The Magic Word
Ki Tavo Rabbi Eliezer Shemtov One of the best antidotes for both anxiety and depression consists of a single word: Thanks. What is the...
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18 ago 20234 Min. de lectura
Around Here, What I Say Goes
Shofetim Rabbi Eliezer Shemtov Obsessive thoughts are one of the frequent causes of distress and depression. Those who suffer from it or...
6 ago 20233 Min. de lectura
The Obstacles in Your Path: Threats or Challenges?
Re’eh Rabbi Eliezer Shemtov What is the difference between a threat and a challenge? As far as their effect on you, it is pretty obvious:...
2 ago 20235 Min. de lectura
Be Careful with that Last Thread
Eikev Rabbi Eliezer Shemtov There is a parable told by the Dubna Magid in which he tells of a poor boy who went from house to house...
19 jul 20233 Min. de lectura
What Color Is 2 + 2?
Vaetchanan Rabbi Eliezer Shemtov One of the causes for frustration that leads to anxiety and distress is when one cannot find answers to...
19 jul 20233 Min. de lectura
Fake News and Alternative Facts
Devarim/Chazon Rabbi Eliezer Shemtov One of the most famous phrases —more than a mere phrase, a concept— that has become deeply embedded...
2 jul 20233 Min. de lectura
If You’re There, You Can Do It
Pinechas Rabbi Eliezer Shemtov “If I were G-d,” one of Rabbi Schneur Zalman’s colleagues remarked, “I would create the world differently...
29 jun 20234 Min. de lectura
How Do You Deal With Venom?
Chukat-Balak Rabbi Eliezer Shemtov “Any wonder why I feel so horrible? Look at all the venom I’m surrounded by!” the young man on the...
30 mar 20233 Min. de lectura
How to Keep Calm When The World Seems to Be Out of Control
Shemini | Rabbi Eliezer Shemtov | It is very difficult not to be stressed when things around you seem to be out of control. The more you...
12 oct 20203 Min. de lectura
The Blessing And The Fall
**Vezot Haberachah** This past Sunday we celebrated Simchat Torah, concluding the annual Torah reading cycle. It contains a very powerful...
22 sept 20204 Min. de lectura
The Secret Weapon
**Ki Teitzei** One of the results of anxiety and distress is paralysis. From the perspective that one has in either of those two states...
16 sept 20205 Min. de lectura
Hearing, Listening, Speaking and Saying
Haazinu So far, in this series of Biblical Life Hacks, we have shared possible solutions to help deal with thoughts and feelings of...
9 sept 20203 Min. de lectura
How Are your Inner Woodcutter and Water Drawer Faring?
Nitzavim-VayeIlech One of the most formidable adversaries you will ever have to deal with is… you. The reason is simple: the ideas and...
7 sept 20204 Min. de lectura
We Will Not Drown
**Korach** There is a song in Yiddish, Fort a idele in a shifele, which describes an extreme situation of despair, the different options...
7 sept 20205 Min. de lectura
Are You Working Too Much?
**Shelach** One of the causes of anxiety are the doubts that arise regarding your success or failure when you are faced with a new...
7 sept 20204 Min. de lectura
Are You Big Enough for Humility?
**Behaalotecha** One of the causes of anxiety and depression is low self-esteem. When you feel that you are worthless or that you don’t...
7 sept 20203 Min. de lectura
How simple are our simple pleasures?
**Naso** One of the causes of anxiety and distress is when we look at what we lack instead of what we have. Take, for example, a “simple”...
27 may 20203 Min. de lectura
Who Are You, Really?
**Shavuot** There are two types of letters, written and engraved. What's the difference between them? The obvious one: a written letter...
21 may 20204 Min. de lectura
Giving It Your All and Then Some
**Bamidbar** What do you do when you don’t see the results of your efforts, do you persist or do you give up? Is it always a virtue to...
13 may 20203 Min. de lectura
The Difference Between Pain and Suffering
**Behar-Bechukotai** Everyday life is full of challenges and disappointments. That is not up to us. What does depend on us, however, is...
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