Machshava:

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Collections: Rabbi Weinberger: Getting To Know Me

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How do we feel about ourselves? What do we think about ourselves? What do we think about how others view us? Some of us see ourselves as successful. Some of us are angry at ourselves and have low self-esteem. Psychology as a secular science is built entirely on assumption that a human being is a complicated biologial organism with a mind and emotions. Approach of psychologists to boosting poor self-image by focusing on their good points is a gentile approach. Huge need for bnei Torah to be psychologists. Every frum therapist must relate to their Jewish clients as neshamas (souls) which are part of Hashem Above. A Jew consists of a neshama whose essence is enclothed in a body. Foundation of all Seforim HaKedoshim (holy writings) is to reveal the G-dliness within us. The Jew's yerusha (inheritance) is the Ohr Ein Sof (The Infinite Light).