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Seforimchatter
With R' Moshe Baruch Kaufman discussing Rav Aryeh Leib Lipkin (1839 - 1903) and his Sefer Ohr HaYom on Zmanim
#268> To contribute and help publish the 2 volume "Adirei HaTorah" on Chumash by R' Aryeh Ganz: https://www.rayze.it/seferadireihatorah/> Listen to the episode with R' Aryeh Ganz & R' Shimon Szimonowitz where we discuss R' Ganz first sefer and his style:> To purchase the new edition of Sefer Ohr HaYom: https://judaicaplaza.com/products/8837116> We discussed Rav Aryeh Leib Lipkin’s bio, his connection with his uncle Rav Yisrael Salanter, an overview of Zmanim, 72, what the Sefer is trying to do, new edition, and much more > Subscribe to the Sef...
2024-03-25
1h 13
Judaism's Top Talks
Chanukah Bonus: Illuminating Your Darkness - Rabbi Aryeh Weinstein
This inspiring and motivational lecture by Rabbi Aryeh Weinstein offers an enlightening approach to life’s challenges. What do we do when the darknessis all-consuming and we don’t see a way out? Rabbi Weinstein takes a message from Chanukah about finding our life’s purpose, improving our marriage, and observing the Torah in the best way.
2020-12-07
28 min
Beginning Within
161 True Reconciliation
If you're apologizing because you feel bad, are uncomfortable or don't want to be disliked, you haven't apologized. It's all about you. So when you show up to synagogue and want to experience true repentance, stop thinking about yourself and what you want and how you feel bad. Take a few minutes and think about G-d.
2019-09-24
09 min
Beginning Within
160 Life Is a Workshop
Everything we experience in life offers us an opportunity to refine ourselves and become a better person. This is the reason G-d created an imperfect world with challenges and tests. Every test is an opportunity to raise ourselves higher. And it can't be realized without us going through the process. Life is, after all, a workshop.
2019-09-16
10 min
Beginning Within
159 Is Your Spouse Like G-d?
Is your spouse like G-d? In more ways than you may want to admit. The correlations between your relationship with your spouse and your relationship with G-d are strikingly similar. This is because, at their core, they are both a relationship. There's much we can learn from the correlations between the two. I share six points. Can you think of any more?
2019-09-09
08 min
Beginning Within
158 Is Equality Good?
Sometimes our society begins revering a word and making it sacred, no longer analyzing its virtues. Equality is one such word. Is equality a good thing? Not necessarily. There are different forms of equality. While one form builds a society, another form destroys it.
2019-09-02
10 min
Beginning Within
157 When You’re In a Dark Place
We all find ourselves in a dark place at different points in our life. A place of despair and hopelessness. A place from which there seems to be no hope. What we must remember is that the moon is darkest when it is closest to the sun. A dark place is never far from light.
2019-08-26
10 min
Beginning Within
156 Would You Force Your Child To?
We all know how difficult it is to exercise self-discipline. This is why when we are raised with discipline it makes it so much easier. Structure and limits become ingrained within us. When we raise our children without structure and limits, when we are a yes parent, we aren't being nice. We are being very, very mean. Why? Our children will suffer greatly from this later in life. As difficult as it is for a parent to implement structure and limits, it's far more difficult to later in life.
2019-08-19
07 min
Beginning Within
155 Better the Sin You Know
To be able to acknowledge our wrongdoings is far better than denying them. You can only fix what you are willing to face. When we are denial, we leave ourselves little hope. This is why knowing the problem is half the solution. No one can be blamed for being imperfect, we all are. We can be blamed for not dealing with our imperfections.
2019-08-11
13 min
Beginning Within
154 Are You Too Materialistic?
You own a car. You live in a nice home. You have a closet full of clothing. Are you too materialistic? If materialistic was defined by using material objects, yes, but this isn't what makes someone materialistic. Materialistic is a shallow world view. It's when we only value appreciate things and people for their material aspect without appreciating and engaging their deeper aspect and true value. Now ask yourself, are you materialistic?
2019-08-05
07 min
Beginning Within
153 Operate in a Higher Paradigm
Our belief system will always determine the limits we impose on ourselves. Shifting our paradigm can significantly shift our limitations. When we're willing to take the leap of faith from a world paradigm to a creator paradigm we expand possibility enormously!
2019-07-29
09 min
Beginning Within
152 The Soul of the Matter
To all matter there is spirit just as each body has a soul. Meaning is experienced when we learn to connect with the spirit of the matter. This requires effort to see beyond the facade of the body and the matter. This is the path to leading deeper and more meaningful lives.
2019-07-22
11 min
Beginning Within
151 The Pygmalion Effect Reveals Your Potential
We are capable of far more what we realize. The capabilities we're aware of are our most outstanding ones. The ones beneath the surface are more difficult to acknowledge. When we genuinely believe in them, our belief, or someone else's belief in us, pulls them to the surface.
2019-07-15
10 min
Beginning Within
150 You Can Outlive Your Life
It is possible to outlive your life. I've learned this from my Rebbe whose influence exponentially increases year after year, despite his passing twenty-five years ago. How did he do it? He went all in.
2019-07-08
08 min
Beginning Within
149 Inaction Has an Expensive Price
Inaction can be very costly. It's not worth its price. Action requires a lot of strength. You can find that strength in a good friend, a mentor or envisioning the price you'll be paying if you don't act.
2019-07-01
11 min
Beginning Within
148 Needy or Needed?
When you meet another person your disposition can be needy or needed. You can see yourself as a resource for others and be needed or you can see yourself as needy, only seeking to take. Which disposition will you choose?
2019-06-24
06 min
Beginning Within
147 Wishing You Were Someone Else
Is there anything about you which you wish was different? Do you find yourself resisting who you are, what your capable of and the circumstances that were given to you? Here's a perspective to help you diminish that.
2019-06-17
09 min
Beginning Within
146 Higher Values
Submitting to what is beyond can be frightening and uncomfortable. It is also the greatest way to leap forward. By learning from another's experience and mistakes, we can get far ahead of what we're capable of on our own.
2019-06-03
10 min
Beginning Within
145 Stop Hiding Behind Religion
Your ugly character isn't justified because you happen to have religion on your side. Values must not be compromised and nor should our attitudes toward others. Just because your right in principle doesn't permit you to be wrong with your attitude. You're not angry because you're so righteous. You're angry because of your arrogance. Never confuse the two!
2019-05-27
11 min
Beginning Within
144 Temper Your Love
Love is a blessing only when appropriately tempered. Otherwise, it will destroy a relationship. When we understand the difference between love and respect, we learn why they must be balanced so as to temper each other.
2019-05-20
11 min
Beginning Within
143 Behind Darkness is Light
Darkness isn't necessarily a sign to run. Very often it's a sign that we must break through. This is because darkness and light are deeply associate. Very often, directly behind the darkness lies the greatest light.
2019-05-13
09 min
Beginning Within
142 What is Good & Evil
When evil rears its ugly head, spiritual leaders often call for more acts of goodness. This can sound naive until we are willing to define good and evil. Once we do, we understand why abundant good eradicates evil.
2019-05-06
08 min
Beginning Within
141 Inspirational Book Signing Sound Bites
Enjoy inspirational sound bites from my book launch talk. Change is never easy. The difference between the one who does and the one who doesn't isn't talent. It's simply that the one who does, chose to do, despite the challenges and discomfort.
2019-04-29
07 min
Beginning Within
140 Picked By G-d
My senior colleague lost four of his eight children to Bloom syndrome. He said the following to a friend of mine, “There is a phrase that some people say when they feel that life is not fair. And that is, ‘Why is G-d picking on me?’ Yet, if you remove one word from that phrase, it changes everything." Once you learn which word it is you'll realize that he has mastered the art of acceptance and it makes all the difference. Without acceptance, you can never be free from the endless number of unwanted circumstances in your life.
2019-04-22
10 min
Beginning Within
139 Choosing Your Freedom
Dwight Eisenhower said, "If you want total security, go to prison. There you’re fed, clothed, given medical care and so on. The only thing lacking is freedom. The title of Chapter 6 in It's Within You, Choosing Your Freedom, describes how much courage it takes to choose freedom. You might be living in a free country but until you choose freedom you are choosing the security of enslavement over the vulnerability of freedom.
2019-04-15
10 min
Beginning Within
138 Two Paths - Which Will You Choose
There are two paths we can take in life. The path we choose affects almost everything we experience. Which will you choose? The path of proving to the world that you have value and are worthy of respect or the path of acknowledging your inherent worth and working on living up to who you were created as?
2019-04-08
08 min
Beginning Within
137 The Science of Spiritual Positivity
A painful reaction to unhealthy food is a sign of our healthy physical condition. The same is true with spiritual sensitivity. When we are spiritually sensitive, we have a reaction to unhealthy spiritual behavior. Regardless of our sensitivity, the science of spirituality states that there is always a reaction to spiritual behavior. This is why when we accentuate the positivity of another person, we strengthen them without their even knowing it. The reverse remains true as well. Be a force of positivity!
2019-04-01
11 min
Beginning Within
136 Reveal Your Greatness
True greatness isn't becoming something, it's becoming nothing. Becoming nothing is truly something! Listen to this podcast to understand the deep association between great and small, and something and nothing. Then you'll understand why nothing is the new something.
2019-03-25
10 min
Beginning Within
135 Your Destiny is Calling You
You were created by design. You were created on purpose for a purpose. You have a destiny calling upon you. We all count on you to play your part in our collective destiny. Are you heeding the call of your destiny?
2019-03-18
13 min
Beginning Within
134 Control Yourself
Reigning ourselves in is one of the great secrets to healthy living. We all desire to think, say, and do things which don't serve our overall purpose. Developing our muscle of self-discipline is vital if we want to be high functioning and productive in life. If you care about yourself, don't do whatever you want.
2019-03-11
11 min
Beginning Within
133 Focus On Effort, Not Results
Our job is in the effort department, not the results department. Remember, you are not the genius, you were endowed with a genius. Your job is to put that genius to work. What your genius will do with your efforts is not your department, That's where G-d steps in.
2019-03-04
11 min
Beginning Within
132 Be a Moral Force
Are you a moral force for those around you? Do your friends know you won't support any unethical behavior? Are you raising children with the clarity that we must be dedicated to our values over ourselves?
2019-02-25
10 min
Beginning Within
131 Nothing More Whole Than a Broken Heart
When we experience a crack in our armor, a failure or a weakness, we must run. We must run toward it, not away from it. All accomplishments are achieved through imperfection, failure, and mistakes. If we run away, we will never reach accomplishment.
2019-02-18
07 min
Beginning Within
130 Be Transparent & Light Will Shine
Light shines through transparent objects. When we are transparent, the light of G-d and the light of others can shine through us. When we mix in our own agenda or bias, we lose our transparency and reduce our ability to shine.
2019-02-11
10 min
Beginning Within
129 The Purpose of Receiving
Your life should be just like a cup. While a cups utility is holding liquid, its purpose is quite the opposite, dispensing liquid. What is your purpose in life, receiving or giving?
2019-02-04
09 min
Beginning Within
128 Truth Makes All the Difference
Lying is the root of most of our problems. Speaking truthfully is the same as bringing light into a dark room. Suddenly there's connection, clarity, and safety. This all stems from the fundamental lie, the belief in the material without seeing the source behind it.
2019-01-28
11 min
Beginning Within
127 Maybe It's You, Not Them
A young boy in our story reminds us of the saying, "When you point one finger, there are three fingers pointing back to you." It is always wise to take a few moments and consider whether it is you who is the problem. More often than we'd like to think so, it is.
2019-01-21
10 min
Beginning Within
126 Bittersweet: Change Your Bitter Into Sweet
Why do placebos work? It is because people are gullible, or because something deeper is at play? Believing we are being healed can change us physically. Our thoughts and attitudes are powerful. Learn how to better shape and mold your reality.
2019-01-14
10 min
Beginning Within
125 It’s Your Inner Light That Matters Most
We’re all drawn to light. Physical light-- daylight, candle light, sunshine-- and to those people who seem to give off a luminescence. Do we need to be around certain people or environments to create light for us? Learn how to shine your own light and never let it dim.
2019-01-07
08 min
Beginning Within
124 Choosing How You See Chooses What You Get
Is the glass half empty or half full? We know that a positive outlook can transform the way we experience life. But what about those really hard times, when seeing any good, having any kind of vision seems impossible. Learn a new perspective, and the possibilities it can open up.
2018-12-31
09 min
Beginning Within
123 Find Your Truest Self By Noticing Another
So many of us search, yearning to find our deepest and truest selves. This can involve traveling to distant lands, seeking out therapists and teachers, spending copious hours and dollars on our quest. Yet, by turning outside ourselves, we may encounter something dramatically different.
2018-12-24
09 min
Beginning Within
122 When I Deserve It Least I Need Your Love Most
Sometimes we see it coming. We warn our spouse or child, and they proceed to mess up. Isn’t this the time for tough love reprimand, to point out their errors? Learn how to most effectively support and rebuild the person who did wrong.
2018-12-17
11 min
Beginning Within
121 When Being Nice Isn’t So Nice
We all want to be see as the nice guy who everyone loves. Praise, treats, second chances keep us the favorite. But is it ever better to say no, to let people experience tough love? Learn about the growth that the right severity can create.
2018-12-10
09 min
Beginning Within
120 Beating the Numbers - Choosing Quality
So much of our life is based on stats. The stock market, the bottom line, the winning team’s scores, our FitBit print out, to name a few. Is quality over quantity a worn cliche or a true approach to life? Learn an approach that goes beyond a spreadsheet.
2018-12-03
09 min
Beginning Within
119 Finding a Deeper and Truer Peace
Why is peace so elusive? Life seems full of conflict on every level- internal, personal, national, and global. There are quick fixes and deeper long term solutions. Learn insights for integrating the parts of your life that seem intractable.
2018-11-26
12 min
Beginning Within
118 Achieving the True Victory of Integrity
We all like to be right and to win. It can be hard to have the objectivity and humility to admit that we err. Especially if we can win with a “cheap shot” that makes us come out on top, but diminishes our true integrity. Gain insight into how a temporary setback can sometimes be an ultimate win, building deeper character.
2018-11-19
09 min
Beginning Within
117 Learning to Just Say No!
It’s so hard to know when we’re being taken advantage of, exploited, or even worse, abused. Finding the strength to set clear boundaries and knowing when to walk away is challenging. Learn insights and tools to recognize such situations and move forward with greater clarity.
2018-11-12
08 min
Beginning Within
116 How To Have Abundance
We learn so much from a seed. One tiny seed can yield a tree overflowing with fruit. True abundance comes from a special kind of planting, with a certain kind of attitude. Learn how to invest in a way that will yield abundance and blessing.
2018-11-05
09 min
Beginning Within
115 Striving Higher Than Perfection
While we may admire pristine order and perfection, is there greater virtue in another focus? Perfection and holiness can be two different paths. Learn how the busy, rumpled person may be actually greater in holiness, since he has a different priority. Gain perspectives on where to put your energy for maximum happiness and satisfaction.
2018-10-29
09 min
Beginning Within
114 Learn To Trust and Expand Your Possibilities
Have you ever been in a situation where you’ve micromanaged someone? When we can’t trust, it frustrates those we work with, and limits ourselves. We can train ourselves to trust others, step by step, and how with appropriate trusting we can accomplish things that seem impossible.
2018-10-22
09 min
Beginning Within
113 Access Your Infinite Potential
It can be intimidating and discouraging to hear others say that we have such great potential, when we know how far we fall short. When we think about our personal natural abilities-- they may indeed be limited. By learning to tap into the potential G-d implanted in us, we can stretch and reach farther than we could ever imagine. Gain insights and tools to tap into the infinite.
2018-10-15
11 min
Beginning Within
111 Handling Our Mistakes Without Hiding
“Who stole the cookies from the cookie jar? Was it me, no you! Couldn’t be. Then who?” This childhood ditty encapsulates one of life’s major issues. Do we admit our wrongdoings? Try to blame the other? How do we react to our failings? Learn why evading our own misdeeds can be so damaging. and how we can move towards taking greater responsibility, react with greater integrity, and provide a safe haven of growth for others who err.
2018-10-08
12 min
Beginning Within
112 Be the Answer
Our lives are full of problems and challenges. How do we respond? We can point out the problem, better yet, offer a solution; or be one of those rare people who takes responsibility and works the solution. Gain insight and motivation into becoming a solver, learning why we already have the ability inside us.
2018-10-08
09 min
Beginning Within
110 Building and Celebrating Unity
We all struggle with our egos, our need for attention. To “make it” we try to stand out and be significant. Paradoxically, we experience tremendous joy and holiness when we can unite with our brothers and sisters. There are special times and ways of celebration that help us tap into that beautiful oneness we all share at our core.
2018-09-30
07 min
Beginning Within
109 You Can Diminish Suffering
We all experience pain and suffering, and wish desperately not to. Is there possibly a difference between the two? What is it? Can we minimize how much suffering we will experience? Explore important tools to help you grow your ability to do just that!
2018-09-23
09 min
Beginning Within
108 Choosing Our Focus: Chaos or Magnificent Beauty
In life, we all experience a contradiction; times of confusion, and times of clarity and beauty. Although complete perfection is not possible, we can learn tools to help us experience more happiness and strength. Choosing what to focus on can change our lives.
2018-09-17
09 min
Beginning Within
107 Seeking Depth is Important
“Wow, he’s so deep,” we might say about someone we meet. What makes a person deep, and why is it important? In this talk, we explore the difference between the realms of matter and non-material reality, gaining tools to help us become deeper and more authentic people.
2018-09-03
10 min
Beginning Within
106 Being In the Moment Is the Only Way To Experience
Experiences are what make our lives so enriching. However, when we're distracted by other things, we lose the experience. This is why being in the moment is the key to having an experience.
2018-08-27
07 min
Beginning Within
105 Happiness = A Little Less Self
The word selfless is accurately put. We will never entirely obliterate the self. We can continuously make our lives less and less about self. While it may seem counterintuitive, this is also the path to greater happiness.
2018-08-20
09 min
Beginning Within
104 If Only We'd Stop Saying If Only
As long as we're still excusing ourselves, we won't achieve what we're seeking. The difference between the more and less successful people isn't in how capable they are, it's in how committed they are!
2018-08-13
08 min
Beginning Within
103 Realigning With Your Why
When we don't remind ourselves why we're doing what we do, what we do becomes frustrating. Simply tapping back into our why will reinvigorate what we're committed to. Just ask yourself, "Why am I doing this again?"
2018-08-06
09 min
Beginning Within
102 Don't Be Callous, Be Sensitive
Our knee-jerk reaction to the hurts of life is growing a thick skin and becoming less sensitive. Numbing ourselves comes at a serious cost. It compromises one of our greatest virtues, sensitivity. Don't give up what makes you most beautiful!
2018-07-30
09 min
Beginning Within
101 Go the Extra Mile
It's the hardest mile. Your mind is telling you it's not possible. Your body is shouting no. This is why it's the most important mile. The Talmud teaches that this mile demonstrates whether you're in the relationship or not.
2018-07-23
11 min
Beginning Within
100 Only In Ourselves Are Triumph and Defeat
We can accomplish great things, we can draw great applause and acclaim, all while remaining defeated within. This is because nothing can replace true strength of character. This is the battle waged within our own selves and it is only this battle that determines whether one achieves triumph or defeat.
2018-07-16
11 min
Beginning Within
099 Defining a Successful Life
If you don't know where you're going, you'll never get there. Defining a successful life is imperative if we want to lead one. It may be the most important first step to leading a successful life. My definition is, narrowing the gap between who we see ourselves as and who we are.
2018-07-09
07 min
Beginning Within
098 Do You Really Want It?
Do you have a long list of wants? Would it be nice to have them or must you have them? Only when your "want" turns into a "must" do you get it. It is then that you're truly committed to doing everything to get it. So you see, it is you who prevents your wants from being actualized and it is only you can bring them to actualization.
2018-07-02
11 min
Beginning Within
097 Two Sides To Every Coin
Did you ever notice how the very thing you love about someone you sometimes can't stand? The funny thing is that the pros and cons are two sides of the same coin. Remember, this very same issue you're frustrated about is the very same source of their beauty which you love.
2018-06-25
09 min
Beginning Within
096 Practice Being Different
One should not be embarrassed when confronted by scoffers. Learn this and you'll become one powerful person. To be different, not to fit the norm, is a great fear that holds us back so often. That's why you should practice being different.
2018-06-18
10 min
Beginning Within
095 How Can I Not Judge Them?
If there's one thing that is most detrimental to humanity, it may just be judgment. Most of us will acknowledge that we're still trying to overcome the judgments we received from others. Wouldn't it be worthwhile to practice minimizing our judgments on others?
2018-06-11
12 min
Beginning Within
094 Why You Must Have a Mentor
There are tremendous benefits to stepping out of our subjective perspective and seeing how our world looks through objective eyes. There are also tremendous fears of accepting an uncomfortable new perspective. This is how growth happens!
2018-06-04
11 min
Beginning Within
093 Seek Elevated Refinement
We are expected to seek refinement. The way G-d created us demonstrates that. Refinement is a soulful life in a body as opposed to a bodily life with a soul.
2018-05-28
11 min
Beginning Within
092 Aspire To Be Liberal
We all live in a paradigm. When something challenges our paradigm, it offers us an opportunity, to learn a new paradigm or be more resolute in our current one. Only the liberal-minded have the courage to take a close look.
2018-05-22
10 min
Beginning Within
091 Bringing Back Dignity
It is worth asking ourselves whether what we're about to say or do is dignified or not. If it isn't, we probably shouldn't say or do it. Acting without dignity is not a sign of authenticity and realness. It's a lack of respect and unwillingness to control our instinctual selves. We must pursue dignity.
2018-05-14
10 min
Beginning Within
089 What We Focus On Grows
There's a simple way to get more of what we want. Focus on it. This always works because what we focus on grows.
2018-04-30
08 min
Beginning Within
088 Don't Try Leading Others Before Leading Yourself
There's only one person you need to influence and lead. Yourself! We follow you because of who you are, not because of what you tell us to do.
2018-04-23
09 min
Beginning Within
087 Ask Why Again, Again and Again
Some say the letter Y is a crooked later, a cute way of shutting down the question, why. I say that why has straightened many a crooked path. Asking why, questioning our answer and once again questioning our next answer is a very clarifying process.
2018-04-16
08 min
Beginning Within
086 Look Forward!
Problems are easy to point out. No genius there. Do you have a solution? That's where the genius is. Practice being a source for solutions, for uplifting and for light. Look forward as to how it should be done, not backward as to how it was done.
2018-04-10
11 min
Beginning Within
085 A Slave To Fewer Things
There are those things we want and the things wanted from us. Liberating ourselves from the servitude to our wants frees us to be dedicated to what is wanted from us.
2018-04-02
09 min
Beginning Within
084 Your Mind Liberated
Two stories demonstrate how the choice is in our hands as to whether our circumstances will define our reality or whether we will define our circumstances. It's the difference between enslavement and freedom.
2018-03-26
10 min
Beginning Within
083 Are You a Non-Issue Person?
The difference between an issue and non-issue person is one thing. What is the objective? The issue person always makes themselves the objective. The non-issue person remains focused on the true objective.
2018-03-19
12 min
Beginning Within
082 Is Your Faith Expansive or Limiting
When our relationship with another, with our religion or with G-d is shutting us down and not expanding us, it's an unhealthy relationship.
2018-03-12
10 min
Beginning Within
081 As Long As I Pay the Mortgage
Discipline is one of the greatest gifts we can give our children. As long as it's given lovingly. Don't shy away from creating rules, responsibilities and structure. Do make sure you do so from a place of love, not negative emotion.
2018-03-05
12 min
Beginning Within
080 Breaking Through the Veneer
The only thing between our current reality and a more expansive one is a thin veneer. It looks fearfully large and intimidating. Yet, it is nothing more than a veneer.
2018-02-26
11 min
Beginning Within
079 The Magical Marriage Reset
There is a simple thing you can do to turn around your marriage. You can even do it without your spouse's participation. Yes, it feels magical and works wonders.
2018-02-19
11 min
Beginning Within
078 Our Obsession With Sports
"We ask ourselves, Who am I to be brilliant, gorgeous, talented, fabulous? Actually, who are you not to be? You are a child of God. Your playing small does not serve the world." What we see in sports players are individuals who refuse to play it small. There's a deep yearning within each and everyone one of us to do the same.
2018-02-12
09 min
Beginning Within
077 Optimism Can Be Deadly
Optimism isn't a fantasy hope for a better future. Optimism must be grounded in the reality of your circumstances. US Navy Admiral Jim Stockdale taught this in what has come to be called The Stockton Paradox.
2018-02-05
09 min
Beginning Within
076 Terrified To Reveal My Inner World
We have all been violated after sharing a piece of our inner world. We must not let that stop us from sharing our true selves with others. This is the only path to deep and meaningful relationships.
2018-01-29
10 min
Beginning Within
075 Master Your Inner World
Trying to warm up the outside world on a freezing cold day would be very foolish. Warming ourselves would be the wise thing to do. Trying to change someone else is just as foolish. Changing ourselves would be the wise thing to do.
2018-01-22
10 min
Beginning Within
074 Not What I Signed Up For
Have you ever caught yourself saying, "This is not what I signed up for." This statement comes from a perspective of entitlement. The more we embrace a life of responsibility over a life of rights, the happier we become.
2018-01-15
09 min
Beginning Within
073 Can You Experience What's Happening?
With everything that happens in life, we can choose how we experience the event or we can let the event determine our experience. This is powerful! While the objective event will remain the same, our experience of the event is a choice we make!
2018-01-08
12 min
Beginning Within
072 The Secret to Keeping Resolutions
We all struggle with keeping our resolutions. Learn the secret to becoming more committed to your resolutions.
2018-01-01
12 min
Beginning Within
071 Cynicism Is Easy & Destructive
How much effort does it take to be cynical? Hardly any. How much effort does it take to trust? A lot. Cynicism is easy and destructive. Trust is difficult and constructive.
2017-12-25
08 min
Beginning Within
070 Glowing In the Dark
Don't focus on the dark. Learning how to be the light in any given situation. The light will automatically dispel the darkness. How can you be the light? By having a perspective that enlightens the situation.
2017-12-18
10 min
Beginning Within
069 Primary or Secondary?
"What is your primary reason for wanting to do this?" This vital question will let you know if what you're about to begin will serve you well or not. Often, we confuse our primary purpose with a secondary one and the implications can be costly.
2017-12-11
09 min
Beginning Within
068 Sexual Harassment
Responding to sexual harassment with repercussions is too little, too late. If one person has already been violated we've responded too late. We must prevent the violations from happening in the first place. We can do this if we're ready to change the social norms we've become accustomed to. Our human weaknesses need stronger boundaries to protect ourselves.
2017-12-04
16 min
Beginning Within
067 If Only I Was
We all tell ourselves that if only ... our lives would be much better. What is your if only? Will you let that lead your life, trying to get that if only? Or will you realize what you do have and what you've been endowed with and bring that to fruition?
2017-11-27
07 min
Beginning Within
066 Please Encourage Me
Genuine encouragement is a rare commodity. Learning to provide it is highly valuable. Truly standing by another's side in their time of need isn't accomplished verbally. It's accomplished by actually being there for the other.
2017-11-20
09 min
Beginning Within
065 Stop Resisting & It’ll Stop Persisting
The more we resist something the more it persists. What we must come to realize is that behind our resistance is everything we're looking for. We only need to find the courage to stop resisting. Instead of thinking you're right, begin asking, "How do you know you're right?"
2017-11-13
12 min
Beginning Within
064 Will The Real You Show Up
Imagine going through your entire life and never finding the courage to show up as the real you. This is my fear. Real courage is taking off our masks, not putting them on.
2017-11-06
10 min
The Gratitude Podcast
038: A Rabbi’s Perspective On How Humility Makes Us Powerful And Grateful - Aryeh Weinstein
Aryeh Weinstein has served as the Rabbi of The Shul at Newtown, a Chabad synagogue in Newtown, Pennsylvania and as the director of the Jay Michael Swartz Jewish Learning Academy for the past 16 years. His style of teaching which is a blend of psychology, spirituality, clarity and conviction draws hundreds to his courses. He is a member of the editorial board of the Jewish Learning Institute and has been a featured lecturer at the National Jewish Retreat. Aryeh is currently a second-term member of the Newtown Borough Human Relations Commission and also the host and creator of the Beginning Within podcast and b...
2017-05-15
37 min