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Moshe Benovitz: Why Religious Change Doesn't Always Last [Teshuva 6/6]

Sep 29, 2025
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INSIGHT

Behavior Vs. Personality Change

  • Rapid external behavior change often reflects behavior modification, not deep personality development.
  • Sustainable religious growth requires internal attitude shifts, not just acted behaviors.
ANECDOTE

The Dog That Kept Kosher

  • Benovitz recounts a former student teaching his dog 'kosher' and 'treif' as a party trick.
  • A rabbi wept, seeing the superficiality and likened it to shallow religious change.
ADVICE

Prioritize Inner Growth

  • Prioritize personality development over mere behavior modification in education and teshuva.
  • Aim to change attitudes, control emotions, and internalize values, not just actions.
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