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Troublemaking Together
Parshat Noach
By Stacey GoldmanAs a mother, I have a responsibility to teach my sons to do the right thing. But the right thing can mean, at least ephemerally, getting along and cooperating...  3 Comments | |
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Looking at Yourself Through Others
Parshat Noach
By Nechoma Greisman; edited by Rabbi Moshe MillerNoach teaches a person a very fundamental lesson in interpersonal relationships — how to avoid saying negative things about other people, and how to avoid seeing negative things in other people. 3 Comments | |
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Pleased to Meet Me
Parshat Lech Lecha
By Sara Esther CrispeEach Jew must look at him or herself and ask the question, “Who am I? What do I believe?” For we are not intended to be robots, we must do, but we also must know and understand... 5 Comments | |
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A Rose By Any Other Name
Parshat Vayeira
By Stacey GoldmanDoes your name define you? Do you know what your name means? Would you consider it a goal to live up to the meaning of your name? My English name is Stacey, the meaning of which is not fit to print in a Jewish magazine... 8 Comments | |
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"Listen to Her Voice"
Parshat Chayei Sarah
By Chany VakninBe spiritual. Listen to Sarah. Listen to your body. Use it. Use your animalistic drives and earthly achievements for G-dly missions. That’s exactly what G-d wants from you. 3 Comments | |
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How Rebecca Learned to Fly
Parshat Toldot
By Stacey GoldmanSome of us thrive as a result of a challenging environment; our struggles refine our characters and make us even greater people. And sometimes, no matter what we do, we cannot seem to rise above the circumstances of our birth... 4 Comments | |
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Rivers of the Soul
Parshat Toldot
By Chana KrollAll Jews are well-diggers, even today. Whatever you do for your physical livelihood and your spiritual livelihood, all depends on digging lasting wells... 2 Comments | |
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The Contributing Factor
Parshat Vayeitzei
By Chana KrollA woman must cultivate a relationship with her Creator and use her mind to its fullest capacity. Only then, asserts the Akeidat Yitzchak, can a woman fulfill her second role as Chava, 'mother of all life', a role which crowns the role of isha. 2 Comments | |
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The Cup is Half Full
Parshat Vayishlach
By Stacey GoldmanA man with tens of millions, the owner of several homes around the world and a private jet, related wistfully of a colleague who built his own landing strip... 1 Comment | |
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Outgoing Woman
Parshat Vayishlach
Based on the teachings of the Lubavitcher Rebbe"Like mother, like daughter" comment our sages, comparing Dinah's "going out to see the daughters of the land" with Leah's own "outings." 11 Comments | |
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Flames and Fortitude
Parshat Mikeitz
By Stacey GoldmanImagine if we, as busy women, were able to take a half an hour out of our day and just sit and relax, completely guilt free. And yet, for eight straight days this is exactly what we are commanded to do... 1 Comment | |
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What I Gained in Hebrew School
Parshat Vayigash
By Chany VakninNancy called my father, complaining that the school van never came pick up her kids. It didn't take long for my father to realize what I had done... | |
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Twelve as One
Parshat Vayechi
By Chana KrollWhen Jacob was about to die, he called his twelve sons to his side. They gathered around him, and the twelve individuals became one unified soul... 1 Comment | |
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In an Age of Instant Messaging
Parshat Vayechi
By Esther KosofskyIn an age of instant messaging, instant coffee and instant soup, how long would you wait for a return on a favor before you wrote it off? Patience may be considered a virtue but for many, we are too impatient to be that virtuous... 1 Comment | |
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A Transformed Identity
Parshat Shemot
By Chana KrollDetermining right from wrong is something that we are constantly challenged with throughout our lives. Yet nothing is harder to face and acknowledge than when the "wrong" is happening in our own homes... 1 Comment | |
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Turning Up the Heat
Parshat Va'eira
By Sarah ZadokThe very concept of Egypt denotes limitation, a sense of entrapment, blockage and slavery. And we have a directive to escape this reality every day. We don't need to physically live in the land of Egypt under Pharaoh's rule to feel enslaved... 6 Comments | |
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Bitterness Moves
Parshat Beshalach
By Chana KrollWhen confronted with pain, we have three choices... | |
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