Major Mussar Works

Series tagged “Major Mussar Works”

Episodes tagged “Major Mussar Works”

Sha’ar 2:9: External and Internal Acquisitions

Rabbeinu Yona describes the shift in focus that should occur when one gets older, i.e.…

Divine Foreknowledge & Free Choice (Al haTeshuva: Bechira & Teshuva, Part 3)

Rambam (Hilchos Teshuva 5:5) explains that our question regarding the seeming contradiction between Divine foreknowledge…

Sha’ar 2:14, 4:17: Cheshbon Hanefesh during Aseres Yemei Teshuva.

Sha’ar 2:14, 4:17: Cheshbon Hanefesh is supposed to be present throughout Aseres Yemei Teshuva, and…

Sha’ar 2:9, 2:14: Yiras Hashem is the Basis and Goal of Everything. Rewriting Our Year’s Record During Aseres Yemei Teshuva.

Sha’ar 2:9: Ultimate purpose of chochmo is to attain yiras Hashem, which is the beginning…

Sha’ar 2:9, 2:14: Times of Din (Old Age, 10 Days of Teshuva) Demand a Different Balance in Life

If we relate to din as we should, then both during old age and during…

Sha’ar 2:9: The appropriate shifts in focus at later stages of life.

In 2:9, R’ Yona, based on the mishna on Avos 5:26, talks about having a…

Anochi Hashem as the Lens Through Which We Experience the World (Al haTeshuva: Bechira & Teshuva, Part 2)

The Rav zt”l explains that the Rambam understands the mitzva of Anochi Hashem Elokecha to…

Sha’ar 2:9: Teshuva on Sins of Omission and Comission

Sha’ar 2:9 – sins of omission and of commission need teshuva. HKBH”H does not overlook…

Sha’ar 2:8: Ignorance Caused by Insufficient Motivation as Source of Blindness to One’s Sins

Sha’ar 2:8: The skewed self-image which results in one not recognizing his need to do…

Sha’ar 2:7-2:8: Reaching 50.1% of Lifespan as an Impetous to Teshuva. The Rebelliousness of Thinking I Don’t Have to Do Teshuva.

2:7 – Not just reaching what is conventionally described as middle aged, but even being…