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We were in contact recently with someone who claims that they have been trying to stop masturbation for many years and cannot succeed. The failures and the severity of the sin according to Chaza"l, were making him depressed, and this in turn would cause him to fall even ...

The Netivos Shalom of Slonim writes that the struggles a person finds himself struggling with the most in life are an indication of what his particular Neshama was sent down to the world to fix, and the path that his soul is meant to use, to come close to Hashem.Never thi...

We are standing now at the cusp of Chodesh Nissan and we are reading this Shabbos about the SHIVAS YIMAY HAMILUIM - and we are actually in the days of the Miluim. The Medrash Tanchumah tells us the Moshe Rabbainu built the Mishkan twice every, and another opinion holds he...

I saw the following Ki Sisa thought in Nesivos Shalom: How could Klal Yisroel, after all the Nissim of Yetzias Mitzraim and the revelation at Har Sinai, take such a fall as to worship an Eigel HaZahav? With all the justifications given by the Mefarshim, it's clear that it...

I just wanted to share some Chizuk I found over Shabbos in Nesivos Shalom (Beraishis pg 213-14, Inyan Yaakov and Eisav). In Avodas Hashem we need recognize the severity of Chet, and how far away Chet removes us from HKB"H. One should recognize that he's trading in the clo...