Seven Times You Fall — and You Rise Again | Chizuk for Avodas HashemCHAPTERS• The voice that comes after a fall• Torah: the antidote to the yetzer hara (Kiddushin 30b)• For the women and girls: the merit of a home of Torah (Berakhot 17a)• Bais Yaakov, Pirkei Avos, and daily tefillah (Chafetz Chaim; Peninei Halakha)• Toras chesed: the Torah of kindness on her tongue (Mishlei 31:26)• Seven times the righteous falls — and rises (Mishlei 24:16)• What teshuvah actually is (Rambam, Hilchos Teshuvah 2:2)• Beloved, desired, close: who the baal teshuvah becomes (Rambam, Hilchos Teshuvah 7:6)• Sins turned into merits (Yoma 86b)• The second voice is also the yetzer hara• Finding the good point: Azamra (Likutei Moharan I:282)• What was never decided about you (Niddah 16b)• After a fall: the order of operations• Closing: you are not your worst momentIf you have ever fallen in any area of your avodas Hashem — your learning, your davening, your middos, any mitzvah at all — and wondered whether it is still worth getting up, this episode is for you. Straight chizuk, from the sources themselves: the yetzer hara has two attacks, not one. The first is the sin. The second is the voice afterward that says your Torah is no longer precious. That second voice is also the yetzer hara — and the tradition has an answer for it. This episode is for men and women alike: Kiddushin 30b on Torah as the antidote, the place of women and girls in that antidote — a home of Torah (Berakhot 17a), Bais Yaakov and Pirkei Avos, the Torah of kindness on the tongue of the woman of valor (Mishlei 31:26) — through Mishlei's "seven times the righteous falls and rises," the Rambam's baal teshuvah who is beloved and close, Reish Lakish's teaching that teshuvah from love turns sins into merits, Rebbe Nachman's nekudah tovah, and the angel Lailah who never asks "wicked or righteous" — because that was left in your hands. This episode is Torah learning and chizuk, not individualized halachic, medical, or psychological advice. If you are struggling, reach out to a rav, and where needed, a qualified professional.SOURCES• Kiddushin 30b — "I created the yetzer hara, and I created Torah as its antidote" — https://www.sefaria.org/Kiddushin.30b• Berakhot 17a — "Women, by what merit do they earn their reward?" — https://www.sefaria.org/Berakhot.17a• Proverbs 31:26 — "and a Torah of kindness is on her tongue" — https://www.sefaria.org/Proverbs.31.26• Proverbs 24:16 — "Seven times the righteous one falls and rises" — https://www.sefaria.org/Proverbs.24.16• Rambam, Mishneh Torah, Hilchot Teshuvah 2:2 — the definition of teshuvah and its paths — https://www.sefaria.org/Mishneh_Torah%2C_Repentance.2.2• Rambam, Mishneh Torah, Hilchot Teshuvah 7:6 — the penitent is beloved, desired, close, and dear — https://www.sefaria.org/Mishneh_Torah%2C_Repentance.7.6• Yoma 86b — teshuvah from fear and from love; sins become merits — https://www.sefaria.org/Yoma.86b• Likutei Moharan I:282 (Azamra) — finding the good point — https://www.sefaria.org/Likutei_Moharan.282• Niddah 16b — the angel Lailah; everything is in the hands of Heaven except fear of Heaven — https://www.sefaria.org/Niddah.16b• Rosh Hashanah 17a — one who passes over his grievances — https://www.sefaria.org/Rosh_Hashanah.17a• Rav Yitzchak Hutner, Pachad Yitzchak, Iggerot 128 — "seven times falls" as the biography of greatness (text reproduced) — https://www.sefaria.org/sheets/92684• Chafetz Chaim on what girls should learn: Tanach, Pirkei Avos, Menoras HaMaor — via Yeshivat Har Etzion, Women Learning Torah IV — https://etzion.org.il/en/halakha/studies-halakha/women-and-mitzvot/women-learning-torah-iv-what-study• Rabbi Eliezer Melamed, Peninei Halakha — Women's Connection to Torah — https://ph.yhb.org.il/en/03-07-01/ ; The Mitzva of Prayer for Women — https://ph.yhb.org.il/en/category/03/03-02/• Sarah Schenirer and the founding of Bais Yaakov — https://jwa.org/encyclopedia/article/schenirer-sarahAll sources were verified against the primary texts (Sefaria) before this episode was produced. If you find an error or have a question about a source, please email kolsimchaproductions@outlook.com and we will look into it promptly.This episode includes AI-generated content. The narration is AI-generated.Support the show — exclusive bonus content available to subscribers for just $2/month at spreaker.com/organization/kol-simcha#TorahWithSimcha #Torah #Judaism #Teshuvah #Chizuk #AvodasHashem #Mussar #PirkeiAvos #Chesed #BaisYaakov #JewishWomen #JewishPodcast #OrthodoxJudaism #Inspiration #JewishInspiration #BaalTeshuvah #YetzerHara #Growth #Perseverance #Hope #DailyTorah #TorahPodcast #Simcha #KolSimchaProductionsBecome a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/torah-with-simcha--4985090/support.Torah with Simcha is produced by Kol Simcha Productions.New episodes released ...
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