Psychoanalysis and the Rebbe: Volume 5, Issue 37, Matos-Masei

July 26, 2025; 1 Av, 5785 Sponsored anonymously for the Refuah Shleimah of Yair Nissan Ben Sara

The Rebbe Rashab of Chabad was known as a man of complete Emes (truth), earning the profound respect of the great Rav Chaim Soloveitchik ZT”L. His teaching on integrity was clear and uncompromising: "Truth is the middle path. An inclination to the right - to be overly stringent with oneself and find faults with oneself that are not really there; or an inclination to the left - to be overly lenient with oneself, rationalizing one’s faults and being overly lenient and ignoring the demands of Avodas Hashem (service to Hashem) out of self-love — both of the above are pathways of falsehood..."

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Too Poor for a Copayment: Volume 5, Issue 36, Pinchas

July 19, 2025; 23 Tammuz, 5785 Sponsored anonymously for the Refuah Shleimah of Yair Nissan Ben Sara

QUESTION: The following question is pertinent to many doctors that accept insurance company payments. The insurance company requires that the doctor charges the patient a copayment that typically ranges from $25 to $30. Requiring a copayment (which the doctor keeps) is a practice instituted by the insurance company to help ensure that people go to the doctor when they really need to and not whenever they feel like it, which may occur if a visit to the doctor was completely free.

However, If the doctor has patients that cannot afford the copayment, may the doctor forgo the payment in those cases? ...

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UA Shoes For Sale: Volume 5, Issue 35, Balak

July 12, 2025; 16 Tammuz, 5785 Sponsored anonymously for the Refuah Shleimah of Yair Nissan Ben Sara

QUESTION: Unauthorized authentic shoes (“UA Shoes”) are produced by shoe factories when they produce excess pairs of shoes beyond what the brand companies have ordered. After fulfilling the brand's quota, the excess leftover shoes remain in the factory - physically identical to the "authentic" shoes, however they have not been authorized for sale by the brand. Third parties often acquire and sell UA Shoes below the retail price of the authorized shoes.

May one purchase or sell UA Shoes since they lack the authorization from the brand to do so? ...

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