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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
- 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
- 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
- Parshas Bereishis with Miriam Yerushalmi, Hannah Youshei and Miriam Almogdays so it says here the most important thing is realize that um you cannot despair and you cannot let the eight sahara in because that's already like a beginning▶ Watch at 1:39:35
- 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
- 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
- Marriage Dialogues with David and Miriam Yerushalmicommunicate with them in the way that you want to sometimes it's also depression like they get so sad they become apathetic they have despair they don't do as much▶ Watch at 14:09
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- The Astonishing Tale of Techiyas HaMeisim & a Purim Shailah 02 19 2026world and she dies. Now, this man, he he buries his young wife, which is sad enough on its own. And after that he goes home and he falls into like▶ Watch at 3:36
- Podcast: Fight Flight or Freeze Dr. Sarah Becker on Anxiety and Depression in Children and Teensjust as likely to see as a sad down depression is um I I'm going to use the word irritable like an irritable depression okay and so those are teens who▶ Watch at 19:55
- Moshiach Decoded - The Process - Class 4A - First Fruitsyou if you were a religious observant Jew you have to be it's not depressed or sad after be sunlight sad and semi depressed by the way Maimonides let me tell▶ Watch at 1:09:16
- The Godly Soul is the Most Real Thing We Have (Tanya - Class 19)yourself." He pickled his liver, and he was depressed, and all these things. So, I think he made himself a restaurant. He started restaurants. He wants to expose just how crazy everything▶ Watch at 1:32
- Rav Yosef Palacci | An obbligation to be happy! #emunah #love #hashem #torah #motivation #rabbiYou can't come to prayer. The guy said depressed. Oh my. Oh, whoa. Chill out right there. What are you What are you getting depressed about? What are you getting▶ Watch at 0:00
- God Loves Everyone by Rabbi Avrohom Stulbergervery sad moments and we see people close to us who are at a tough time they're there in our valence they're there in the morning they're sad they▶ Watch at 3:05
- Dating Effectively Means Exiting The World Of Fantasymany of the details of that chapter in my life because it's a very sad sad story and I don't want the story I'm telling to be a sad▶ Watch at 43:28
- Rabbi Eli Mansour - Month of Tammuz & Jealousy (Parashat Korach)the summer comes I get depressed so the rabbi said why do you get depressed because you don't like the hot weather or maybe something else about the summer disagrees with▶ Watch at 0:31
- Happiness: The Greatest Antidote - R. Yaakov Mizrahi - TorahAnytime.comthey're sad yourself cares and he's telling them my dear brothers there's nothing worse for a person than to have atsavut god forbid to have depression to have the▶ Watch at 4:38
- Breslov Efrat - No matter how dark the situation you're in, connect to Hashem to light up your soulfeel depressed he doesn't have to feel hopeless right he doesn't have to feel anxiety cuz if he realizes is with Hashem why should I have anxiety Hashem is here▶ Watch at 13:24
- Covid Anxiety Syndrome 1: How to Get Relief from Covid Anxiety Syndromewell we bargain negotiate try to deal with the crisis in that fashion number four depression and yes we become depressed because of this crisis we say to ourselves reflecting on our▶ Watch at 4:48
- The Mystical Meaning of the Seder Platebalance between kindness and discipline? So it is explained that there are two types of sadness. There is sadness that we call in Hebrews. That could be translated as depression. That▶ Watch at 1:11:01
- Torah Learning and Breakfast with Miriam Yerushalmi, Yehudit Eichenblatt, Rachel Udkoff, Geula Nultra rabbit especially teaches like they were saying there's bitterness and then there's depression there's sadness sadness is not good we should not be sad but to say that▶ Watch at 2:13:20
- Master Your Mind | Bnei Machshava Tova - Part 16your lowly State not ever depressed I'm bad but just realize oh my goodness the highlight of my day is when I get into bed that for many people▶ Watch at 12:07
- Rabbi Eli Mansour - Torah Observance During Days of Darkness (Parashat Mishpatim)and they started to become depressed and he says once you become depressed you could do the unimaginable. It makes no sense. You're right because you're thinking rationally. He says▶ Watch at 18:20
- Rabbi Mordechai Becher: 3 Radical Rebbes - Pshischa, Kotzk & Ishbitzand prideful take out the first piece of paper if you're feeling down and depressed take out the second piece of paper but he felt that the paper you have▶ Watch at 27:45
- The Jewish Success System Visitng the Sick Rabbi Leiby Burnham 2 17 16their birth can suddenly be hit with a wave of sadness and depression that they don't understand right so visiting the sick it's not only when they're physically not▶ Watch at 33:48
- Parashat Korach 5786 - Rabbi Leeor Dahanthat this was to bring him down. When a person is sad, especially losing a loved one, it puts him in depression. When you're in depression, you can't learn Torah▶ Watch at 33:30
- Finding Forgiveness For Our Daughter’s Deathterrible, terrible, terrible loss for cholesterol, right? Everyone would be sad for us. We wouldn't have our daughter. We'd be sad. We'd walk around depressed. It's not what▶ Watch at 53:41
- History has all been a Preparation for Moshiachwhen it's the winter like what do they call the winter Blues seasonal depression seasonal depression doesn't need any you know those sad lights seasonal effect of disorder lights yeah▶ Watch at 4:09
- Rav Yitzchak Breitowitz: Purim and Eradicating Amalekthe 15 years that I know him well, not once did I ever see any sadness or depression because he knew that Hashem runs the world. And if Hashem wants him▶ Watch at 14:54
- 02-26-2026 Rabbi Moshe Malka - Pele Yoeitz # 60head. He looked horrible. Esther says, "Now I got him." You see, when you're depressed and you're in a bad mood, you're vulnerable. When you're happy and rejoicing▶ Watch at 50:10
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