Building Your Own Beis Hamikdash: Seeing the Good in Yourself

What does it mean to make yourself a place for the Shechinah? In this episode of Dialing Bnei Brak, Charlie Harary and Rav Moshe Levy explore how developing an ayin tov toward yourself can build genuine self-worth, strengthen your relationships, and bring more simchah into your avodas Hashem.

Learn how to recognize your shortcomings without tearing yourself down, see your worth beyond achievement and approval, and give your spouse, children, and others the unconditional love that helps them grow.

In this episode:

1:38 — Learning to See the Good in Yourself
8:09 — Recognizing the Yetzer Hara During Spiritual Growth
23:20 — Building Your Own Beis Hamikdash: Making Room for the Shechinah Through Joy
33:44 — How Unconditional Love Builds True Self-Esteem
49:22 — Finding Your Worth in Your Neshamah

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What does it mean to feel good about yourself without needing to prove anything?

Charlie Harary and Rabbi Moshe Levi explore how to build true self-esteem through an ayin tov, a good eye toward yourself. They discuss why recognizing your flaws can be encouraging, how guilt can get in the way of growth, and what unconditional love teaches us about our worth.

In this episode:

02:10 — A good eye toward yourself: Recognizing your strengths without becoming arrogant.

06:18 — You were born enough: Finding your worth in your neshamah rather than society’s expectations.

13:18 — Seeing failure as information: What great athletes and companies can teach us about spiritual growth.

21:12 — Can you really let the guilt go? Taking responsibility, doing teshuvah, and moving forward.

34:03 — Unconditional love and true self-esteem: How the love we give shapes our children, spouses, and ourselves.