Q&A: Chassidic Psychology for Converts?
Q: I teach in a seminary for young women who wish to convert to Judaism. We currently have an excellent group and the atmosphere is...
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Fundamentals of Chassidic Psychology: Tiferet
Rabbi Ginsburgh explains the importance of compassion in healing....
Fundamentals of Chassidic Psychology: Understanding, Knowledge, Lovingkindness and Might
Rabbi Ginsburgh explains how the counselor should understand, identify with, love and gently reprove those who consult with him....
Fundamentals of Chassidic Psychology: Wisdom
In this exquisitely insightful excerpt, Rabbi Ginsburgh guides us beyond our false humility to learn how to truly help a person who seeks our guidance....
Fundamentals of Chassidic Psychology: Faith
In this excerpt from a class on Chassidic psychology, Rabbi Ginsburgh expounds on the beliefs that the counselor must hold regarding God and regarding the...
Freedom of Speech
In Hebrew, the word for Passover, Pesach (פסח), reads Peh Sach (פה סח), "a talking mouth." Pesach celebrates freedom, first and foremost – freedom of...
Reflection without Mirror
The pit was empty, no water, but full of snakes and scorpions. The pit is the mind, water – Torah, snakes and scorpions – bad...
Hidden Things
David beseeches God: "Who can understand errors; cleanse me from hidden things" ("שגיאות מי יבין מנסתרות נקני"). Errors are unintentional sins. But what are "hidden...
Curing Personality Disorders
The first one to cure personality disorders was King Solomon. Then came Maimonides and then came the Ba'al Shem Tov. Today psychiatrists and psychologists think...
