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Eikev

Parshah
What Was the Manna?

The manna was the miraculous edible substance that fell each day from heaven during the 40-year period between the Exodus and the conquest of Israel.
Bread From Earth, Blessings From Heaven

Why on earth do we thank G‑d with a blessing about bread from the heavens? The bread we eat, bread grown from the ground with great investment of toil and time, is categorically different from the manna in the desert, which miraculously descended from the heavens each morning of their 40-year sojourn.
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Q&A: The Surviving Torah Teachings of Rabbi Levi Yitzchak

What has been published is only a small fraction of Rabbi Levi Yitzchak’s writings.
By the Numbers
Parenting
If You Were Molested as a Child, Here Are 8 Things to Know

Becoming educated about child sexual abuse can help you cope with the trauma. Here are some basics for you to start with.
To My Son Who Was Born Unable to Breathe

Instead of hearing the sound of a crying baby, I heard hysteria in the room as the doctors struggled to gain access to your airway.
Story
The Wayward Shochet and the Holy Hitchhikers

Moshe was known to frequent the local watering holes, whiling away entire nights in a drunken stupor.
What It’s Like to Be Jewish in Ghana

Oxford MBA talks about combining business and spiritual development in sub-Saharan Africa.
Essay
Man and Woman: a Psychological Profile

When G-d created Adam, at the moment Adam opened his eyes, what was his psychological profile? He had no Oedipus complex because he had no mother. He didn't have a birth trauma, because he wasn't born. He had no sibling rivalry... What was this man like?
How to Judge Those Who Appear to Fall Short

Chapter 8 of Positivity Bias
Video
Unbroken Spirit

Reb Gedaliah Mazal shares his memories of the arrival of Rabbi Levi Yitzchak Schneerson, the Rebbe’s father, in Alamty, Kazakhstan. Reb Gedaliah’s father became close to Rabbi Levi Yitzchak, and was present at his passing. (1940's)
Lifestyle
This is the meaning of "Love your fellow as yourself": Just like you are blind to your own failings, since your self-love covers them up, so, too, should your fellow's failings be swallowed up and concealed by your love for him
— Rabbi Menachem Mendel of Lubavitch (1789-1866)
Print Magazine

Adam trudged past the gates of Eden, his head low, his heart heavy with the pain of remorse.

Suddenly he stopped. A thought had struck him.

He turned to the heavens and exclaimed, “You had this planned! You put that fruit there knowing I would choose to eat from it!”

“But tell me: Why?

The heavens were silent.

But ...