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Let Them Eat Cake
By Yaakov Paley
Some things are so very astounding that the casually passing mind refuses to notice the wonder.
Spirituality » Essays » Let Them Eat Cake

Alef Bet
Who placed the intimate secret of the cosmos on a plush toy dangling above my little boy's head?
By Yaakov Paley
And this little boy? When he awakens, what will he see? Undoubtedly he will marvel at neat rows of colored squiggles and wonder what they are doing in his crib. He is far too young to realize what he is looking at...
Spirituality » Short Insights » By Yaakov Paley » Alef Bet

The Mystic Brother
Not much has changed in 3,600 years...
By Yaakov Paley
Why did they find it so very difficult to accept the guidance of a mystic brother, yet so easy to be subservient to a foreign Pharaoh?
Society & Living » Current Events » News Archives » The Mystic Brother

Bus Number 43
By Yaakov Paley
Is Nature a sleek bus that makes random stops? Or is the itinerary determined by our input and effort? Perhaps the bus driver ignores individuals but looks for a convenient crowd to smile upon?
Spirituality » Short Insights » By Yaakov Paley » Bus Number 43

The Rainbow in the Cloud
By Yaakov Paley
To touch some of heaven's radiance, then curve gracefully back towards the earth in a glorious ray of colors that are manmade reflections of G-d's truth and hope for mankind
Parshah » Bereishit - Genesis » Noach » Parshah Columnists » Guest Columnists » The Rainbow in the Cloud

The Secret of the Fifteen Steps
By Yaakov Paley
At the call of the dawn, two priests sounded their trumpets and began to descend the 15 steps that led down from the Men's Courtyard to the Women's Courtyard...
Jewish Holidays » Sukkot & Simchat Torah » Sukkot » Study » Essays » The Secret of the Fifteen Steps

Pestered By Angels
By Yaakov Paley
It's not too often that an angel drops by for a cup of tea and a chat, or that one discovers a heavenly being hovering impatiently in the waiting room...
Spirituality » Short Insights » By Yaakov Paley » Pestered By Angels

Tanagers
By Yaakov Paley
They seem just as human as the others. They bleed when cut, and the blood is always red. A gentile could eat cholent and a Jew could own a baseball team. Are they one species or two?
Spirituality » Short Insights » By Yaakov Paley » Tanagers

Freedom in a Cracker
By Yaakov Paley
It contains no oil or honey, nuts or fruit, not even a coating of egg and poppy seeds... How did this "bread of poverty" wrangle center stage in the festival celebrating our acquisition of the greatest of wealths--our freedom?
Jewish Holidays » Passover » Study & History » Leaven and Matzah » Freedom in a Cracker

Twins: a Saga
By Yaakov Paley
For what is man/ But a frame/ Of living wood/ With a bark of flesh/ Whose spent years/ Are carefully recorded/ In the rings of his soul/ To be counted and measured/ When his tree is felled--?
Jewish Holidays » Tu B'Shevat » Man and Tree » Twins: a Saga

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