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There are two types of "fascinations" that we human beings are capable of experiencing. Type 1) Allowing ones self to indulge in the fascination of human beauty and form. This means following the natural instincts and wiring of the brain to become enthralled by the lust i...

The evil urge is similar to a prankster running through a crowd showing his tightly closed hand. No one knows what it is he is holding. He goes up to each person and asks, "What do you suppose I have in my hand?" Each person imagines that the closed hand has in it just wh...

The Beis Ahron of Karlin writes that Torah and Mitzvos need to feel fresh and new in our eyes every day. So he asks, how can we instill this in our hearts? Answers the Beis Ahron, we can learn a Kal Ve'Chocher from the Yetzer Hara himself. The Yetzer Hara tempts a person ...

Rav Chaim Shmulevitz says (in Sichos Mussar) that the reason why a metzora, someone without kids, a poor person and a blind person are choshuv kemais (considered as dead), is because they all have something in common which they are lacking. Each one, in their own way, is ...

This delightful 16-minute clip is from a Shiur by Rav Avigdor Miller, ZT"L (#678 - Purim #18), and is being shared with permission from the copyright holder. Topics discussed in the clip are: fighting the Yetzer Harah, the virtue of silence (Rav Miller shares a humorous p...

I wanted to share something with you. It has put in a nutshell what I have been thinking about for some days now, and I hope it can help us all: I learnt a little with my Rebbi last night and we were reading a chapter from the Steiplers Sefer 'Chayei Olam'. It was all abo...