Believing in Yourself

A baal tshuva – or any other person with aspirations – needs two primary spiritual resources: Belief in Hashem, and belief in oneself. With Hashem's loving grace, we speak and write extensively about the former, but from we see and hear all the time from lovely individuals who torment themselves mercilessly, let's talk about the latter.

Without belief in yourself, you can't be happy.

What is "belief in myself"? Here are the basic seven parameters...

Continue reading Believing in Yourself in this week's Breslev Israel web magazine.

Also this week:

More than Gefilte Fish by my beloved teacher, rabbi, and spiritual guide, Rabbi Shalom Arush.

Rivka Levy brings us Waiting for Moshiach and Job's Friends. Chaya Ovadia HomeWork 101 and Natalie Kovan gets a Granny Cart.

Mazal Tov is Yaakov Bar Nahman's fourth episode of Solomon's Trains.

Rabbi Erez Moshe Doron brings us Sihara the Warrior, another exciting episode of Warriors of Transcendence.

For Breslev Kids, it's Part 3 of The Story of Trust.

This week's Torah portion is Vayera.

I came home a few hours ago from 5 days in the Ukraine. You were all in my prayers at Rebbe Nachman's holy gravesite in Uman. May Hashem grant you all your heart's wishes for the best always, amen.