. I would like to discuss how this story is present in ISIS’s ideology, exactly what it means to me in my life,
MyLife Essay Contest The greatest struggle of our generation lies in our relationships. Perhaps it goes even beyond our generation. Perhaps it is the greatest struggle of the world to live in peace and harmony. Every day we face other human beings, forced to react to comments and criticisms. In a world where every single
MyLife Essay Contest Introduction: One of the major questions in the field of education is whether the teacher puts the focus on the WHAT aspect, the WHEN, the HOW or the WHO. Just as the Chassidic way of living and being is with a focus on the WHO, the internal essence, likewise is true regarding
MyLife Essay Contest In this essay, I address a Chassidic approach to overcoming depression, one which I have found effective in struggling with my own feelings of disappointment and inadequacy. Though depression can stem from a wide variety of causes and manifests itself differently according to the person affected, the internal process I will describe
MyLife Essay Contest Fighters train to fight by fighting. Visualize your everyday internal spiritual or emotional struggles in the way of the grapplers described in Tanya. This way we can consider actionable solutions to pervasive anxiety, frustration, and even depression due to the mistaken idea that finite happiness is actually attainable, that the pursuit of
MyLife Essay Contest What Blowing the Shofar Can Teach Us About Helping Individuals Who Struggle with Depression When Dovid1 – a close friend – became depressed, I didn’t really know how to respond. He was suffering severely, not sleeping well, and generally listless, tired, and disinterested. He rarely ventured out of his house, just lying
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