Basic Values and Morality
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Coping with Failure
I believe I am being tested over and over. The same situation is repeatedly entering my life. I cant seem to pass the test and each time I fail it is there again. I am starting to think it is…
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Life Is But a Stage
Why do I feel God does not care about me? How could someone so infinitely great have concern for me? Answer: God’s purpose for creating you, me and everyone else on this planet was to bestow upon us eternal pleasure.…
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Avoiding Innapropriate Thoughts
I’m in 10th Grade and I’ve decided to improve in some areas of spirituality. One area I’ve chosen is to avoid movies that are inappropriate. My goal is that by the end of this year I won’t be watching any…
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Put Downs
Where is it written, “You see in others what you see in the mirror.”? Answer: I believe what you are referring to is the Talmudic passage “Kol HaPosel B’moomo Posel” – “Anyone who disqualifies others, disqualifies them with his own…
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G-d’s Expectations and the Value of Action
When life hits a person hard does life, and G-D expect a lot from a person? Also, I cant remember the title of the piece, but the only thing I can remember is that when a person reads the bible…
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Judaism and Health
What quotes from the Torah speak to the need for believers to be healthy? Does the Torah speak to the importance of being healthy over being religious? Answer: There is a verse in the Torah we read just a few…
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Working on Loving Others
I am a 15 year old boy learning in a Yeshiva. I have learned that these days leading up to Rosh Hashana are days of special closeness to G-d and that working to refine our behavior at this time is…
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The Challenge of Modest Dress, Tznius
I recently have become more observant, and I’ve seen in the community amongst the ultra observant woman different modes of dress, which is very confusing and disturbing to me. Some woman wear tight skirts that technically cover their knees and…