Videos tagged 'Rabbi Bentzion Shafier'
Rabbi Shafier recorded a series of talks called 'The Fight" which, in conjunction with GYE, were distributed as audio CD's through the U.S. free of charge. He has recorded a number of other videos for GYE as well.
-
04:44
#01 Video - Dealing With Failure
David Hamelech (King David), when he was king of Israel, said to Hashem bechanani (test me). And Hashem said I will test you, but it's going to be an incredibly difficult test. The test in fact was...
-
05:30
#02 Video - The SIT Diet
When my wife had our first child, she went on the SIT Diet. Not everyone knows what this diet is, but basically it's quite simple. You take a large wedge of chocolate cake in this hand, you take a ...
-
03:16
#03 Video - A Diamond With a Flaw
I want you to imagine that in my hands I'm holding two diamonds. In my right hand is a 10 carat beautiful diamond with a slight flaw, but a beautiful, beautiful diamond. In my left hand is a 10 car...
-
03:43
#04 Video - Knowing How to Count
I have a personal guarantee that I'd like to share with you. If you are working on any area in life, be it anger, be it arrogance, be it davening (praying) with kavanah (concentration), be it tayva...
-
03:39
#05 Video - Don't Think About a Pink Elephant
Lo sasuru acharei eineichem (do not veer after your eyes). The Gemara (Talmud) tells us what this means is if a man looks at a woman for the person of being neheneh (enjoying) in a sexual manner, h...
-
03:21
#06 Video - Using Powerful Techniques
A fellow once called me up that he was working with a young man who had an irrepressible desire for a particular woman, a married woman. He couldn't help it, he constantly would see her, wherever i...
-
03:58
#07 Video - Two Parts to Man's Soul
If you want to work on desire, you have to fundamentally understand yourself. And to do that you have to understand the way your Creator fashioned you and formed you. The Chovos Halevavos in Sha'ar...
-
02:25
#08 Video - How to Lose Like a Winner
Every coach is focused on how to win. Every athlete always focuses on how do I win the battle, how do I win the fight. I'd like to teach you how to lose. And the way you lose is you lose like a win...
-
03:59
#09 Video - Learning How to Take a Punch
When I was a young man I was learning in blatt shiur (Talmud lecture) and the Rosh Yeshiva zatzal encouraged us greatly to create mussar vaadim. What's a mussar va'ad? A mussar va'ad is a small gro...
-
03:44
#10 Video - Getting Up Off the Floor
Coaches have a criterion to determine whether a girl has what it takes to be a world champion. And what they say is that criterion is how many times is a young woman willing to fall on the ice and ...
-
01:59
#11 Video - For Married Men
If you're married, and you're struggling with this issue, there is a technique that is very beneficial and is to be encouraged. You should have an image of your wife in your mind in a position that...
-
03:16
#12 Video - The One Gemara You Don't Know
There is one Gemara that the Soton (Satan) absolutely, completely, totally does not want you to know. It's a Gemara in Makos 23b that says the following: "Kol hayosheiv velo avar aveirah," any pers...
-
04:47
#13 Video - Your Best Friend
The Gemara (Talmud) in Sukkah tells us "l'asid lavo,” at the end of days, Hakadosh Baruch Hu (The Holy One, blessed be He) will take the yetzer hara (evil inclination), will take the Soton (Satan),...
-
04:20
#14 Video - Voices In Your Head
Here's a question that requires understanding. If you ever get to a point where you're really serious about working on yourself, really serious about conquering desire, you'll start noticing some f...
-
02:37
#15 Video - The First Step - I Am Powerless
If you get a chance to read Alcoholics Anonymous' Big Book, you'll find the first of the 12 Steps clearly described there: To recognize that I am powerless. To give myself over to my higher power, ...
-
03:16
#16 Video - Dumb Deer
When I would drive with my children, I would often point out interesting things along the side of the road to them. And often I'd be observing things to point out to them. We were driving at dusk, ...
-
04:37
#17 Video - A Victory With A But
Hashem said to Avraham "lech lecha mei'artzecha mimoladetecha, mibeis avicha," leave your birthplace. And Avraham leaves the place of his birth, he goes to Eretz Cana'an. No sooner does he get ther...
-
07:02
#18 Video - But I Caused This Mess
Every once in a while you may say to yourself how could I possibly face Hashem when I've created such a deep pit? And even more than that, how could you possibly tell me that I'm given reward for c...
-
04:59
#19 Video - Tricks of the Soton
We, who were brought up in Western Civilization, with modern thought, with the scientific method, are very reluctant and very uncomfortable with certain concepts. One of those concepts is that ther...
-
47:15
Guilt Anonymous and Teshuva (Yom Kippur Shmuz) 5777
Rabbi Benzion Shafier speaks about how to balance the destructive guilt with real Teshuvah (based on a talk he recorded specially for the GYE community).
-
04:25
GYE Chizuk Broadcast #236
Is Teshuvah Possible?: Rabbi Ben Tzion Shafier discusses where we learn that Hashem will definitely accept our teshuvah.
-
06:12
GYE Chizuk Broadcast #254
"The Brown Bear and I": Rabbi Shafier elucidates on how we all have a bear inside of us, but we also have something that bear's don't have.
-
01:10:55
Holy Pleasures
If you think that the path to spirituality is sitting upon a mountain top subsisting on only bread and water, you’d be wrong. Hashem has filled this world with enjoyment-He wants us to find satisfa...
-
02:19:40
Marriage Transformation Webinar - Rabbi Shafier
Transform your marriage - even if your spouse refuses to change!
-
05:06
Not Normal Times
We hear about so many crazy stories. We live in crazy times. So if you too are struggling, take heart. You are not alone.
-
02:52
Rabbi Shafier GYE Promo
Rabbi Benzion Shafier recorded this special message of GYE's annual High-Holiday campaign.
-
03:11
Rabbi Shafier speaks about GYE
Rabbi Shafier explains how GYE can help you