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Rabbi Shloma Majeski is the principal of Machon L'Yahadus in Brooklyn. A renowned lecturer on Chassidic Philosophy, Rabbi Majeski is the author of "The Chassidic Approach to Joy," "A Tzaddik and His Students," and the Chassidic Heritage and the Basics of Chassidic Philosophy audio series.
We explained previously that a person should always be happy because everything that happens to him, even difficulties and undesirable events, is controlled by Divine Providence. Therefore, a person should always be b'simchah , trusting that there is a po...
Up until now, we have endeavored to explain that a person should always be happy because everything that occurs to him is good. The only difference is whether that good is openly perceived, or that good is disguised. This thesis itself, however, requires ...
In the previous chapter, we differentiated between merirus, "bitterness," which we explained as the type of feeling bad that leads to positive activity, and atzvus, which we translated as depression. Merirus involves a recognition of one's faults, but it ...
We have explained that a person should always be b’simchah because he should realize that everything that happens to him comes from G-d. Nothing is an accident, or comes about by chance. The question is, however, how to make the connection between the abs...
In the previous chapter, we explained that even if an event takes place that could plunge a person into depression and sadness, he can remain b’simchah, full of joy. Instead of allowing these negative qualities to dominate him, he has the potential to dis...
Though one of the most sought after qualities, simchah, joy, is one of the easiest to acquire. Indeed, the very fact that a person feels difficulty is a sign that he is on the wrong path, for genuine happiness is an expression of inner truth and understan...
Simchah , joy, is one of the most essential elements of the chassidic way of life. Indeed, in the early stages of the Chassidic movement, before the name chassidim was coined, one of the temporary names used to refer to chassidim was di freilicha, meaning...
Are the above concepts merely theories, or can we actually apply them to our lives? How can we come to terms with all the unpleasant things that happen, particularly if they are very painful, and they hurt. How can we say that everything that happens — ev...
Previously, we laid the foundations for the conception that everything that happens is for the good, postulating that this is so because everything that happens is governed by Divine Providence. Nothing happens merely as a quirk of nature; if G-d does not...
As explained in the previous chapter, expanding our scope of vision opens us up to the possibility that there are processes of causation at work within the world of which we are unaware. There are questions, however, that remain unanswered. What about a p...
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