http://www.chabad.org/search/keyword.asp?kid=198 Newest articles written by Yosef Y. Jacobson Copyright 2005, Chabad.org - Chabad-Lubavitch Media Center, all rights reserved. http://www.chabad.org/media/images/50/CtRx507451.gif 130 52 http://www.chabad.org Wed, 2 Sep 2009 12:00:00 EST Wed, 2 Sep 2009 12:00:00 EST http://www.chabad.org/article.asp?aid=568668 http://www.chabad.org/article.asp?aid=568668 Angels understand that humankind is at the center of Creation. Wed, 2 Sep 2009 12:00:00 EST http://www.chabad.org/article.asp?aid=658156 http://www.chabad.org/article.asp?aid=658156 Kabbalah teaches there are four layers of consciousness through which we ascend. Wed, 2 Sep 2009 12:00:00 EST http://www.chabad.org/article.asp?aid=584679 http://www.chabad.org/article.asp?aid=584679 A fascinating lecture that probes the human psyche and its inner struggles. Wed, 26 Mar 2008 12:00:00 EST http://www.chabad.org/article.asp?aid=601596 http://www.chabad.org/article.asp?aid=601596 An inspiring talk on Rabbi Schneur Zalman’s unique contribution to Jewish spirituality. Wed, 28 Nov 2007 12:00:00 EST http://www.chabad.org/article.asp?aid=537409 http://www.chabad.org/article.asp?aid=537409 Weaving the humorous and practical, learn down to earth tips to attain happiness in marriage. Tue, 10 Jul 2007 12:00:00 EST http://www.chabad.org/article.asp?aid=473932 http://www.chabad.org/article.asp?aid=473932 If you were given a glimpse of your subconscious personality, what would you find? Mon, 5 Feb 2007 12:00:00 EST http://www.chabad.org/article.asp?aid=350962 http://www.chabad.org/article.asp?aid=350962 Destructive Confidence, Cold Intimacy, Unhealthy Submission, Wild Ambition, Sly Compassion, Brutal Rejection, Frozen Love, Perverted Intelligence, a Locked Mind, and the Death of Identity -- the Ten Sefirot, corrupted as the Ten Plagues, to be rectified as the Ten Commandments... Thu, 19 Jan 2006 12:00:00 EST http://www.chabad.org/article.asp?aid=345975 http://www.chabad.org/article.asp?aid=345975 One moment of action, against nine years of prayer and fasting... Sun, 8 Jan 2006 12:00:00 EST http://www.chabad.org/article.asp?aid=405105 http://www.chabad.org/article.asp?aid=405105 Israel will fight back until Hamas and Hezbollah accept a cease fire, at least for the time being. Yet that is exactly what we must fear... Thu, 27 Jul 2006 12:00:00 EST http://www.chabad.org/article.asp?aid=346147 http://www.chabad.org/article.asp?aid=346147 "Tell me frankly, I appeal to you -- answer me: Imagine that it is you yourself who are erecting the edifice of human destiny with the aim of making men happy in the end, of giving them peace and contentment at last, but that to do that it is absolutely necessary, and indeed quite inevitable, to torture to death only one tiny creature, the little girl who beat her breast with her little fist, and to found the edifice on her unavenged tears -- would you consent to be the architect on those conditions? Tell me and do not lie!" Ivan Karamazov, in The Brothers Karamazov by Feodor Dostoyevsky Empathy A new teacher was trying to make use of her psychology courses. She started her class by saying, "Everyone who thinks he's stupid, stand up!" After a few seconds, little Johnny stood up. The teacher was surprised, but realized this was an opportune moment to help a child. "Do you think you're stupid, Johnny?" she asked. "No, ma'am," Johnny replied, "but I hated to see you standing there all by Thu, 12 Jan 2006 12:00:00 EST