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Sadness and Depression — A Torah Perspective
The Torah distinguishes atzvus, a heavy sadness, from the joy it calls us to. Here are moments from the shiurim on sadness and coming out of it, each with a link to watch.
- Parsha Perspectives for Today (Acharei Mos)cannot enter at any time is gematria b'atzvus. You cannot enter holiness with sadness. You cannot enter holiness. The gematria of "Lo yavo b'chol eis" is b'atzvus. You can▶ Watch at 17:46
- Purim - The secret for Bitachon (Trusting) and Emunah (Faith) - Rabbi Alon Anavalooking deep down into our own personal life, most people are not so happy. The sad reality that most people on this planet are actually the opposite of happy. Depressed, sad, fall▶ Watch at 6:00
- Tisha B'Av with Rebbe Nachman (shiur on behalf of BRI)depression, and lev nishbar, a broken heart. And the Rebbe draws a mighty line of distinction between these two things, even though on the surface they look quite similar. And the Rebbe▶ Watch at 0:32
- Living With Emunah (Part 303) - A Jew is Never Stucksaid the balat says theb says that the worst sin there is is atus sadness sadness despondency despair depression not the clinical type that's not a person's fault of course▶ Watch at 6:21
- No One but Him： the 1st Principle of Emunaalone did, does and will do because it rids a person of stress, anxiety and sadness and depression and also forgot despair and disappoint disappointment uh takes away the despair and disappointment▶ Watch at 45:35
- Rebbetzin Ruchi Koval Talks About Unanswered Prayerswith god's help of course but we have the tools we sometimes fall into sadness and despair because we don't know how to help ourselves when it turns out that▶ Watch at 10:46
- Why was Los Angeles on fire? Human touch or and act of G-d? What can we learn from this? Rabbi Anavaparticipate so the attitude has has to be completely different not to fall to sadness depression and despair because of your situation understand H hem will take care of all my problems▶ Watch at 2:10:05
- The hidden secrets of Kabbalah behind your spiritual growth - Rabbi Alon Anavaeverybody to to to despair, to sadness, to depression because they're like, "I can't handle this. I mean, 60 years, I'm already the It never ends." It will never▶ Watch at 32:07
- Fate or Choice? The verse from Proverbs that reveals how you determine your future (AI)the decree. A person can change their fate. They must not, God forbid, fall into sadness, despair, or depression. Someone might say, "I got this diagnosis from the doctor. It means there▶ Watch at 13:17
- Terumah: Rebbe Nachman, Esther and the Power of Choiceput on my sackloth and to literally again just fall into a pile of depression, sadness, and despair▶ Watch at 13:23
- Biblical prophecy of evil controlling the world and it's destruction and downfall at the end of dayscorner. Just keep your head up high. Keep your spirit high. Don't fall into sadness, depression, despair. I know it's easy It's very easy to get confused, but just▶ Watch at 1:15:01
- Most Of Us Do Not Allow Ourselves to Hear Anything New - Likkutei Torah Chukas "Vayaas Moshe" #4have two ways of dealing with it. One is I go into a mode of depression or melancholy or sadness or despair. I surrender. I give up. I tell everybody that▶ Watch at 10:13
- Rabbi Shlomo Yisraeli - Daily Mishna Berurah - Siman 53 Seif 4 - 11/07/22internal happiness he can't represent because does not connect with the person that's depressed now being sad and crying a new people still I always say it's like▶ Watch at 18:03
- Creating Light Out of Darknesslight you were not meant to live in darkness and in confusion and in sadness and in despair and in depression and in melancholy and in toxicity and in confusion and insecurity▶ Watch at 34:18
- BRI Tisha B'Av Event 2026not there to elicit a sense of despair and depression and debilitating sadness. It's there to recreate what the B mikdash was when we had it. It's there to enable▶ Watch at 1:05:52
- The Secrets of the Babylonian TALMUD (((THEY))) don’t want you to know 🤫The baby was sad. In depression. Atzlus and atzlus koitzem k'vasem See the This is the k'vasem. The next one is the koitzem. The baby is in some pit▶ Watch at 33:13
- Getting in Gear： A Lesson in Self-Motivationtime to be sad and depressed because sad depressed that is the evil inclination. This why Rabbi Nakman warned so much and and Rabbi Natan writes and was warning Rabbi Nakman warned▶ Watch at 31:03
- Cheshvan: From Bitter to Sweetdepression that that kind of sadness is a very unproductive sadness within atus there is very little potential for transforming the sadness into something that is um positive there's very little▶ Watch at 13:24
- Gratitude Part 2: Gratitude = Happiness - Emunah Part 51our happiness meaning that we're always supposed to be happy but even in the sad times we're still happy we slap this happiness there's some this happiness of life▶ Watch at 1:11:33
- Emunah Part 12: You Don't Know The Full Storylong face why shouldn't they be down they should be upset they should be depressed they should be sad no what other option do they have but we she▶ Watch at 26:24
- Workshop 2 l Bnos 1 18 promowhen you're feeling sad remember an important thing you're never alone because you can always do what I mean you're feeling sad what can you do about your sad▶ Watch at 2:45
- Tzav V’Zeruz: Avoiding Apathymean sadness Yos could also mean apathy apathy because they're very much related in other words once I become so like so sad and so broken because I'm beating myself▶ Watch at 26:22
- The Clay DiggerThe person whatever loses loses his or her job. It's a reason to be depressed. Yeah. It's logically a reason to be depressed. Amuna begins where logic ends. Amuna begins▶ Watch at 18:42
- Rabbi Avraham Gaon Daily Mussar Dont Worry Be Happy 2013 02 07daily Musa his era dominated seven ada a person should be very careful from becoming sad or depressed key hearts loot van a hug booming Lita Mae because sadness and depression will▶ Watch at 0:00
- Amud Yom: Berachos 16b-part2our primary occupation don't let us say literally don't let us become become sad or depressed and don't allow our eyes to become darkened also of sadness so allow▶ Watch at 10:26
- Shnayim Yomi (Vayeshev Shvii) They Were Upset In Jail??bed they look sad they look angry they avoid them yourself they look angry they look sad very Charlotte approach them and ask them why look bad why are you angry why▶ Watch at 0:33
- Letting Go of Anxiety | Rabbi Ariel Mizrahifall off the spectrum. That's what it says. Sah of course was very sad when she was taken. She was very happy when she had a kid, but she remained within▶ Watch at 1:34:29
- Atzvus and Simcha (Sadness and Happiness) Go Togetherwas thinking that there they say there's a difference between and between sadness and depression depression is always bad which supposed to avoid depression at all cost but sadness is not▶ Watch at 3:43
- Emunah During Mourning - Amazing Questions About God From Hollywood (35)depressed miserable sad all the negative feelings in the T it's like it's like we're getting the 10 Mak D what do you have toah for then everyone▶ Watch at 1:48:13
- Rabbi Lazer Broady Achieving Your Goaldepressed because hardship and parent and pain their peripheral issues when a person is focused on a goal when a person focuses on a goal going for a goal▶ Watch at 24:35
- Mental Health Webinar: The Golden Years: Normal Aging vs. Warning Signswhich is not to be which is not to be confused with depression although it often is present in depression um but it's it's real it's a lack▶ Watch at 27:25
- Choosing the Right Goalpaychecks they're people with jobs and people with good jobs but still they're sad and depressed because hardship and parent and pain they're peripheral issues when a person▶ Watch at 17:26
- New Beginnings with Rabbi Lazer Brodyand no he wants he wants you to be one of the 60 million clinically depressed Americans that's fine you know why because if you're clinically depressed you can▶ Watch at 40:29
- Rebbetzin K Sarah Cohen--Emuna, Bitachon and Hashgaha Pratis (Seeing G-d in Our Everyday Lives)lehit'ayesh, lo lehit'ayesh. Do not despair. Do not despair because it leads to what he calls a marashora. kind of a lack of a better word, a black cloud that▶ Watch at 12:45
- Causes of Spiritual depression from our Sages by Gedale Fenster!connected also the sadness is a sexual immorality sexual immorality where malcolm tells us is one of the greatest ways to be depressed especially for men what you know watching pornography watching▶ Watch at 23:05
- Complete TorahAnytime Live Benefit Event 2024all have to work on especially in this generation unfortunately there's a lot of depression and sadness the number one uh medicine the drug in the pharmacy is anti-depression▶ Watch at 7:16:53
- The Nine Most Important Questions of your Life || Rabbi Avraham Gaonthe state of happiness happiness does not mean that you're not depressed having a person who's happy you could see it smile on their face the eyes are shining not▶ Watch at 6:49
- How to get out of my comfort zone? - The Kavanah Show on 101.9 ChaiFm - Rabbi Alon Anavahorrible job and your boss is is like driving you nuts then it makes you sad it makes you depressed you bring the sadness and this depression home so you start fighting▶ Watch at 21:48
- Why Prayer？broken with despair and depression when we don't succeed now depression and despair are the direct result of lack of a muna because negative emotions they come from the evil inclination▶ Watch at 24:11
- Jewish Inspiration: New Beginnings with Rabbi Lazer Brodyand no he wants he wants you to be one of the 60 million clinically depressed Americans that's fine you know why because if you're clinically depressed you can▶ Watch at 40:29
- Break Your Reliance on Secular Wisdom | Rabbi David Yisrael Kalmuswhat is he speaking about so anything which is excessive is actually the cause of sadness okay now obviously when you're connected to depression which we know depression is rooted▶ Watch at 7:52
- BONUS: Stadiums, Spirituality and Sneakers- Ari Solomon’s Journeyp.m. on a Sunday and he's like I'm sitting here all sunburned hot depressed sad going home and I see people on their way out to their Sunday dinner and▶ Watch at 41:49
- Non Jewish Music: The Power Of Musictalking about a person like I 101 says it doesn't bother me I'm sad I'm depressed I need this to bring it up but you know if you▶ Watch at 35:56
- Tehillim and Torah: Sublime Simcha (Chapter 100-Part II)Because sadness creates ye'ush despair and despair creates hopelessness and the moment that a person gives up on themselves pretty much you're going to end up doing anything and everything▶ Watch at 24:13
- Likutei Moharan - Class 5dedicate three chapters to depression and understanding sadness and actually how to use sadness in the right way especially in ravi nathman's world depression has no place and simcha is the▶ Watch at 7:39
- Rabbi Ari Bensoussan: Zoomania!- The Greatest Pesach Of Our Generation Part 2meaning you don't care what you're eating when you're so depressed when you're so sad you don't care what you're eating you just shovel whatever▶ Watch at 56:51
- How to Attain a Joyous Life?like the bedrock of available was it if aaron carlino once said that depression or sadness is not a sin but what it could accomplish to a person for a person what▶ Watch at 16:49
- Rabbi Tomar Zino | CHAZAQ Tisha B'Av MarathonThe Sahara wants us to be sad and depressed. Sadness that doesn't spur something greater is meaningless. There's no point of us sitting here and crying if it doesn▶ Watch at 8:49
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