"Beholden" is a synonym for "grateful". The Oxford Dictionary defines beholden as, "Owing thanks or having a duty to someone in return for help or a service." The sample sentence the dictionary uses is, "I don't like to be beholden to anybody." An attitude like that in a relationship is devastating, whether it's a relationship with the Almighty or with your spouse. Grateful people are never bitter but bitter people are never grateful.
Emergency: Psalms 19 - 21
Is There Really Free Choice? Parshat Bo
Why All the Blessings?
Voice from Above: Likutei Moharan II, Torah 2, Part 4
My Rock: Psalm 18
The Depth of Gratitude: Parshat Va’era
Emuna in the Dark
Perfect Speech: Likutei Moharan II, Torah 2, Part 3
The Holy Mountain: Psalms 14-17
Spiritual Cardiology - Likutei Moharan II, Torah 2, Part 2
Vanished Nations: Psalms 10-13
A Taste of Paradise: Likutei Moharan II - Torah 2
The Baby’s Prayer: Psalms 7 - 9
Why Aren’t You Happy?
Lights of Glory: Likutei Moharan Torah 14, Part 4
Secure Solitude: A Lesson on Psalms 4 - 6
Blessing a Wounded Soldier
At Peace with Ourselves: Likutei Moharan Torah 114, Part 3
A Tree on the Riverbank: Psalms 1-3
Holy Humility: Likutei Moharan Torah 14, Part 2
Create your
podcast in
minutes
It is Free
Rav Gershon Ribner
The Nightingale of Iran
Wondering Jews with Mijal and Noam
For Heaven’s Sake
Unpacking Israeli History