spanish NITZAVIM 2013

    Un Baal Teshuvá de Jélem Los Grandes de Musar nos enseñan que Teshuvá no significa mejorar, sino cambiar. Ser distintos. Una persona que se da cuenta de que subió al tren equivocado, no gana nada sentándose en el asiento opuesto para enfilar así en dirección a su meta. Debe descender del tren, necesita encontrar…

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english – KI TAVO 2013

     I LOVE (THAT) NEW YORK(ER)   I was coaching someone in his office in New York. He said that business has been slow for the last four years. He has not been learning Torah or praying in Minyan for a while. He has six kids and feels like a bad father, and “harmony at…

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spanish KI TAVO 2013

       “Yo amo Nueva York”(¡o al yanqui!) Para indicar cuándo un pecador es considerado un verdadero Baal Teshuvá, el Talmud nos da un ejemplo: Si se abstiene de pecar por segunda vez cuando se encuentra con la misma mujer en el mismo lugar y hora que pecó en el pasado (Iomá 86b ). Estaba haciendo “coaching” con un hombre…

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ekev 2013

LESSON FROM THE SUPERMARKET State of mind is something we all know about. But do we realize how much the physical state we are in affects our own state of mind ? For example: The supermarket I shop at in Israel, attempts to build its customer’s trust by advertising outside their big store, “Do not…

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VAETCHANAN 2013

THE FATHER WHO FELT SOMETHING MISSING   There is an unassuming man that prays on the other end of my bench in shul. He is a quiet fellow, but he prays with fire. He must be about sixty years old and looks somewhat of a loner. He never comes with kids or grandchildren to shul.…

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