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Life Behind Bars
By Naftali Silberberg
We make mistakes. And we pay for them, sometimes quite dearly. Does this mean that we should ascept that we have, in effect, "lost" a portion of our life? What about someone serving a life sentence in prison?
Society & Living » Issues » Life Behind Bars
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Families, Prisoners and Torah
By Sholom B. Lipskar
Torah and mitzvot aid lonely souls...in and out of prison
Kabbalah Online » Kabbalah & Society » Culture » Families, Prisoners and Torah
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Prisoners, Families and Torah
By Sholom B. Lipskar
Mitzvot for the incarcerated souls...in and out of prison
Kabbalah Online » Everyday Life » Self-Improvement » Prisoners, Families and Torah
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Are You Just ‘Doing Time’?
By Yossi Ives
The author's experiences with prison inmates leads him to think that criminals aren't the only ones who are doing time...
Society & Living » Daily Life » Are You Just ‘Doing Time’?
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Who Are You?
By Moshe S.
In prison, you lose your identity. You can't be a thief when you aren't stealing; you can't be a drug dealer when you aren't dealing. You have no status in the underworld and no status in the real world
Society & Living » Voices » Personal Journeys » Who Are You?
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Candles Behind Bars
By Eli & Malka Touger
There are 50 states in the US, said the Rebbe, and all but one allowed Jewish inmates to light Chanukah candles. "Would you believe it? It is only here, in New York State, that prisoners cannot light menorahs for Chanukah!"
Library » Stories » Chassidic » Candles Behind Bars
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Above the Fray
By Dovi Scheiner
To successfully escape from prison, you need someone on the outside pulling for you. Take it from Jacob, who wouldn't be found dead in Egypt.
Parshah » Bereishit - Genesis » Vayechi » Parshah Columnists » Guest Columnists » Above the Fray
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Prison
To allow a person to live, and yet to deprive him of living, is inhumane
The Rebbe » Wisdom » Insights » Prison
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Prison Juice
By Tzvi Freeman
Imprisonment is a fate worse than death, out of which the truly righteous squeeze an elixir more potent than life
Spirituality » Short Insights » By Tzvi Freeman » Prison Juice
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The Rebbe's Prison Diary
From the writings of Rabbi Yosef Yitzchak of Lubavitch
Nachmanson turned to me, his face red with rage: "Forget that you are Schneersohn, the distinguished Bogamolnik. You are now a simple person who is being punished for your flagrant acts against the proletariat. Now you will pay for everything"
Library » Jewish History » Chassidism » The Rebbe's Prison Diary
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