By Rabbi Shmuel Gluck
Many people feel overwhelmed and, therefore, stressed. The details in the following e-mail were removed because they painted too specific a scenario, My intent is to highlight that,
in many cases, and particularly with "chronic stressors", the cause of the stress is less of a factor than is the temperament of those who are stressed. People, who are stressed, stress...
By Idan Avni
People can change. Meet Avraham Sinai -- a former Shi'ite from Lebanon who converted to Judaism.
Avraham Sinai's story is difficult to understand. Born 42 years ago in a Shi'ite village in eastern Lebanon, today he is an Orthodox Jew who studies in a yeshiva and is raising his seven children in Tzfat. On his walls are pictures of rabbis. His oldest son, Haim, served in the Givati...
By Rabbi Shmuel Gluck
One of the challenges that Mechanchim face is that for the majority of their day, they're surrounded by people who look up to them, seek their sage advice and, often, fawn over them. Since they live in this "vacuum" they sometimes forget that, outside of that vacuum, they're considered, and treated, as "regular" people. They have to wait on lines, other people may have...
By Rabbi Shmuel Gluck
I was driving my car, when the car ahead of me slowed as it approached an intersection, and both cars were "stuck" behind a "fresh" red light. My first reaction was to become frustrated (I probably wanted to honk), as I often do when I'm behind a driver who doesn't react as I would've.
Then, a thought "struck" me. I assume that everyone does as I do, and thinks a...
By Rabbi Shmuel Gluck I recently received this e-mail I used to Daven from my heart Now I don't feel emotion, I don't Daven pleadingly, although I know deep down Hashem is right etc. and He can do anything on the surface I don't believe. I don't believe things will change. I also feel like a fraud and a lot of other things too. What am I meant to do? I'm go...
