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Mussar
Enough already! (aka, learning to be content)
“Who is wealthy?” the Sages ask, and answer, “One who is happy with his portion.” A few months ago now, as part of a…
As you do, so you become
Imagine opening your car’s gas cap and filling the car with a squirt bottle of sunscreen. Or a roll of dimes. Pickles anybody? Of…
How is humility connected to anger?
Last week I wrote about the concept of a personal spiritual curriculum. One task of Mussar is coming to understand the many “soul traits” that make…
What is your personal spiritual curriculum?
You have probably thought about what your purpose in life might be. You have identified less-than-admirable traits that you want to work on (for me,…