overcoming impulses

Written by Rabbi Shalom Dovber, the fifth Lubavitch Rebbe, in 1903, when Russian Jewry was facing challenges from secularism and non-Jewish ideologies, Human experiences are analyzed and spiritual truths lurking beneath the surface are delved into. Highly current, for study and meditation. This volume responds to the most existential questions of the man who honestly wants to own himself.

Title : Overcoming impulses (kuntrés uMaaián) Category : Self-improvement

Description: The 5th Lubavitch Rebbe Rabbi Shalom Dovber Schneersohn in kuntrés uMaaián elaborates on how to overcome the impulses of the Yetzer Hara (evil inclination) with extensive biblical, talmudic and kabbalistic references. The book is structured as follows: 1. Discourse one, the folly when one does not comply with the directive to sanctify yourself. 2. Discourses two to four, types of foolishness 3. Discourses five to eleven, the foolishness of one who walks according to what his heart sees fit 4. Discourse twelve, the Yetzer Hara (evil inclination) tempts man by telling him that no one will see, or he will know of his evil deeds 5. Discourses thirteen to fifteen, the negative standard of self-justification 6. Discourses fifteen and sixteen, the arrogant and self-satisfied Torah scholar 7. Discourses seventeen to twenty-five, the follies of merchants 8. Discourses twenty-six and twenty-seven, the foolishness of holiness and its advantage in the service of G‑d. 9. Speech twenty-eight, summary of the central theme of the treatise.

Because I recommend it: Without further ado, a book that will undoubtedly place you on the straight path marked by the Torah. Overcoming impulses will help you place yourself on the path of humility, knowing that everything that is given to us does not come from ourselves, but is granted from Above. Indeed, the author tells us: "Man's indulgence in material pleasures degrades him." So, when the person thinks that sin does not separate him from his Creator, he will be channeled in a short time to sin as a common way of life.