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Elul 18, 5758 - September 18, 2008
Living
Negative Campaigning
This past week, on the 18th of Elul, we marked the birthdays of two pioneers who devoted their lives to campaigning against negative campaigning...
This past week, on the 18th of Elul, we marked the birthdays of two pioneers who devoted their lives to campaigning against negative campaigning...
Lipstick on a What?
Wouldn't you know it—King Solomon already makes mention of lipstick on a swine! Or is it another facial accessory?
Wouldn't you know it—King Solomon already makes mention of lipstick on a swine! Or is it another facial accessory?
My Last Shabbat with Grandfather
That his Shabbat prayer was a gift to last all my years, Grandfather could hardly have known. And in the very last moments before my carriage moved, he gave me still another, utterly precious gift...
That his Shabbat prayer was a gift to last all my years, Grandfather could hardly have known. And in the very last moments before my carriage moved, he gave me still another, utterly precious gift...
The Healer
Leon Friedman was a Holocaust survivor who wrestled with his memories, suffered depression, and what some would call "survivor's guilt." I saw him frequently for one problem or another; sometimes I thought he just wanted to talk...
Leon Friedman was a Holocaust survivor who wrestled with his memories, suffered depression, and what some would call "survivor's guilt." I saw him frequently for one problem or another; sometimes I thought he just wanted to talk...
The Mirror Theory
We can all think of a few people that we would describe as being "impossible." These are individuals who push the wrong buttons, irritate us to no end and annoy us whenever we talk to them.
We can all think of a few people that we would describe as being "impossible." These are individuals who push the wrong buttons, irritate us to no end and annoy us whenever we talk to them.
The Communication Trap
Many psychologists urge to, "Share your feelings," and "Talk it out until the problem is resolved." However, this advice can be disastrous. Not everyone values emotional honesty...
Many psychologists urge to, "Share your feelings," and "Talk it out until the problem is resolved." However, this advice can be disastrous. Not everyone values emotional honesty...
Negative Campaigning
This weekl, we mark the birthdays of two pioneers who devoted their lives to campaigning against negative campaigning...
This weekl, we mark the birthdays of two pioneers who devoted their lives to campaigning against negative campaigning...
Seasons
Revolution
Every hundred years or so, a person comes along and changes the way we look at ourselves and our world. But there is something that is rarer still -- someone who will tell us something that we already know
Every hundred years or so, a person comes along and changes the way we look at ourselves and our world. But there is something that is rarer still -- someone who will tell us something that we already know
G-d's Nourishment
Dressed in the clothes of a simple wayfarer, the Baal Shem Tov would travel from town to town and from hamlet to hamlet, asking questions
Dressed in the clothes of a simple wayfarer, the Baal Shem Tov would travel from town to town and from hamlet to hamlet, asking questions
The Longer Shorter Way
As the most direct and simple line between two points, it is misleadingly the surest way to town; but in truth, the "direct approach" is a dead end
As the most direct and simple line between two points, it is misleadingly the surest way to town; but in truth, the "direct approach" is a dead end
Parshah
The Parshah in a Nutshell
Gratitude and tithes and rebuke. Moses lists the blessings the Jewish nation will receive if they follow G-d’s ways, and the bad things that will befall them if they stray.
Gratitude and tithes and rebuke. Moses lists the blessings the Jewish nation will receive if they follow G-d’s ways, and the bad things that will befall them if they stray.
The Case of the Basket
That “the rich get richer and the poor get poorer” is a fact already noted by the Talmud some 1,500 years ago. But what’s so great about being rich, anyway?
That “the rich get richer and the poor get poorer” is a fact already noted by the Talmud some 1,500 years ago. But what’s so great about being rich, anyway?
The Stones in the River
If the intention was to display the Torah's teachings to all mankind, why were the stones plastered over with a coat of lime?
If the intention was to display the Torah's teachings to all mankind, why were the stones plastered over with a coat of lime?
Forewarning
Some questions don’t need to be asked – they jump out at you. Even if G-d intended to bring punishments on His people, what is the purpose in describing them in the Torah in such gruesome detail?
Some questions don’t need to be asked – they jump out at you. Even if G-d intended to bring punishments on His people, what is the purpose in describing them in the Torah in such gruesome detail?
Crossing the Border
The sages of the Talmud disagree on the point in Jewish history at which time the obligation to bring bikkurim (“first fruits”) came into effect. The Rebbe sees their debate as a lesson on the nature, uses and hindrances of knowledge and consciousness.
The sages of the Talmud disagree on the point in Jewish history at which time the obligation to bring bikkurim (“first fruits”) came into effect. The Rebbe sees their debate as a lesson on the nature, uses and hindrances of knowledge and consciousness.
The Jewish Woman
Grandma in the Park
"You're going to be the grandma in the park," a distant aunt said when she heard I was pregnant again. They didn't know about the three back-to-back miscarriages, about the rows and rows of fertility medications...
"You're going to be the grandma in the park," a distant aunt said when she heard I was pregnant again. They didn't know about the three back-to-back miscarriages, about the rows and rows of fertility medications...
Things We Have in Common
"You married a white boy!" a high school pal exclaims in an email after discovering my wedding photos online...
"You married a white boy!" a high school pal exclaims in an email after discovering my wedding photos online...
Your fellow is your mirror. If your own face is clean, the image you perceive will also be flawless. But should you look upon your fellow man and see a blemish, it is your own imperfection that you are encountering -- you are being
shown what it is that you must correct within yourself.
— Rabbi Israel Baal Shem Tov
Print Magazine
Sometimes the cloud would be upon the Tabernacle for a number of days, and by G-d's command they encamped, and by G-d's command they journeyed.
And sometimes the cloud would be there from evening until morning, and the cloud was lifted in the morning and they journeyed...Or two days, or a year, or a month...By G-d's com...
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