I am indebted to Rabbi Dr. Harvey Belovski for the inspiration behind part of this class.
The JRE and YIWP had the opportunity to host my father for a talk last night. Rabbi Dr. Ephraim D. Becker is a therapist with over 30 years experience incorporating Mussar thought and practice into his counseling. He lives in Israel and lectures worldwide on Mussar and psychology.
This week's horrifying tragedy should be seen as an opportunity for us to reflect on life-affirmation, as a response to the cold disregard for life that we were witness to this week. Affirming life can be seen as a spectrum ranging from not killing all the way to the highest level of sensitivity to the quality of another individual's life. We must move ourselves along that spectrum by focusing on and bulding up our strengths and talents in these areas. The class is available below for listening and/or download.