Coming in Second
By Shifra Hendrie
The Rebbe smiled at the little boy. "In the game of life," he explained "we're supposed to be players—but many people choose to be observers, to just sit in the stands. But you," he said to the child, "Be a player."
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Taking the Lead
By Shifra Hendrie
Apparently, our use of language - our stories, our beliefs, our attitudes, our complaints and fears - actually shapes our future
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Leaving Egypt for Good
The Inner Power of Passover
By Shifra Hendrie
From that moment, there was no longer any force in the world powerful enough to keep a Jew from connecting with G‑d. No force in the world. But inside the Jew—that's a different story...
Jewish Holidays » Passover » Study & History » The Exodus » Leaving Egypt for Good
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The Journey Back
By Shifra Hendrie
From the serene perfection of the Garden, they had been plunged into the fearful reality of galut (exile) – a world where something was terribly wrong...
Parshah » Bereishit - Genesis » Bereishit » Parshah Columnists » Guest Columnists » The Journey Back
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A Blast of Light
By Shifra Hendrie
Rosh Hashanah holds within it an awesome power. The light of the past is withdrawn and the light of the future has yet to come down into the world and into your life. The Book is open. What will you choose?
Jewish Holidays » High Holidays » Rosh Hashanah » Study » Essays » A Blast of Light
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Finding G-d in the Details
By Shifra Hendrie
If you’ve ever had this experience, you have unwittingly stumbled upon one of the core spiritual secrets of Creation: a three-fold pattern of vision-breakdown-transformation, or light-darkness-light.
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Can People Change?
creating something from nothing
By Shifra Hendrie
G-d creates from "Nothing" because nothingness, ayin, actually means absolute, infinite possibility. And as a beings created in the image of G-d, we, too, can create "something from nothing"
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The Other Side of the Tapestry
By Shifra Hendrie
Our lives are like the reverse side of a great tapestry. From the back, it all looks random and chaotic: all we can see are the knots, the imperfections, some bumps, smears of color...
Society & Living » Voices » Personal Journeys » The Other Side of the Tapestry
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The Secret of the Void
The Kabbalah of Self-discovery
By Shifra Hendrie
The illusion of "I'm all alone in here!" is powerful, but not total. If we were totally cut off from an awareness of what lies beyond, chances are we'd be perfectly content...
Society & Living » Daily Life » The Secret of the Void
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The Kabbalah of Adolescence
By Shifra Hendrie
Like the moon, your child may be lovely, but he is a reflector. You assert, she believes. You decide, he accepts. You give, she takes. Then comes the chaos of adolescence...
Society & Living » Parenting » Other Authors » The Kabbalah of Adolescence
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