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A Street Drain, Hot Ice & the Chanuka Flames
A Lesson In Metaphysics
By Shimona Tzukernik
Are things as they appear to be? Or is everything also its opposite? Is heat hot? Or is it cold as well? Is ice fire? And am I no-thing?
Women » Spirituality & the Feminine » Time in Thought » Chanukah & Kislev » A Street Drain, Hot Ice & the Chanuka Flames
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Tradition or Progress?
By Tzvi Freeman
As in any duality, we must determine which side of the coin is dominant and which secondary: Does progress serve tradition, or does tradition serve progress?
Spirituality » Short Insights » By Tzvi Freeman » Tradition or Progress?
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Sustained Paradox
By Tzvi Freeman
It is irrational to believe that an elephant can fit itself through the eye of a needle. But what about the One who brought elephant, needle, size, space and logic itself into existence?
Spirituality » Essays » Sustained Paradox
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Hardened Souls, Collected Sparks
Based on the teachings of the Lubavitcher Rebbe
So what is the lesson of Matot, what is essence of Massei, and what is the connection between them? And what is the significance of the fact that these two Parshiot are always read -- some years separately, and other years together -- during "The Three ...
Parshah » Matot-Massei » Chassidic Masters » Hardened Souls, Collected Sparks
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Mutually Exclusive
Wherever Light spreads, it does not find Darkness. For Light, Darkness does not exist. Wherever Darkness spreads, it does not find Light. For Darkness, Light does not exist. In the Time To Come, the two shall coincide and know one another in perfect ...
Spirituality » Meditations » Collection I » Mutually Exclusive
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Both Ways
One who loves must learn fear. One who fears must learn love. The thinker must do. The doer must think. The pacifist must fight, the fighter must find peace. If you flow as a river, burn as a fire. If you burn as a furnace, flow as a river. If you fly as ...
Spirituality » Meditations » Collection I » Both Ways
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Being Paradox
Don't be "this". Don't let them define you. If you catch yourself fitting into a definition, contradict it. Never travel a single road. Always walk through the splitting of the sea.
Spirituality » Meditations » Collection I » Being Paradox
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The Seven Fat Cows
By Yanki Tauber
Don't run away from the dream, don't look for some other meaning. If the cosmic slumber of galut presents you with the paradox of the fat cow and the lean cow grazing together, make the dream the solution. Even Pharaoh recognizes good advice when he sees ...
Spirituality » Short Insights » By Yanki Tauber » The Seven Fat Cows
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G‑d's Business
Based on the teachings of the Lubavitcher Rebbe
Was Adam and Eve's sin part of "the plan"?
Parshah » Bereishit - Genesis » Bereishit » Chassidic Masters » G‑d's Business
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Why It's Frustrating to Have a Brain
By Yanki Tauber
You see the way things are, and the way they ought to be. That's why human beings enjoy a higher stress level than cows, for example
Spirituality » Short Insights » By Yanki Tauber » Why It's Frustrating to Have a Brain
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