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Entering Adulthood - the Bar and Bat Mitzvah
By Aron Moss
How can a 12 or 13 year old be considered an adult? What suddenly happens at age 12/13?
Lifecycles » Bar & Bat Mitzvah » Insights » Entering Adulthood - the Bar and Bat Mitzvah
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On Being a Mentch
By Mendy Herson
Consciously or sub-consciously, we all identify as "human." Does that inspire us to strive higher, to be a mentsch? Or does it allow us to relax our standards, recognizing that we're "only human"?
Society & Living » Daily Life » On Being a Mentch
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Once Upon a Donkey
By Yanki Tauber
It was an age of boors and ascetics, a time of conflict between body and soul. Then a master appeared. "Don't beat your beast," he taught, "don't overload him and don't abandon him. Help him"
Spirituality » Short Insights » By Yanki Tauber » Once Upon a Donkey
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Why Do Rabbis Discourage Conversions?
By Aron Moss
My Jewish friends are mostly indifferent or even hostile towards their own religion, while I love Judaism and strongly desire to become a Jew. Then this rabbi tells me that "Judaism is not for you" ?!
Ideas & Beliefs » Questions & Answers » Jewish Identity » Why Do Rabbis Discourage Conversions?
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Spicy Food
By Yanki Tauber
One day about 200 years ago there was a fire in hell. The whole place burned down. It was bound to happen, with those infernal fires burning night and day and the old devils getting careless over the years...
Library » Jewish History » Chassidism » Rabbi Schneur Zalman of Liadi » Spicy Food
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In the Land of Obmah
A Rosh Hashanah story
By Yaakov Paley
After a month of determined journeying, the elders of Obmah reached the deep caves of Igsirous, the last bastion of loyalty to King Avmal remaining in the kingdom...
Jewish Holidays » High Holidays » Rosh Hashanah » Stories » In the Land of Obmah
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Two Against One
From the writings & talks of Rabbi Yosef Yitzchak of Lubavitch
When two Jews get together and one tells the other what ails his heart, the result is two G-dly souls taking on a single animal soul
Library » Stories » Chassidic » Two Against One
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Body: The Physical World According to Rabbi Schneur Zalman of Liadi
Based on the teachings of the Lubavitcher Rebbe
Which is loftier--spirit or matter? the soul or the body? The teachings of Rabbi Schneur Zalman, founder of Chabad chassidism, extol the first over the second, and then second over the first, offering a unique and life-altering vision of reality
Spirituality » Essays » Body: The Physical World According to Rabbi Schneur Zalman of Liadi
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Recipe for Successful Behavior Modification
By Sholom B. Lipskar
How does the The Torah deal with behavior modification? From the bottom up
Spirituality » Essays » Recipe for Successful Behavior Modification
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The Longer Shorter Way
Based on the teachings of the Lubavitcher Rebbe
As the most direct and simple line between two points, it is misleadingly the surest way to town; but in truth, the "direct approach" is a dead end
Spirituality » Essays » The Longer Shorter Way
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