Q&A #31: Goals, Work, Weddings, Teaching Middos, Year in Review, Baal Teshuvah Baggage, Perfection

Have any questions, insights, or feedback? Send me a text!Length: 50 minutesSynopsis: This morning (6/9/23), in our last Friday morning Q&A of the year, we took up six questions: (1) How does a person balance their mission in life as a Jew and a human being with their mission as an individual? (2) To what extent is work a lechatchila or a bedieved? (3) If you'll be attending consecutive weddings, how can you maximize being joyful and present at each? (4) What are some guidelines for teaching good middos verbally vs. through modeling them? (5) If a baal(as) teshuvah has emotional baggage about their pre-teshuvah life, how can one help them? Also, is it an imperfection to not want to date a baal(as) teshuvah because of their past? (6) What does human perfection look like? It's been a great year of Q&As, and I'm really glad I decided to start recording them!-----מקורות:אבות א:י; ב:בRabbi Joseph B. Soloveitchik, "Halakhic Man" -----This week's Torah content has been sponsored by Rachayl. Thank you! The academic year is drawing to a close. I've got big plans in store for the summer and even BIGGER plans for this upcoming year. If you've gained from what you've learned here and would like to help support my ability to produce free, independent, original Torah content, please consider sponsoring a week's worth of content. Better yet, become one of my Patrons by going to www.patreon.com/rabbischneeweiss. And if you'd like to have a say in what I write about AND gain access to exclusive articles on spicy topics that I'm not willing to share with the internet at large, join my NEW paid subscriber tier on my substack at rabbischneeweiss.substack.com.-----If you've gained from what you've learned here, please consider contributing to my Patreon at www.patreon.com/rabbischneeweiss. Alternatively, if you would like to make a direct contribution to the "Rabbi Schneeweiss Torah Content Fund," my Venmo is @Matt-Schneeweiss, and my Zelle and PayPal are mattschneeweiss at gmail. Even a small contribution goes a long way to covering the costs of my podcasts, and will provide me with the financial freedom to produce even more Torah content for you.If you would like to sponsor a day's or a week's worth of content, or if you are interested in enlisting my services as a teacher or tutor, you can reach me at rabbischneeweiss at gmail. Thank you to my listeners for listening, thank you to my readers for reading, and thank you to my supporters for supporting my efforts to make Torah ideas available and accessible to everyone.-----Substack: rabbischneeweiss.substack.com/Patreon: patreon.com/rabbischneeweissYouTube: youtube.com/rabbischneeweissInstagram: instagram.com/rabbischneeweiss/"The Stoic Jew" Podcast: thestoicjew.buzzsprout.com"Machshavah Lab" Podcast: machshavahlab.buzzsprout.com"The Mishlei Podcast": mishlei.buzzsprout.com"Rambam Bekius" Podcast: rambambekius.buzzsprout.com"The Tefilah Podcast": tefilah.buzzsprout.comOld Blog: kolhaseridim.blogspot.com/WhatsApp Group: https://chat.whatsapp.com/GEB1EPIAarsELfHWuI2k0HAmazon Wishlist: amazon.com/hz/wishlist/ls/Y72CSP86S24W?ref_=wl_sharel