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On the Road to Bitachon

By E.D.Becker at 4:17 pm on Wednesday, September 13, 2006

                ed note: The following requires an understanding of the basics of Mussar; the ideal, the real and the process.  If you have not done so yet, please be sure to study the introduction to Mussar carefully.
                There is an ideal called Bitachon which, loosely translated, means assurance drawn from HaShem, and is associated with [...]

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Audio update

By E.D.Becker at 11:07 am on Monday, September 11, 2006

There are now two free classes about Elul (the current month preparatory to Rosh HaShanah) available on the audio page, one of which was delivered this morning.  I hope that you find them helpful.  You are encouraged to comment – I look forward to growing with you and because of you!  The first two installments of The [...]

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Why do we repeat our prayers?

By E.D.Becker at 1:11 pm on Thursday, August 31, 2006

Dear Friend,
Thank you for your question and for the opportunity to clarify important aspects of prayer or Tefilah.  To get us started we must take a look at the purpose of Jewish prayer.
Prayer is an opportunity for me to review my sense of G-d’s Providence.  That means that when I pray I judge my own [...]

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An audio class is now available online!

By E.D.Becker at 1:55 am on Friday, August 25, 2006

In my first foray into the wild world of MP3 technology, I am pleased to report that a timely class on the topic of Teshuva and Elul (we are definitely going to need a dictionary page here) is now up and available for your free listening at TorahMedia.com
Hope you enjoy and I look forward [...]

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Introduction to Mussar – the Real, the Ideal and the Process

By E.D.Becker at 1:58 am on Thursday, August 24, 2006

                Mussar is the term for describing the lifelong endeavor to make a human being ever more Godlike.  In order to facilitate that endeavor, Mussar employs many tools.  The first tool is accurate description of the human being; his strengths and his frailties.  Without such an understanding of the self, all growth is merely a [...]

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