Name: Refoel Martinez	Date: 2008-04-08 23:03:40
Subject:
Question: How can i repent and move on completely? My wicked past and yetzer hara always seem to creep up on me to attack..and it succeeds. Do i forget my past and how? do i just overcome it and resist? how? Todah Rabbi
Answer: Well, first you have to understand that the Yetzer Hara, evil inclination was given to a person to help them improve themselves and grow. As you become wiser and holier, your inclination also grows to compensate. Hashem says, I gave you the Evil Inclination but I also gave you the antidote, Torah.(from the Talmud) Through Torah you will forget everything evil and overtime forget previous mistakes. As you become holier and wiser through Torah study, you will succeed more and more in overcoming temptations. The main thing is to always remain happy no matter what and never give up!

Name: Hershel .	Date: 2007-11-18 05:21:05
Subject:guilt
Question: Reb Moshe, I have been keeping up with your site and many others online as a way to continue learning when I am at home and it is a constant inspiration and knowledge base. I know it is a brief introduction but my concern is with the following: I have been learning much chassidut and mussar in the past year with various Rabbis. I am so far aware that for every action on this world there is an action in the world le-eila. With this knowledge I feel very connected to Hashem when I perform mitzvot. However in the case of a sin, I cannot express my guilt and sorrow. Even after performing the proper ways of asking for forgiveness and teshuva in prayer, and not returning to that sin so far, Baruch Hashem, I am incredibly hollowed at whatever could be the effect I have made in the upper realms. I feel as though no matter what I do I have stained a beautiful tablecloth that may be washed but will always have been stained. Furthermore, as time passes from the time of sin, the desire for repentance diminishes even I realized how through my repentance I was in fact reaching closer for Hashem. It is as though right after the sin I had intense yearning for return, yet after a night of sleep I feel less guilty. I don't want to only feel guilty but I am not sure how to attain joy when the guilt was bringing me to teshuva? Thank You for your time in reading this, I understand you are very busy so please respond at your convenience.
Answer: Welcome to the club. You know guilt is good and bad. It can help us to do teshuva and it can also lead us to depression and sin. Rebbe Nachman says that if you believe you can destroy, believe you can rebuild just the same. He also recommends making new beginnings often and putting things behind you, even many times each day.Keep up the good work, you are trying very hard and know it doesn't go unnoticed

Name: yosef .	Date: 2007-11-16 02:23:16
Subject:holiday at home
Question: Every year I goto see friends and spend yom kippur in Israel , and I fast and don't use telephone or TV or anything...but this year I must stay in the UK because of my finance situation with people who don't keep the holiday. They will have a T.V. on most probably. I will try to stay in my study / room most the day, but can you help with what I should be reading on this day ? and what prayers? > > Shaun
Answer: If you are not the one doing it and are not paying attention, then it could be okay to just ignore it but it will really rune your atmosphere and yom kippur you belong to be amongst other Jews who are repenting. If you have to stay there, say some moving psalms that are close to your heart that will bring you to repentance.

Name: bad Jew	Date: 2007-11-14 23:14:19
Subject:A Bad Jew
Question: im a bad jew though...dont judge me too much
Answer: aww, don't talk that way about my friend