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Don't Ignore Your Body - Mishpatim
By Rabbi Ben A.
Although our recovery is based on spiritual principles, this does not imply that we can or should ignore our bodies in the name of spiritual refinement.
Society & Living » Jewish Recovery » Judaism & Recovery » Parshah » Exodus - Shemot » Don't Ignore Your Body - Mishpatim
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Facing Reality as an Embodied Soul
Judaism & Asceticism
By Shais Taub
Would you take a sublime and transcendent spiritual being and lock it up? That's what G-d did when He sent your soul to earth. What was He getting at?
Audio Classes » Spirituality » Purpose » Facing Reality as an Embodied Soul
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Don't Be Holy!
Holiness is overrated, Kedushah is not
By Shlomo Yaffe
The things that are kodesh, "holy," are the ordinary events and stuff of life; remaining so, but separated from undesirable elements that would dilute and weaken them.
Parshah » Vayikra - Leviticus » Kedoshim » Parshah Columnists » Torah for Now » Don't Be Holy!
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"Pass the salt, please..."
By Naftali Silberberg
How does one simultaneously dwell in two contradictory worlds—the world of the spirit and the world of the flesh? Sprinkling every area of life with salt is the solution.
Parshah » Vayikra - Leviticus » Acharei » Parshah Columnists » Parshah Messages » "Pass the salt, please..."
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Nazirites and Nunneries
By Yossy Goldman
One Talmudic opinion suggests that because the Nazarite denies himself the pleasure of drinking wine, he is considered "sinful." But why should it be wrong to deny oneself anything?
Parshah » Bamidbar - Numbers » Naso » Parshah Columnists » Weekly Sermonette » Nazirites and Nunneries
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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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Seeing Lessons
By Shlomo Yaffe
Hedonism and ascetics are two sides of this same Hellenic coin: when the soul (flame) meets the body (wick), either the flame gutters out, or it consumes the wick leaving only formless soot behind...
Jewish Holidays » Chanukah » Insights & Stories » The Battle » Seeing Lessons
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Does G-d Want Us To Enjoy Ourselves?
By Yanki Tauber
The message is mixed
Spirituality » Short Insights » By Yanki Tauber » Does G-d Want Us To Enjoy Ourselves?
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G-d's Nourishment
Told by the Lubavitcher Rebbe
Dressed in the clothes of a simple wayfarer, the Baal Shem Tov would travel from town to town and from hamlet to hamlet, asking questions
Library » Stories » Chassidic » G-d's Nourishment
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