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Limitations and Freedom
By Tali Loewenthal
We all have the same problem. It just shows itself in different forms. On the one hand we want freedom: healthy, pure, wholesome joys, the just rewards and fruits of our efforts. On the other hand, this quest is beset by problems, which we can group ...
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The Bigger Picture
By Mordechai Wollenberg
Without collective achievement, we cannot achieve individual fulfillment
Parshah » Devarim - Deuteronomy » Ki Tavo » Parshah Columnists » Weekly Torah » The Bigger Picture
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How Many Firsts?
Kabbalists describe the nature of Creation and its sanctification.
From Rabbi Isaiah Horowitz
Kabbalists describe the nature of Creation and its sanctification.
Kabbalah Online » Weekly Torah » Archives » Devarim - Deuteronomy » Ki Tavo » Mystical Classics » How Many Firsts?
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First In, First Served
The Zohar teaches that the offering of First Fruits unites the spiritual with the physical.
The Zohar teaches that the offering of First Fruits unites the spiritual with the physical.
Kabbalah Online » Weekly Torah » Archives » Devarim - Deuteronomy » Ki Tavo » The Zohar » First In, First Served
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The Founding First Fruits
Kabbalah explains how the fruits of Israel are connected to the 7 days of Creation.
From Ner Yisrael by Rabbi Yisrael Friedman of Ruzhin; adapted by Binyamin Adilman
Kabbalah explains how the fruits of Israel are connected to the 7 days of Creation
Kabbalah Online » Weekly Torah » Archives » Devarim - Deuteronomy » Ki Tavo » Chasidic Masters » The Founding First Fruits
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Rendering Up and Holding Back
To bring good into the world, and exclude evil, a filter is needed.
From Rabbi Yitzchak Luria
To bring good into the world, and exclude evil, a filter is needed
Kabbalah Online » Weekly Torah » Archives » Devarim - Deuteronomy » Ki Tavo » The Holy Ari » Rendering Up and Holding Back
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The Case of the Basket
By Yanki Tauber
That "the rich get richer and the poor get poorer" is a fact already noted by the Talmud some 1,500 years ago. But what's so great about being rich, anyway?
Spirituality » Short Insights » By Yanki Tauber » The Case of the Basket
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Two Aspects of Thanksgiving
By Shraga Sherman
The first approach reflects the depth of one’s faith, but is likely to be a very abstract and amorphous response. The second, steeped in intellect, may lack the spontaneity and power of the first, but truly penetrates the entire personality of the ...
Parshah » Devarim - Deuteronomy » Ki Tavo » Parshah Columnists » Guest Columnists » Two Aspects of Thanksgiving
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Jewish Joy
By Yossy Goldman
One of the prison guards told the Rebbe that when he beats a prisoner, he drinks his tea without its usual dose of sugar. Just watching the torture sweetened his tea... With a Jew, it's the other way around: knowing that a fellow's needs are unsatisfied ...
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Crossing the Border
Based on the teachings of the Lubavitcher Rebbe
The sages of the Talmud disagree on the point in Jewish history at which time the obligation to bring bikkurim ("first fruits") came into effect; the Rebbe sees their debate as a lesson on the nature, uses and hindrances of knowledge and consciousness
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