Get Think Jewish Delivered to your Home or Office

HOME | CONTACT US | DONATE

Experience MyChabad.org. Sign up for Free!

ASK THE RABBI

		Chabad.org » Community & Family » Health & Wellness » Jewish Recovery » Audio Classes » Twelve Steps and Judaism » Step One

3 Comments

Step One

By Yisrael Pinson

About the Speaker

Yisrael Pinson
Rabbi Yisrael Pinson is the Director of the Daniel B. Sobel Friendship House in West Bloomfield, MI. Since joining the Friendship House he has helped create a local Jewish Recovery Community where recovering addicts are helped through support, guidance, friendship and community. Rabbi Yisrael facilitates Jewish Recovery meetings, where recovering addicts from all 12-step programs meet and share regularly. He also teaches classes on Judaism & Recovery.

Step One - We admitted we were powerless over our addiction - that our lives had become unmanageable.

An audio recording of a class on Twelve Steps and Judaism - Step One

Recorded on Thursday, July 19, 2007

By Yisrael Pinson More articles... |

Rabbi Yisrael Pinson is the Director of the Daniel B. Sobel Friendship House in West Bloomfield, MI. Since joining the Friendship House he has helped create a local Jewish Recovery Community where recovering addicts are helped through support, guidance, friendship and community.

The content on this page is copyrighted by the author, publisher and/or Chabad.org, and is produced by Chabad.org. If you enjoyed this article, we encourage you to distribute it further, provided that you comply with the copyright policy.

Reader Comments
Latest Comments:

Posted: Apr 18, 2010

amah

an amah equals 25.12 inches

Posted By Anonymous

Posted: Jan 4, 2010

surrender

profound insights in this shiur. key among them for me are the connection between the very first prayer we say in the morning("modeh ani. . .") and surrender. also, the opening line of the amidah, "ado-shem sefatai tiftach. . ." as an opportunity for g-d's praise to flow through you. valuable information for any recovering addict who is working the twelve steps and trying to turn his will and his life over to the care of g-d (step 3).

Posted By Daniel W., Oak Park, IL

Posted: Aug 16, 2009

Building on Shabbat

So, we tear the house down before we begin to build a new one; a new one that is compatible with Gd. Working step one, we surrender(destroy)our old selves, so that we may begin to build a new self that is compatible with--and devoted to-- Gd. I am assuming, that, because recovery is a matter of life and death, it is permissible to work step one on Shabbat. Kind of a moot point to make, but interesting nonetheless.

Thank you for your insights.

Posted By Tim Mayer

Now playing...

	Step One
We admitted we were powerless over our addiction - that our lives had become unmanageable.
Topics: Addiction & Recovery (347)