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. This podcast has been graciously sponsored by JewishPodcasts.fm. There is much overhead to maintain this service so please help us continue our goal of helping Jewish lecturers become podcasters and support us with a donation: https://thechesedfund.com/jewishpodcasts/donate

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 Yourself8:09 — Recognizing the Yetzer Hara During Spiritual Growth23:20 — Building Your Own Beis Hamikdash: Making Room for the Shechinah Through Joy33:44 — How Unconditional Love Builds True Self-Esteem49:22 — Finding Your Worth in Your Neshamah Thank you to our sponsors: Incrementum Digital helps e-commerce businesses grow through smarter advertising, strategy, and management across Amazon, Walmart, and TikTok Shop. Mention Dialing Bnei Brak for $500 off. Learn more at incrementumdigital.com. Financial Concierge LLC brings your investments, bank accounts, properties, and everyday cash flow together. They also support family and special needs trust administration and provide Medi-Cal billing services for assisted living facilities. Visit financialconciergeca.com. Explore upcoming courses at kelil.org. Find the full Dialing Bnei Brak series on The Daily Boost podcast and TorahAnytime. To submit a question or sponsor an episode, email [email protected]. This podcast has been graciously sponsored by JewishPodcasts.fm. There is much overhead to maintain this service so please help us continue our goal of helping Jewish lecturers become podcasters and support us with a donation: https://thechesedfund.com/jewishpodcasts/donate

What if working on your speech begins with changing how you see people? 00:00 — Why middos are the vessel for bracha02:53 — The connection between lashon hara and seeing the good26:46 — Recognizing your flaws without losing sight of your worth1:03:28 — Yosef HaTzaddik: seeing good through betrayal and hardship1:21:56 — What to do when you know the right thing but don’t feel it Thank you to our sponsors Incrementum Digital helps e-commerce businesses grow through advertising strategy and management across Amazon, Walmart, and TikTok Shop. Mention Dialing Bnei Brak for the episode’s advertised $500 discount. Learn more at incrementumdigital.com. Financial Concierge LLC helps organize investments, bank accounts, properties, and everyday cash flow. They also support family and special needs trust administration and handle Medi-Cal billing for assisted living facilities. Learn more at financialconciergeca.com. Explore courses based on Rabbi Levi’s teachings at kelil.org. Find the full Dialing Bnei Brak series on the Daily Boost podcast and TorahAnytime. This podcast has been graciously sponsored by JewishPodcasts.fm. There is much overhead to maintain this service so please help us continue our goal of helping Jewish lecturers become podcasters and support us with a donation: https://thechesedfund.com/jewishpodcasts/donate

Thank you to our sponsors: Incrementum Digital helps brands grow on Amazon, managing over $500 million in annual sales for clients. Visit https://incrementumdigital.com and mention this podcast for $500 off your first month and a free account audit. Financial Concierge LLC manages investments, bank accounts, properties, and everyday cash flow. They also support family and special needs trustees and provide Medi-Cal billing services for assisted living facilities. Visit https://financialconciergeca.com or email [email protected]. Zichron Naftali helps people in need in many ways, with virtually no overhead. Support their work by donating at https://zichronnaftali.com. What can you do while waiting to meet your zivug? And how do you stay happy for others when they’re receiving the very thing you’re hoping for? In this episode of Dialing Bnei Brak, Charlie Harary learns with Rabbi Moshe Levi about preparing for marriage through giving, honoring your parents, and developing an ayin tov: seeing others with generosity and wishing them well. They explore: Why preparing for marriage begins with the relationships you already have. How comparison and jealousy affect the way you experience someone else’s simcha. Why kibud av va’em is an essential part of learning to give. The practice of blessing someone with double when they have something you want. How to keep growing while trusting Hashem with your own timing. A practical conversation about becoming a giver, making room for bracha, and finding joy while you wait. Explore more Torah learning and upcoming courses at kelil.org. This podcast has been graciously sponsored by JewishPodcasts.fm. There is much overhead to maintain this service so please help us continue our goal of helping Jewish lecturers become podcasters and support us with a donation: https://thechesedfund.com/jewishpodcasts/donate

This Rosh Hashanah, the first day falls on Shabbos, and without the shofar, Shabbos itself becomes our advocate. But Shabbos requires something else: shalom. In this husbands-only episode, Charlie Harary and Rabbi Levy explore why one of the deepest forms of teshuvah may happen at home: how a husband sees his wife, speaks to her, supports her, and puts her needs ahead of his own. Before adding more Tehillim, Selichos, or time in shul, ask a harder question: Is my Avodas Hashem bringing more love, patience, and peace into my home? This podcast has been graciously sponsored by JewishPodcasts.fm. There is much overhead to maintain this service so please help us continue our goal of helping Jewish lecturers become podcasters and support us with a donation: https://thechesedfund.com/jewishpodcasts/donate

What does it actually mean to bring Hashem into a marriage? In this episode of Dialing Bnei Brak, Charlie Harary and Rabbi Moshe Levy explore the deeper meaning of shalom bayit, emunah and love. They explain why peace is more than simply avoiding conflict, how taharat hamishpacha creates a vessel for the Shechinah, and why the details of halacha matter inside a Jewish home. The conversation challenges the way modern culture defines love. Real love is not determined only by feelings or immediate comfort. It means trusting Hashem’s guidance, protecting the spiritual connection within the marriage and helping your spouse grow closer to Him. This episode is intended for married listeners.  This podcast has been graciously sponsored by JewishPodcasts.fm. There is much overhead to maintain this service so please help us continue our goal of helping Jewish lecturers become podcasters and support us with a donation: https://thechesedfund.com/jewishpodcasts/donate

What if tefillah begins long before you open your siddur? In this episode of Dialing Bnei Brak, Charlie Harary and Rabbi Moshe Levy explore the connection between emunah, tefillah, and hishtadlus, and why they’re not separate parts of our relationship with Hashem. Rabbi Levy explains how our actions can themselves be a form of tefillah, and why the way we prepare for davening, behave in shul, and live throughout the day can impact the words we eventually say. As we approach the Yomim Noraim, this episode challenges us to bring our minds, hearts, words, and actions into alignment and to treat every shul as the Mikdash Me’at it truly is. This podcast has been graciously sponsored by JewishPodcasts.fm. There is much overhead to maintain this service so please help us continue our goal of helping Jewish lecturers become podcasters and support us with a donation: https://thechesedfund.com/jewishpodcasts/donate

What happens when you daven, trust Hashem, and still don’t get the answer you wanted? In this episode, Charlie Harary and Rabbi Moshe Levy explore one of the hardest parts of emunah: learning to separate what happens to us from the meaning we give it. Through the story of Rabbi Akiva, the Asarah Harugei Malchus, and the deeper message of Yom Kippur, they discuss why our greatest spiritual growth may come not from what we achieve, but from how we respond when life doesn’t go according to plan. True emunah is being able to say, “I don’t understand, but I still trust You.” This podcast has been graciously sponsored by JewishPodcasts.fm. There is much overhead to maintain this service so please help us continue our goal of helping Jewish lecturers become podcasters and support us with a donation: https://thechesedfund.com/jewishpodcasts/donate

What can you do while waiting to meet your zivug? And how do you stay happy for others when they’re receiving the very thing you’re hoping for? In this episode of Dialing Bnei Brak, Charlie Harary learns with Rabbi Moshe Levi about preparing for marriage through giving, honoring your parents, and developing an ayin tov: seeing others with generosity and wishing them well. They explore: Why preparing for marriage begins with the relationships you already have. How comparison and jealousy affect the way you experience someone else’s simcha. Why kibud av va’em is an essential part of learning to give. The practice of blessing someone with double when they have something you want. How to keep growing while trusting Hashem with your own timing. A practical conversation about becoming a giver, making room for bracha, and finding joy while you wait. Explore more Torah learning and upcoming courses at kelil.org. This podcast has been graciously sponsored by JewishPodcasts.fm. There is much overhead to maintain this service so please help us continue our goal of helping Jewish lecturers become podcasters and support us with a donation: https://thechesedfund.com/jewishpodcasts/donate

Thank you to our sponsors: Incrementum Digital helps brands grow on Amazon, managing over $500 million in annual sales for clients. Visit https://incrementumdigital.com and mention this podcast for $500 off your first month and a free account audit. Financial Concierge LLC manages investments, bank accounts, properties, and everyday cash flow. They also support family and special needs trustees and provide Medi-Cal billing services for assisted living facilities. Visit https://financialconciergeca.com or email [email protected]. Zichron Naftali helps people in need in many ways, with virtually no overhead. Support their work by donating at https://zichronnaftali.com. How You See Others Changes Your Own Life When someone else gets what you’ve been praying for, how do you respond? In this episode of Dialing Bnei Brak, Charlie Harary learns with Rabbi Moshe Levi about the power of ayin tov: seeing others with generosity, celebrating their success, and wishing them more good. Through Torah teachings and everyday examples, they explore how our thoughts reveal our middos, how comparison takes away our simcha, and how developing an ayin tov builds a vessel for bracha. In this episode: What ayin tov and ayin ra mean beyond the familiar phrase “the evil eye.” Why someone else’s success doesn’t diminish what Hashem has for you. What our private reactions reveal about our intentions when we give. How gratitude helps us appreciate what’s already in our lives. Practical ways to respond to jealousy, including blessing others with double and preparing yourself before a simcha. The work begins with noticing how we see others and practicing a more generous response, again and again. Explore more Torah learning and upcoming courses at kelil.org. This podcast has been graciously sponsored by JewishPodcasts.fm. There is much overhead to maintain this service so please help us continue our goal of helping Jewish lecturers become podcasters and support us with a donation: https://thechesedfund.com/jewishpodcasts/donate