We should hope/pray for suffering to lead to a source of salvation, and thus the…
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Sha’ar 2:3-4: Spiritual Illness is Healed Through Physical Illness. The Optimisim Built in to Our Suffering.
Spiritual Illness is Healed Through Physical Illness. Restoring the balance between physical & spiritual. Hashem’s…
Sha’ar 2:3-4: The Benefits of Suffering
Suffering is good for us both because us both because it provides atonement and because…
Sha’ar 2:2: Denial of Sin Being Worse Than Sin Itself
As long as there is an openness to recognizing cheit, there is a path forward,…
Teshuva: Orientation in Life, Personalizing
The Rambam (Teshuva 3:4) first addresses those who are sleeping, preoccupied with emptiness, etc., and…
Changing the Past Through Teshuva (Ish Hahalacha, pp.94-96)
As described by Rav Soloveitchik zt”l in his sefer Ish Hahalacha, pp.94-96, the cause and…
Sha’ar 2:2: Opportunity & Responsibility in Teshuva
To ignore suffering, and not do teshuva when confronted with them, is itself an act…
Sha’ar 2:2: The Right Perspective on, and Reaction to, Suffering
Ideally, teshuva should be done without outside triggers, and only enhanced by those triggers, but…
Shaar 2:1: Role of Thought in Teshuva, Combatting Bad Thoughts
Both Rabbeinu Yona here as well as the Rambam (Teshuva 2:2) highlight the role of…
Sha’arei Teshuva 2:1 Shivisi Hashem
Rambam, at the end of Moreh Nevuchim, and Rama (Shulchan Aruch, Orach Chaim, 1:1), on…