Mussar

We will continue  discussing  your: LIFE PURPOSE, MISSION, and TIKUNIM (What you need to fix)

As homework please work on the following: 

a. What makes you happy?

      - can these elements be part of your life purpose?

b.  Create a list of potential alternatives as possible life purpose candidates:

     - Get...Read more...

As homework please continue to work on the following:

 a. What are the benefits of thinking before speaking?

     - negative outcomes if you don't 

      - negative aspects of thinking too much before speaking.

 b.  What are the benefits of thinking before acting? 

       - negative...Read more...

Our next Mussar class is on Tuesday July 28 at 12.45 (3.45 pm EST)  .

We will continue to discuss the Midda of ORDER:

a. Time (e.g. scheduling and keeping appointments)

b. Space  (e.g. keeping documents), finding keys/glasses) 

c.  Money (e.g. making payments, having a budget)

We will start discussing SILENCE ---When it is more powerful to listen than...Read more...

Hi all :

Our next Mussar class is on Tuesday July 14 at 12.45 (3.45 pm EST)  .

We will continue to discuss the Midda of PROCRASTINATION... and

start discussing ORDER

As homework please continue to work on the following:

a. What Do you do with enthusiasm/Urgency?

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We will  continue to discuss patience in today’s life

Start discussing SILVER-LINING- גם זו לטובה

Have optimism and Finding the Silver Lining in our present difficult...Read more...

We will continue to discuss CHESED (love and kindness) and share your personal experience RE acts of kindness by you to others or by others to you...

-  How do you best deal with it?

Please continue to work on the following aspects of kindness:

- Acts...Read more...

Next Mussar class will be on Tuesday, March 10 at 12:45 p.m.  

We will continue  to discuss how to enhance your emotional/mental wellness by having more equanimity and joy in your life, as well as less stress.
Including: how to be kind to yourself and how to judge yourself favorably.

Your homework:

1. Identify situations that give you joy/pleasure/equanimity /nachat

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Next Mussar class will be on Tuesday Feb 11 at 12:45 p.m.

We will start to discuss how to enhance your personal wellness (physical, emotional) --

including: how to be kind to yourself, judge yourself favorably and more .

Your homework;

As we have discussed in the last class, identify situations in the last few weeks when one or more of the Mussar Middot played a...Read more...

Next Mussar class will be on Tuesday, Nov 26 at 12:45 p.m.

We will continue to discuss Kindness (CHESSED)

Please continue to focus on acts of kindness:

a. Important people in your life:

   - What acts of kindness can you do? (e.g. call your brother/sister/close friends)....try to do few before Thanksgiving)

Do it from their perspective.....Read more...

Next Mussar class will be on Tuesday Nov 5 at 12.45 

Hope you can make it.

We will discuss GRATITUDE:

a. To other people

b. Hashem

We would like you to  share your experience with 

JOY and PLEASURE during the holidays as we have discussed on our Oct 15 and Oct 22 classes.

Please continue to focus on JOY as related...Read more...