Without rehashing the whole article, you can go back and read more below: Doing a pidyon nefesh before Rosh Hashana ==== Bottom line:  [E]veryone undergoes a certain amount of suffering. There is no such thing as a person going through life with everything going exactly according to his desire. What comes out of these teachings […]

The Invisible Gorilla

For anyone who is wondering why so many people aren't 'seeing' the same things they are. (Shmirat Eynayim friendly.) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UtKt8YF7dgQ&t=185s
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Dealing with avoda zara

I have decided that I need to stop writing 'from myself' at the moment, and just bring you words of wisdom from the Rav and Rebbe Nachman. This is a translated snippet of a shiur given by Rav Eliezer Berland, on the evening of the 25th Av 5783,…
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Time to dance

Excerpt of Lesson 1:2, Likutey Moharan The main weapon of the Moshiach is prayer, which corresponds to the nose, as the verse says: “It is my praise to draw out My breath for you.”[1] That [i.e. Prayer] is the main life-source of the…

Tabula Rasa

All is good. The old blog has gone again.... And I'm waiting for God to show me what to do next, that won't involve lashon hara, walking around with a critical, cynical eye all the time, or getting caught up in never-ending machloket or…