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Oct 1, 2026, 8:29 PM

HaShem sent you into this world for a reason. To grow!

Your Yetzer Hara (Evil Inclination) lets you: Pray 3 times a day Learn Mussar (Torah instruction) Learn Gemorah (Talmud) Do Mitzvos The one thing your Yetzer Hara does not want you doing is thinking about HaShem. When you start thinking about HaShem, you start to serve HaShem. The Yetzer Hara...

Sep 30, 2026, 12:23 AM

What to do to calm down when life becomes too much to bear?

Image AI Generated Your advice is find a verse of Psalms. Choose a verse that speaks to you. Say the verse slowly, with concentration until you calm down. You start to feel menucha (inner calm). Your heart moves away from worries. You relax. You become like a child...

Sep 25, 2026, 12:25 AM

Do you ever sit alone thinking about how HaShem controls everything in your life?

Rashi, the great Jewish Commentator says (Shoftim): “Go with HaShem in temimah (simplicity) and look only towards Him. Do not busy yourself with worries about the future.” There are two paths in life. You can be busy with worries about the future or You can look...

Sep 22, 2026, 6:40 PM

Get your head out of the washing machine!

Why do people have more anxiety today than ever before? You should be happy. Things are easier. There is so much gashmius (physical pleasures) available today. There is so much instant gratification. Nevertheless, we have more anxiety. You are putting your head in a washing...

Sep 17, 2026, 8:33 PM

How can you use your words to build up someone’s self-esteem?

Continued from Tuesday’s blog Your words can revive someone’s Bitachon, self-confidence and self-image. Yoni says: “Sometimes, this kind of building up of your self-esteem can only be done by someone who went through what I went through.” Yoni tells his old friend Rabbi Ha-Levy: “I am not...

Sep 15, 2026, 6:43 PM

Story: If you own a machine and can print money, wouldn’t you go ahead and help people?

Continued from Thursday’s blog Yoni decides: Fight fire with fire! “I decide to go to war. If I was destroyed, hurt and battered by words I will fight back with words. Then and there. I picked myself up, shook myself off and decided to help anyone...

Sep 10, 2026, 9:51 PM

Story: The boy feels worthless until a man helps him find his real value

Continued from Tuesday’s blog Yanky tells Rabbi HaLevy: “Even though I wasn’t really interested in speaking to the man, I could see he was so real and so interested in helping me. I opened up and told the man my story. I told him all about...

Sep 8, 2026, 8:24 PM

Story: The boy sits down and cries at the Kotel. G-d is about to send help

This is an incredible story Rabbi Aharon HaLevy tells from when he was a child. There is a boy named Yoni. From a young age, everyone believes Yoni would not turn out to be anything special. He is not known to be...

Sep 3, 2026, 7:52 PM

Three Steps in Your Acquiring Calmness of your Soul (Menuchas Hanefesh)

Step 1: Recognize how much of your life is good Your realization that most things in life are good is the first step towards you acquiring Menuchas Hanefesh. You should not suspect HaShem will send you something bad. There is no reason He should send you something bad. He does...

Sep 1, 2026, 6:07 PM

Do You Focus on the Good Things in Your Life?

The Revelation of HaShem in This World Usually, HaShem’s revelation in this world is a mixture of kindness (midas hachesed) and mercy (midas harachamim), meaning you clearly see mostly good in this world. However, there are exceptions when judgment (midas hadin) is...

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Rabbi Aryeh Lazar's and Rabbi Peretz Davidson's writings explore Torah wisdom promoting emotional well-being, inner calm, and spiritual growth They are the authors of The Jewish Guide to Coping with Anxiety, Volume 1.

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