Dedicated by Moris and Lillian Tabacinic · In loving memory of Menachem Mendel and Shaindel Tabacinic
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We all have a beast inside. The point is not simply to muzzle that animal, but to harness its power.
The first step is to determine what sort of an animal this is. Then you will know what can be done with it.
A sheep, for example, doesn’t care to hurt anyone. An ox, on the other hand, can kick and gore.
But did you...
Mental health professionals have a sacred obligation to find a way to utilize the therapeutic benefits of meditation in a kosher way.
Moses’ staff figures prominently throughout the story of the Exodus from Egypt and our ancestors’ subsequent sojourn in the desert. But Scripture doesn’t tell us the history of the staff.
Does the mitzvah count if you scrupulously perform the physical details but without feeling?
The Jewish calendar is the structure upon which all Jewish holidays are based. It follows the lunar cycle, which means that the year is comprised of 12 lunar months (of approximately 29.5 days...
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Seas splitting, shofars sounding, plagues, paranormal visions… what do you know about the miracles in the Torah?
And it will come to pass, when all these things befall you -- the blessing and the curse which I have set before you -- that you will consider in your heart, among all the nations where the L-rd your G-d has banished you. And you will return to the L-rd your God with all your heart and with all your soul... Then the L-rd your G-d will bring back your exiles... Even if your exiles are at the end of the heavens, the L-rd your G-d will gather you from there... and He will bring you to the land which your forefathers possessed, and you will take possession of it; and He will do good to you, and He will make you more numerous than your forefathers...
– Deuteronomy 30:1-5
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