Eikev 5769 - August 7, 2009
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Perfect Game!
By Baruch Epstein
What is all the hoopla about?! Was it truly a "perfect" game? There were some poor pitches, some hard hit balls, and he actually needed a great play in the outfield to get through it... |
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Legislating Moral Conduct
By Lazer Gurkow
I recently attended a seminar on the Canadian Human Rights Commissions. On the whole, the event amounted to a wholesale "Let's Quash the Human Rights Commissions" extravaganza... |
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How Jacques Lipchitz Found G-d
The Rabbi and the Sculptor
By Dovid Zaklikowski
He said an artist needs inspiration, that you have to wait for a certain thing to come down--he called it the 'holy spirit'--and for him putting on tefillin gave him his inspiration for the day... |
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Most Valuable Basketball Player: Most Valuable Lesson
By Elad Nehorai
"Everyone has their mission. No one's mission is more important than the other," states Tamir Goodman. Tamir has found his through his life-long dream: basketball. |
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How to Deal with a Bitter Child
By Miriam Adahan
If you see signs of extreme bitterness in your children you must invest time in developing their Emotional Intelligence, by teaching them to cope with deprivation in a mature way. This is an illness which must be curbed early; otherwise it devours everyone, including the victim... |
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The Parshah in a Nutshell
Eikev - Deuteronomy 7:12-11:25
In which Moses describes a land of milk and honey, recalls our failings in
our first generation as a people, explains where bread comes from,
introduces us to the World of Because, and refers to the Messianic Age |
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The Little Things
By Mordechai Wollenberg
Of course, a large number of small quantities add up to a much larger quantity. But there is also another reason why the "small details" are so important... |
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Transforming our Desert
By Lazer Gurkow
It is an axiom of Jewish faith that G-d does not perform a miracle in vain. So why this 40-year transformation of the natural order, when G-d could have simply led our ancestors directly into the Promised Land? |
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The Meaning of Making Money
By Tzvi Freeman
If life is full of meaning, why am I spending it hustling other people for their money? |
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In the Land of Because
By Yanki Tauber
Try to imagine life without the word "because." |
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Rocks and Diamonds
By Shimon Posner
"Oh, you little boy," said the man, resting his free hand on the little boy's shoulder. "You don't know what it's like to have to schlep rocks. When you'll be big like me you'll be happy with a little oven, too" |
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Celebrating My Bat Mitzvah at Fifty-Four
A Tu B'Av Birthday and the Power of Renewal
by Liz Davidson
My Hebrew birth date is the 15th of Av, Tu b'Av-- a joyous occasion representing the ending of many poignant events in our history, and therefore representative of many new beginnings. To me this is indeed auspicious as there is a certain thread linking all of these events together... |
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Finding Your Soul Mate
by Devorah Leah West
The more you make space within yourself for another person, the more likely you are to draw the right one to yourself... |
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The Importance of Space
Lessons From My Teenager
by Lysa Appleton
I began to "get it". My son is creating space to put new boundaries, those that will be established around his autonomy, independence and free spirit... |
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