Category Archives: Personal Development

בס”ד By Yossi Zilber Translated by Moshe Neveloff Do you feel most of the time a feeling of heaviness and lack of will? Do you hear words of strength, feel strengthened for two minutes or two hours, and then feel a sinking feeling? You surely believe that you have an amazing soul and that G-dContinue reading “The Power of Imagination”

בס”ד By Rav Yisrael Asulin Translated by Moshe Neveloff One of the most special gates in heaven is called the gate of tears. The Talmud says about this gate (Brachot 32) “Rabbi Elazar said, from the day that the Temple was destroyed the gates of prayer were sealed, but the gates of tears were not sealed,Continue reading “Tears”

Courage- A Boundary in the Expanse HaRav Israel Asulin Translated by Moshe Neveloff Monday, 24th of Nisan 5776 The week of Chessed[1] has passed, which builds inside of us a world of love and giving, and behold we move to the second trait of the seven traits, courage. Courage and kindness- two opposites.  Kindness comesContinue reading “Counting the Omer”

All of the defense mechanisms which we developed when we were children were in order to survive.  We were small and lacking strength and dependent on grown-ups who didn’t always see us and who many times didn’t understand and requested and pressured and got angry.  We didn’t have a choice, we were forced build forContinue reading “Don’t Oppose”

Once there was a child.  A child who was happy, innocent, spontaneous and full of life.  A child for whom the long arm of ‘physical appearances’ had not yet reached him, and his soul was still clean and free from all of the social norms. HaRav Israel Asulin   Once there was a child.  AContinue reading “The Inner Child”