Major Mussar Works

Series tagged “Major Mussar Works”

Episodes tagged “Major Mussar Works”

Sha’ar 2:21: Internalizing and Fulfilling Our Missions

Must internalize, not just know, that we’re here to serve HKBH. We each have a…

Avos 4:5: Lomeid Al Menas La’asos

Authentic learning must be al menas la’asos. Hence we do stop learning to do a…

Sha’arei 2:19: Perspective on Fleeting Nature of This World

Thoughtful people see this world as very temporary; the finite life in this world is…

Sha’ar 2:19: Differences Between Man and Animal, Tzaddik and Rasha

1) We can’t tell who is really a rasha and who is a tzaddik.2) From…

Sha’ar 2:18: Spiritual Cause and Effect

All neshamos go up and are judged. Those of tzadikkim are stored under kisei hakavod,…

Sha’ar 2:17: Preparing for What Awaits Us

1) Nefesh is a person’s essential defining quality. For the Rasha, it goes to Gehinom.…

Sha’ar 2:17: The Death of Re’sha’im. Techiyas Ha’Meisim.

Sha’ar 2:17: The Death of Re’sha’im. Techiyas Ha’Meisim.

Avos 4:5 – 1) Chilul Hashem. 2) Torah Belongs to Klal Yisroel as a Whole.

“Echad shogeig, echad meizid b’chilul Hashem.” This does not mean that they are equally serious,…

Sha’ar 2:15 – 17: Using Our Time in This World To Prepare for Our Eternal Life

2:15 – Have to reflect on what you will want the situation to be when…

Sha’ar 2:15 – Calibrated Awareness of Mortality as a Trigger for Teshuva and Simcha

R’ Yona did not prescribe the same schedule in 2:15 as he did in 2:14.…