by Rabbi Ben Tzion Shafier | Aug 10, 2011 | Beginner
Like a mantra, people utter the words, “I will be happy when…” Each person has his own fill-in for the blank, but whatever it is, his happiness depends on it. It might be the newest car, the fanciest house, the corner office, or the wardrobe worth...
by Rabbi Ben Tzion Shafier | Aug 3, 2011 | Beginner
Lance Armstrong is one of the most celebrated athletes in the world. Seven-time winner of the Tour de France bicycle race, he is an icon on the stage of the international sports. As much as he is regarded as a competitor, he is respected for his courage — the athlete...
by Rabbi Ben Tzion Shafier | Jul 26, 2011 | Beginner
I won’t grow up, no I won’t grow up. I will never wear a tie; no I’ll never wear a tie. No, I won’t grow up, never grow up, never grow up. Not I. – Peter Pan One of the results of Hashem putting our holy nishamah into a corporeal body is...
by Rabbi Ben Tzion Shafier | Jul 19, 2011 | Beginner
Imagine that you are invited to an exclusive health club. You’ve never been there, but you know the layout. On the right side is the gym; on the left is the spa. The gym is the area where people work out. It has all of the exercise equipment: the elliptical...
by Rabbi Ben Tzion Shafier | Jul 13, 2011 | Beginner
Victor Frankl was a Viennese psychiatrist, and a secular Jew who barely knew that he was Jewish. The Nazis made his identity clear to him when they deported him to a concentration camp. After the war, he wrote a book entitled Man’s Search for Meaning, in it;...