Tazria-Metzora 5769 - April 24, 2009 |
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Am I Only Human?
By Baruch Epstein
An animal does what it does, it makes no choices, it makes no mistakes. Lions eat zebras and raccoons knock over garbage pails. We can be annoyed but never angry with them. We must never be raccoons. |
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Is Judaism For Everybody?
By Tzvi Freeman
My mother was a fairly devout Italian Catholic and my father an Anglican skeptic who never went to church. I was always so confused. Then I discovered Judaism, and I love it! What's my next step? |
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How Do I Know What is my Mission in Life?
By Chana Weisberg
Since the beginning of time a "piece of the world" has been waiting for a particular soul to purify and repair it; but how do we we know which piece is ours? |
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Can Hallucinogenics Aid Spirituality?
By Dovid Zaklikowski
I've heard that certain tribes used various narcotic substances to help achieve a mystic state. Is there room for this in Jewish practice? |
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The Two Talmuds
By Eliezer Posner
Why are there two Talmuds? And why is the "Babylonian Talmud" concidered more authoritative than the "Jerusalem Talmud"? |
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Defiance
By Deena Yellin
As the film credits rolled, Jessica Bielski sat perfectly still in her chair and wept. Finally, her grandfather's amazing story of how he helped save hundreds of Jews from Nazi extermination would be told to the world. |
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Ego Strengths – And Their Absence
By Dr. Miriam Adahan
Throughout our lives, we will all experience endless irritations, frustrations and losses. What makes the difference between those who stay down and those who pick themselves up and start rebuilding? |
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The Blessing of Rising Healthcare Costs
By Naftali Silberberg
How do we reduce healthcare costs? It would seem reasonable to start with identifying the reasons behind the soaring costs. Then, hopefully, we can start cutting them—and passing the savings on to the consumers. |
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The Young Artist's Jealous Teacher
By Dovid Zaklikowski
Just before the siege, Yaakov met his sister, Ita Sosonkin at the outskirts of Leningrad. With tears in their eyes, they promised each other that whoever stays alive will take care of the other's children. |
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Marital Secrets
By Tzippora Price
My mother and my grandmother both say that a married woman needs to know how to keep a few secrets. Do spouses in healthy marriages still have secrets from each other? Is there such a thing as too much honesty? |
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The Parshah in a Nutshell
The dynamics of birth and the covenant of circumcision, the power of speech and the plague of whiteness, contaminating blood and purifying pools of water |
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The Monthly Marriage
By Manis Friedman
Marriages need separations. Sometimes a couple will get into arguments and be angry at each other just for the sake of creating a distance so that husband and wife can feel like they're coming together... But there's a better way. |
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The Loving Admonisher
By Elisha Greenbaum
While the cohen wasn't paid for his services and thus couldn't be accused of padding his nest at the community's expense, the question still remains: why did they need a cohen? |
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Rigorous Self-Honesty
By Rabbi Ben A.
In terms of our spiritual development, we can apply this law to all types of spiritual sicknesses. We are not the ones to make the final diagnosis of our own faults and shortcomings... |
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But It's True...
By Zalman Posner
How often people justify malicious gossip with the explanation that the slander is true? |
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