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Lag BaOmer
‘I Think I Can’: Rabbi Akiva and the Power to Believe
I know it gives them strength. I certainly know it gives me strength. But what exactly is the strength that we tap into by saying, “G‑d willing, you can; I can?”
I know it gives them strength. I certainly know it gives me strength. But what exactly is the strength that we tap into by saying, “G‑d willing, you can; I can?”
Why the Bow and Arrow on Lag BaOmer?
Why do we play with a bow and arrow on the Jewish holiday of Lag BaOmer?
Why do we play with a bow and arrow on the Jewish holiday of Lag BaOmer?
Love Distorted
The night their father left town, his sons reminisced about their shared childhood, and the messages stressed in their home...
The night their father left town, his sons reminisced about their shared childhood, and the messages stressed in their home...
By the Numbers
The Jubilee Year
The Yovel (Jubilee) year took place every 50 years. The fields were left fallow, slaves were freed, and land was returned.
The Yovel (Jubilee) year took place every 50 years. The fields were left fallow, slaves were freed, and land was returned.
13 Ideas to Help Avoid Conflict
Our sages tell us that peace is the greatest blessing, and that it’s what G‑d wants most for and from us.
Our sages tell us that peace is the greatest blessing, and that it’s what G‑d wants most for and from us.
Parshah
Alone in the World: 43 Years Since Entebbe
On the fifth day of the crisis, when all but the Jewish hostages were released, the Israeli government realized that Jews were once again alone in the world. History was repeating itself.
On the fifth day of the crisis, when all but the Jewish hostages were released, the Israeli government realized that Jews were once again alone in the world. History was repeating itself.
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So Where Do I Get an Interest-Free Loan?
Our entire existence is on loan from G-d. The question is, can we make the divine loan into a divine investment?
Our entire existence is on loan from G-d. The question is, can we make the divine loan into a divine investment?
Wonder: A Multimedia Meditation
Start each day with wonder and open your eyes to the miracles that abound.
Start each day with wonder and open your eyes to the miracles that abound.
The Unexpected Kaddish
I first met the family some seven years ago, when I was called to perform a bris on their newborn son.
I first met the family some seven years ago, when I was called to perform a bris on their newborn son.
Story
The Woman Who Didn't Want to Get Divorced
“Just as your union began with feasting, let your parting of ways be similarly celebrated.”
“Just as your union began with feasting, let your parting of ways be similarly celebrated.”
Lifestyle
Every kindness bestowed by G-d should cause a person to be exceedingly humble. For a Divine kindness means that G-d is literally bringing the person closer to Himself; and the closer a person is to G-d, the greater the humility this should evoke in him. Since "all before Him is as naught," the more "before Him" a person is, the more "as naught" should he perceive himself to be.
— Rabbi Schneur Zalman of Liadi, upon his liberation from prison
Print Magazine
Blind faith cannot grasp Truth, because it does not grasp anything at all.
Intellect cannot grasp Truth, because intellect is finite and Truth is infinite.
Only the eye of the soul, its inner wisdom, can grasp Truth and know it as she knows her own self.
For she is Truth.
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