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Superman Ain't Got Nothing on Me
By Elad Nehorai
When I was younger, guys like Superman and Batman were my heroes. Their big muscles gripping their huge guns made boys my age want to emulate them. Not much has changed since...
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Buried Alive
By Elisha Greenbaum
It is a little known lowlight of history that the Nazis were avid Judaica collectors. Rather than destroy the artifacts and objets d'art they had captured, they preserved them and actively added to the collection...
Parshah » Vayikra - Leviticus » Bechukotai » Parshah Columnists » Parshah Musings » Buried Alive
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The Object
Ethics 3:1
By Yanki Tauber
Man turned away from G-d, searched for G-d, discovered truth, attained holiness. But the physical world had no part in this; it was just scenery, a backdrop painted with patches of withheld light, against which G-d/man saga played
Library » Ethics of the Fathers » Chapter 3 » Insights » The Object
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The First Creation
Based on the teachings of the Lubavitcher Rebbe
"Creation" (beriah, in the Hebrew), which means bringing something into being out of a prior state of non-existence, implies a "before" and "after"; so to say that G-d created anything is also to say that He first (or simultaneously) created time...
Parshah » Bereishit - Genesis » Bereishit » Chassidic Masters » The First Creation
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The Breakthrough
Based on the teachings of the Lubavitcher Rebbe
Our Sages tell us that the Torah was studied and observed by our ancestors for hundreds of years before the revelation at Sinai. So why do we celebrate that event as the "Giving of the Torah"? What actually happened at Sinai?
Parshah » Festivals & Special Readings » Shavuot » Chassidic Masters » The Breakthrough
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The Development
By Mattis Kantor
Two cows, they were, sharing a paddock on the same farm...
Spirituality » Essays » The Development
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Mitzvot are for Us
By Zalman Posner
The light of the Menorah wasn't for G-d's benefit; it was for us. Same is true for all the commandments.
Parshah » Shemot - Exodus » Tetzaveh » Parshah Columnists » Reflections on the Parshah » Mitzvot are for Us
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Every Mitzvah Has Its Price
The Zohar teaches that we must give of ourselves when giving to G-d.
By Rabbi Shimon bar Yochai; translation & commentary by Moshe Miller
The Zohar teaches that we must give of ourselves when giving to G-d.
Kabbalah Online » Weekly Torah » Archives » Shemot - Exodus » Teruma » The Zohar » Every Mitzvah Has Its Price
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Miscellaneous Tzitzit Laws and Customs
By Naftali Silberberg
Tzitzit in a cemetery; folding a tallit on Shabbat; proper disposal of tzitzit; and more...
Jewish Practice » Tallit and Tzitzit » Handbook » Miscellaneous Tzitzit Laws and Customs
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Proper Disposal of Holy Objects
By Menachem Posner
Question: Rabbi, 1. Sometimes I print out pages from the web that contain G‑d's name. If I need to discard them, should I give them any proper care? Is it necessary to even bury them like one does a prayer book? 2. A related question: Perhaps I'm being ...
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