Additional Lessons

Frustration

There is no question that the most prevalent and constant feeling during our lifetime is that of frustration. However, there is also a very bright silver lining that is to be found within this dark cloud of frustration.

Would It Spoil Some Vast Eternal Plan- If I Were a Wealthy Man?!

Ein Aya, Shabbat 2,, 244

Most people would like to be wealthy, and even pray that God should grant it to them. Obviously wealth enables giving more tzedaka, but on the other hand, all of life is challenges, and money is a difficult one (although everyone wants it!). Judaism says that it's best to be middle-class, not too rich and not too poor, yet Torah is found mostly among the poor! The class deals with the importance in finding scholarships davka for those who need them will probably be the best students. There are many logical reasons for this, yet most ignore them. Aside from the problems of spoiling one's children, wealth often leads to arrogance and exaggerated self-worth, inflating one's ego and losing touch with reality, humility and more.

What's The Solution to the 'Imposter Syndrome' & The Fear of Being Exposed?

Ein Aya, Shabbat 2, 236

Rav Kook explains that there is no way to pretend and hide one's shortcomings and be an "imposter", for they eventually will be exposed and revealed, at least through Freudian slips. The solution is to focus, not on the façade, and not on the hidden self, but rather on improving my real inner self. This approach to truth explains how real tshuva actually turns even one's purposeful sins into benefits.

Play Write

At the Shabbat Table

A teacher who wrote a letter to his student out of anger. The letter got sent accidentally...

Shidduchim and Loshon Hora

How should one ask and answer shidduch- related questions? How to ask and What not to tell?

Days of the Omer and Refining Character Traits

Rabbi Akiva’s 24,000 students died during the Omer counting period. Why did they die precisely during these days? Is there any connection between the Torah commandments applying to the Omer period and the deaths of Rabbi Akiva’s students at this time?

Plagiarizing, Loshon Hora, and Employee Responsibility

Halachikly is there a Isur to Plagiarize? Am I obliged to stop someone from Plagiarizing?

Loving All God's Creatures

Judaism teaches us that a person cannot put on "performances." Such behavior might be effective momentarily, yet it will not yield fruit for long. To fulfill the commandment to love God's creatures, a person must feel love for them in his heart.