Mishpatim 5769 - February 20, 2009 |
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Why is My Self-Esteem so Tied Up with My Career?
By Tzvi Freeman
You are fighting a deeply ingrained instinct. A man is a provider--does he have any instinct stronger than this? To provide for his family he will put his very life on the line without a second thought... |
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Will We Still Have Free Choice When Moshiach Comes?
By Yisroel Cotlar
From what I've read, it seems like we will automatically do the right thing. And without any decisions to make, won't life be pretty boring? |
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Which is the Greatest Mitzvah?
By Malkie Janowski
When a person gives charity, he is not sanctifying merely his food, or some other possession, or his mental capabilities; he is giving up something in which he invested his whole self... |
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Divergent Paths
By Chana Weisberg
I am looking to follow in other's footsteps—to trace the paths that those ahead of me have already tried and tested. She is intrigued by her unique imprints and by forging her own new path where no one has stepped. |
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To Save a Friend
By Chaya Sarah Silberberg
"Very well," sneered the commandant. "Don't sign. You will be in this prison for eight more years. And we'll see how your G‑d will help you…" |
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For Her Child's Future
By Bronya Shaffer
Precious as Jewish education is, they'd just enrolled their children in the local public school. The cost was just too great, and in the economic crunch, sacrifices had to be made. |
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Your Alcohol or Your Life
By Rabbi Ben A.
Repeated experience has made it abundantly clear that I can either have
everything I ever wanted out of life OR I can have alcohol. I can't have both. |
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The Rosh Yeshivah and the Shliach
By Avraham Berkowitz
As I helped him fill his cart with the items his wife had put on his shopping list, I realized that I was speaking with Rabbi Noach Weinberg, the celebrated Rosh Yeshivah of the Aish Hatorah institutions... |
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Kosher Cop
By Elad Nehorai
Steve Riback found himself pursuing a job as a policeman in Las Vegas. He wanted to be a warrior for good. Little did Steve know how much of a warrior G‑d wanted him to be. |
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The Parshah in a Nutshell
Indentured servants, goring oxen, partially repaid loans, fined thieves, the separation of meat and milk -- the laws, the technicalities, the wider applications, and the deeper spiritual import of these and 48 other mitzvot |
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A Matter of Ethics
By Shlomo Yaffe
G‑d inserted the reading of Mishpatim before going back in time to discuss key elements of the narrative of the giving of the Torah. His way of saying: "Before you can receive the Torah fully—study Mishpatim! |
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Four Excuses
By Yanki Tauber
The "That's How G-d Made Me" excuse, the "Sorry I Lost
It" excuse, the "I'm Special" excuse, and the "What's the
Use" excuse |
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Catalysts of Change
By Shimona Tzukernik
The Lubavitcher Rebbe understood that it is women who are the catalysts of change. Through empowering them, one hastens the social, psychological and spiritual revolution of mankind ... |
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International Women’s Conference Kicks Off in New York
By Shalom Klein
More than 2,900 people are expected to attend the gala banquet of the largest-ever International Conference of Chabad-Lubavitch Women Emissaries. |
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