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Winning Over Hearts and Minds By Aharon Loschak A person can be expected to think a certain way, but a person cannot be expected to feel a certain way. 4 Comments		Do You Hear? By Aharon Loschak The 10 Commandments had no echo. What was the point of this miracle? 9 Comments
Knowledge By Tuvia Bolton “What have you been doing for the last year?” asked the incensed father-in-law. “What have you accomplished wasting your time by those wild men?” “I learned that G‑d creates the world,” answered the young man. 7 Comments		Echoes By Jay Litvin They entered me like tiny pieces of a puzzle that found the space, or impression, that was carved exactly to fit their dimensions. Then they would snap together, forming sentences and paragraphs and concepts... 7 Comments
The Ten Commandments of Marriage By Esther Piekarski as told to Rishe Deitsch When we look more deeply into the Ten Commandments, we will find not only spiritual advice for enhancing our marriages, but very practical and essential guidelines as well. 77 Comments		To Study Our Children By Dovid Hazdan How often are we left unmoved by a truth because we are self-consciously aware of the ramifications of accepting such truths? 7 Comments
A Linguistic Solution to Marital Anger By Yisroel Susskind In the Torah, a single word often appears in an unusual fashion that draws the eye. One such word appears in the beginning of this week's reading. I will attempt to show how this word offers a solution to marital anger. 23 Comments		Making Judaism Relevant By Avraham Plotkin If G‑d was trying to give His best credentials to His newly acquired nation, why would He choose to mention the exodus? Isn't the creation of the heavens and earth a far greater feat? 1 Comment
Why a Mezuzah Is Not a Mezuzah By Baruch Epstein If not for the scrolls, there would be no reason for plain old doorposts... 33 Comments		Power Outage By Chaya Shuchat When G-d does make demands of me, they tend to be in trivial areas—but areas that hit me where it counts. 7 Comments
Wedding Speeches for Va’etchanan By Moshe Bogomilsky		Who’s Gonna Know? By Hanna Perlberger While we hope that someone, somewhere, takes notice whenever we “do the right thing,” as long as we are driven by the need for that external recognition, we are vulnerable and can be inconsistent. 13 Comments
Speeches to Say at a Bar Mitzvah: Va’etchanan By Moshe Bogomilsky		Listen to Shema’s Inner Message By Katia Bolotin The two enlarged letters in the Shema reveal the mission of the Jewish people and the fusion of faith and knowledge. 12 Comments
Labor of Love Life Lessons From the Parshah - Va’etchanan By Yehoshua B. Gordon 5 Comments