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
- 4 min.
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
- 3 min.
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
- 5 min.
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
- 3 min.
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
- 3 min.
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
- 3 min.
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
- 4 min.
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
- 3 min.
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 2020
- 3 min.
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 2020
- 4 min.
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 2020
- 5 min.
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 2020
- 3 min.
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 2020
- 4 min.
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 2020
- 5 min.
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 2020
- 4 min.
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 2020
- 3 min.
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 2020
- 3 min.
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 2020
- 4 min.
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 2020
- 3 min.
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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