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A man from a city in southern Eretz Yisroel had a daughter critically ill in the hospital. The doctors had all but given up on her. They advised that they will make the last-ditch attempt with a dangerous chemo - but the hospital was out of it. The father was sent to a p...

I struggled with shmiras einayim for years. I tried every trick in the book, every kind of inspiration, but nothing lasted for the long term. Until I finally gave up. Surprisingly though, it was actually when I gave up that things finally changed. I came to the realizati...

When we were approaching חודש שבט I heard from Reb Shlomo Meyer a vort that was tremendous chizuk for me all these years. שבט ר״ת שמרם ברכם טהרם. This month, which is entirely during the weeks of שובבים is here to remind us what our goal in life is. We ask Hashem, please...

Let's see. If you're used to not having any amount of significant days of sobriety and now you're accumulating hundreds of days clean, what does that mean? Just like gamblers or drug addicts, after a certain time in the program, they only go to a meeting once a week (inst...

I felt overwhelmed by feelings of unworthiness and fear yesterday, and being at the computer, used the opportunity to write my fears out, clearing my head and pointing out exactly what I am anxious about/fearful of.The wife and I have been at odds the last couple of days....

Avraham Avinu is instructed by Hakadosh Baruch Hu to go up to the mountain and to bring Yitzchok as a Korban. R' Moishe Rosenstein gives a very beautiful and powerful insight as to why this was such a difficult test. He says, that when someone has a test and it's in fron...

The Gemara Sanhedrin (107a) says that Dovid Hamelech requested a Nisayon, and Hashem notified him that he would be tested in matters of immorality. The Gemara learns that David had relations with his wife at that point, as a way of ensuring that he could withstand the tem...

I had had an amazing episode I would like to share with you. I had a big fall (again), and I was feeling terrible about life. Basically, I just had a baby boy born on Erev Succos, with Down syndrome and a few other complications, so it's been stressful, to say the least, ...

Throughout Yom Kippur, we talk about our sins and how we've pushed ourselves away from Hashem and grown far from Him. We then ask for forgiveness not only from Hashem but from anyone that we've ever hurt in any way. But as I was davening I thought about something my Rebbe...

We know that the Sota is a woman who is suspected of committing adultery. This claim is based on the fact that she was caught in seclusion with a man who is not her husband. She has to drink the potion to determine the truth - did she commit adultery or not. If she did, ...

As a person struggling for many years with Kedusha on various fronts including smartphone ownership, the shmuess is as follows: On the one hand, we see that, for example, in Al Chet we confess even to things that might be called madreigos, or quite a lofty level of re...

I saw an interesting drosho from the previous Klausenberger Rebbe, given approximately 40 years ago on parshas Kedoshim. He showed throughout history how all of our enemies who tried to destroy us physically rach"l, first tried to move us away from Hashem by causing us to...

Sorry to disappoint you guys who think that getting married is going to solve your problem. I'm 62, married 38 years and only made a genuine attempt to stop masturbating about a year ago. In fact, my problem got much worse after getting married. I did OK for a few months ...

In reality, it is common for a man to feel dejected when reflecting his own spiritual state to such extent that he becomes incapable of approaching Hashem in prayer, for fear of being hypocritical; "How can I pray now, when I just degraded myself to this new spiritual low...

Dear K., As moderator of the GYE forum (and I have copied "Skeptical," who is also a moderator), it is my responsibility to monitor the forum. I can't help but notice your work ethic for recovery. It is truly astounding and you should be commended. I also feel for your st...

"When lust ideas attack, we do Oiseh Shalom, which means that we take 3 steps. The 3 steps are (1) admit my own powerlessness, (2) willingness to believe and trust in Higher Power, (3) giving it over to Him because He has no limitations.

I'm currently going through the beautiful and incredible GYE Handbook, and I really find it helpful. I read a bit of it every day or so. At some point, I came to something very interesting in Tool n° 3. They write that if you're blind, then you don't lust. Well, I'm bli...

I recommend Duvid Chaim's call to all (just started a new cycle!). That is, if you wanna learn how to live life. If you merely wanna figure out how to lock your zipper, don't bother; the call is all about living life. On this topic, I'd like to paste an email I received f...