God Created Man In His Image, How Are We Doing?

We all remember the famous verse of how HaShem Created Us in His Image, but what does that mean in our day to day lives? After a bit of teachings about this in last week's shiur caused such a massive influence in a few people's lives, we thought it's best to expand upon it so all of us can have the tools to truly transform our lives. Kimcha D'Pischa 5784 BRING JOY TO JEWS THIS PESACH Holiday Chesed Combined With Single Day SHAS EVENT http://www.BHPesach.org WAR Has United Am Yisrael Around The World. Antisemitism, Terrorism And Poverty Have Impacted All Of Us. Helping Torah Scholars and Poor Jewish Families In Israel Has Never Been More Critical In Our Lifetimes. Over The Years, BeEzrat HaShem Inc. Distributed Millions of Dollars To Feed Jewish Families During Pesach and Rest of The Year. We Need Your Generous Donations Again!! Many Families Will Be Getting Food Baskets From Us As We Do Each Year. Further, Since We Need More Torah Merits For Am Yisrael's Protection, We're Back With The SINGLE DAY SHAS PROGRAM By 500 Avrechim (Torah Scholars). Each Avrech Will Receive Financial Assistance For His Family For The Pesach Holiday. The KIMCHA D'PISCHA With Both Torah & Gmilut Chasadim: KOLLEL SHAS In Jerusalem With 500 Avrechim (Torah Scholars) That Will Study and Complete The Entire Talmud Bavli Together In A Single Day For The Success and Protection of Klal Yisrael. Your Pesach Donation Will Help Us Feed Thousands of Poor Jews, Widows and Orphans In Israel While Also Bringing Protection To Klal Yisrael. There Is No Better Way To Fulfill The Clear Instructions Of The Sages This Pesach Than This. BE BRAVE, BE GENEROUS, BE LIKE HaShem!! GIVE GENEROUSLY 0:00:00 Introduction 0:01:27 G-d Created Man in His Image, How Are We Doing? 0:09:28 Torah: 974 Generations Before Creation (Chagigah 13b) 0:09:53 G-d Created Man Straight (i.e., Perfect) 0:11:53 If G-d Loves Us So Much, Why Not Just Leave Us in Heaven? (Ramchal) 0:15:05 Hashem Only Gives, You Cannot Give Hashem Anything 0:17:29 Our Mission Is to Be a Giver, Cheshbonot of Whether to Give Ruined It 0:19:16 The More One Gives, the More G-dly They Are 0:19:29 Removing a G-dly Power Requires Enormous Strength; Price for Evil 0:21:31 Satan Is the One That Only Takes 0:22:02 Price for Dealing with Evil, Even for Sake of Good 0:26:50 Torah: The One Thing That Defeats Satan 0:27:22 Satan's Tool: Fear of Being a Freier (Sucker) 0:29:55 Satan's Second Tool: Takers Are Sent—Fear of Being a Freier (Sucker) 0:36:05 People Who Dislike Giving Also Dislike Seeing Others Give 0:44:06 People Who Think Givers Must Benefit—"What's the Catch?" 0:48:02 Skepticism of Good Reflects Cleaving to Satan Over G-d 0:51:29 Rightful Skepticism vs. Questioning Good 0:53:17 Takers in Marriage 0:56:53 Takers Are Possessive 0:59:20 Parents Who are Takers or Not Ambitious of Giving 1:02:44 Not a Shidduch Crisis, but a Middot Crisis 1:09:29 The Further from Giving, the More in Line With Satan 1:09:46 Women: "It Is Better to Live as Two Together Than to Live Alone" (Kiddushin 41a) 1:10:34 R. Yehoshua ben Levi: If Your Daughter Has Reached Maturity and She Is Still Single, Free Your Slave and Give Him to Her in Marriage (Pesachim 113a) 1:21:47 Marrying for Altruistic Reasons vs Not 1:29:25 Refusing Tzedaka Opportunity Likened to idol Worship 1:30:11 G-d Gives You Opportunity to Give Tzedaka for Reward 1:33:55 They Pair a Woman to a Man for Marriage Only in Accordance with His Deeds (Sota 2a) 1:34:51 A Man Who Is Not Married 1:35:25 The Shechinah Comes with Shalom Bayit (Sota) 1:36:06 Conclusion 1:41:08 Be'Ezrat HaShem: Make Eternal Investments #Torah #Judaism #God #Creation #rabbiyaronreuven