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Aish — The Happiness Series Vol. 2

Выпуск: Aish — The Happiness Series Vol. 2. Темы: family_education, health_mind. Поисковые термины: воспитание, дети, семья, chinuch, family, חינוך, ילדים, משפחה, здоровье, психология, стресс, health, mental, בריאות, נפש. SOURCE 1: EXODUS, 5:6, 5:8 ‫ַוַ ְיְ ַצו ַּפְּרְ ֹעֹה ַּבּ ּיֹום ַההּוא ֶאת־ַהַ ֹּנְּגְ ִׂשׂ ים ָּבּ ָעם ְוְ ֶאת־ֹׁשְׁט ָָריו ֵלֵ אֹמֹר׃‬ ‫ִּתּ ְכְ ַּבּד ָהֲעֹב ָָֹדה ַעל־ָהָ ֲאָנָ ִׁשׁ ים ְוְ ַיַ ֲעׂשּו־ָבָ ּה ְוְ ַאל־ִיְׁשׁעּו ְּבּ ִִדְבְ ֵֵרי־ָשָ ֶֶקר׃‬ That same day Pharaoh charged the taskmasters and overseers of the people, saying… Let heavier work be laid upon those involved; let them keep at it and not pay attention to deceitful promises. (Nor is it just the etiquette of telling someone thank you when they’ve done something kind.) Let’s take a look at the Hebrew language to learn about the essence of gratitude: ‫תודה‬ ‫מודה‬ (Todah) (Modeh) Thank you Admit In Hebrew, the word for thank you, todah, shares a root with the word modeh, to admit. © 2025 Aish | powered by Partners in Torah THE HAPPINESS CHALLENGE Session 2 | Page 4 The connection between giving thanks and admitting can be explained as follows: When we give thanks, we admit 2 things: (1) That we were lacking in some way, and (2) that someone else filled that need for us. As the Talmud teaches: SOURCE 2: TALMUD, YOMA 80A ‫ ָּתּ ַפַ ְסָּתּ מּוָעָ ט ָּתּ ַפַ ְסָּתּ ׃‬, ּ‫ָּתּ ַפַ ְסָּתּ ְמְ רּוֶּבּה ֹלא ָּתּ ַפַ ְסָּת‬ If you grasped many, you did not grasp anything; if you grasped few, you grasped something. SUMMARY © 2025 Aish | powered by Partners in Torah THE HAPPINESS CHALLENGE Session 2 | Page 6 In this session, we discussed the importance of setting aside time for reflection to create meaningful change and increase happiness. While the pharaoh of the Exodus lived thousands of years ago, the Ramchal explains that every generation has its own “Pharaoh”—a force that makes us busy, thereby distracting us from reflecting on what truly matters. When we can understand and internalize just how much benefit we receive from the things around us - even inanimate objects - then we can more deeply feel gratitude, and thus feelings of happiness as well. PRESENT BENEFIT According to the 18th-century Kabbalist, the Ramchal1, Pharaoh’s goal was to prevent the Jews from engaging in ‫( ִהְתְ ּבֹוְנְ נּות‬hitbonenut)—deep self-reflection. He believed that if they’d be overwhelmed by the bu

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Aish

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10 апреля 2026 г.

Темы: family_education, health_mind