There’s something delightfully innocent about a small child playing hide-and-seek. Sometimes, the child will simply cover their eyes and assume they’ve vanished: “If I can’t see you, you can’t [...]
Sometimes helping feels loving—but it may actually hold others back. When we shield people from the consequences of their actions, we’re often enabling them, not supporting real growth.
Maimonides (Rambam), in Hilchot Teshuvah (Laws of Repentance 3:4), teaches that every person should see themselves as if the world is perfectly balanced between merit and sin, and that their next [...]