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Kislev 19, 5770 - December 6, 2009
Living
Will the Real Superman Please Stand Up?
Christopher Reeve and George Reeves. On the surface, the two men’s lives seem similar. But each held such different belief systems, effectively changing the direction of how they led their lives--and how they died...
Christopher Reeve and George Reeves. On the surface, the two men’s lives seem similar. But each held such different belief systems, effectively changing the direction of how they led their lives--and how they died...
Moshe Holtzberg, One Year Later
A year after the devastation in Mumbai, Moshe Holtzberg's life continues, much like the life of any other boy in Israel. His parents' presence warms his life like a bright and distant sun.
A year after the devastation in Mumbai, Moshe Holtzberg's life continues, much like the life of any other boy in Israel. His parents' presence warms his life like a bright and distant sun.
Make Room for your Children’s Creativity
How can we encourage kids to think, explore and experiment?
How can we encourage kids to think, explore and experiment?
A Master Key to a Great Marriage
Though it may appear that love engenders a giving attitude, actually, giving is what brings about love. A person comes to love the one to whom he gives...
Though it may appear that love engenders a giving attitude, actually, giving is what brings about love. A person comes to love the one to whom he gives...
How the Atom Found its Soul
In the middle of this lab session, as literally hundreds of undergraduate students like me were racing against the clock, I was summoned to the side by one of the dozens of supervisors...
In the middle of this lab session, as literally hundreds of undergraduate students like me were racing against the clock, I was summoned to the side by one of the dozens of supervisors...
The Bloodless Challah
One Friday, a beggar came and asked for a piece of bread. But the Rebbe's wife had only whole challahs in the house – challah that she had just baked in honor of the Shabbat...
One Friday, a beggar came and asked for a piece of bread. But the Rebbe's wife had only whole challahs in the house – challah that she had just baked in honor of the Shabbat...
Tailor Made Challenges
Tthe situation that I face today as having been tailor-made for me today. So my response to that challenge should be to turn to G-d to help me with finding within myself the power to jump...
Tthe situation that I face today as having been tailor-made for me today. So my response to that challenge should be to turn to G-d to help me with finding within myself the power to jump...
Chassidic Thought
Tanya in Plain English
A new translation of this classic primary text of Chassidic thought in easy-to-read, contemporary English.
A new translation of this classic primary text of Chassidic thought in easy-to-read, contemporary English.
Cups
Red cup. Blue cup. Healthy cup. Soda cup. Your work is a cup. Your free time is a cup. What are you doing with your cup? Are you filling your cup with more cups?
Red cup. Blue cup. Healthy cup. Soda cup. Your work is a cup. Your free time is a cup. What are you doing with your cup? Are you filling your cup with more cups?
Parshah
A Time to Kill
Why did Simeon and Levi kill the people of Shechem? Were their actions morally justified? Morally imperative? And why do they serve as the prototype for the law of bar mitzvah, the Jewish boy’s attainment of maturity and responsibility?
Why did Simeon and Levi kill the people of Shechem? Were their actions morally justified? Morally imperative? And why do they serve as the prototype for the law of bar mitzvah, the Jewish boy’s attainment of maturity and responsibility?
Kiss or Curse?
How many Jewish Rothschilds are left in the world? G-d knows we could have used them...
How many Jewish Rothschilds are left in the world? G-d knows we could have used them...
Double Identity
"No longer shall your name be called Jacob," said Esau's angel. "No longer shall your name be called Jacob," G-d reiterated. Yet the Torah continues to call him Jacob...
"No longer shall your name be called Jacob," said Esau's angel. "No longer shall your name be called Jacob," G-d reiterated. Yet the Torah continues to call him Jacob...
Timna the Concubine
Timna’s actions seem righteous and altruistic. Why would this result in a child who represents the very paradigm of evil?
Timna’s actions seem righteous and altruistic. Why would this result in a child who represents the very paradigm of evil?
The Parshah in a Nutshell
Jacob’s confrontation with Esau, the long journey to Seir, the abduction of Dinah, Reuben’s sin, and the eight primordial kings of Edom.
Jacob’s confrontation with Esau, the long journey to Seir, the abduction of Dinah, Reuben’s sin, and the eight primordial kings of Edom.
The Jewish Woman
Dripping Water: Gentle Parenting
You can pour water on your crop with rotary sprinklers, a whirling deluge. Or you can conserve your energy and work on the roots, gently...
You can pour water on your crop with rotary sprinklers, a whirling deluge. Or you can conserve your energy and work on the roots, gently...
Words that Hurt, Words that Heal
I searched for spirituality elsewhere: in expressive arts, in the vastness of science, in noble humanitarian causes... in places where I believed no one would judge me superficially, like by how I was dressed...
I searched for spirituality elsewhere: in expressive arts, in the vastness of science, in noble humanitarian causes... in places where I believed no one would judge me superficially, like by how I was dressed...
Soul Performance
Not only was I passionate about performance and creative endeavors in general, but, as I got older, I also began to delight in the recognition that it promised...
Not only was I passionate about performance and creative endeavors in general, but, as I got older, I also began to delight in the recognition that it promised...
Seasons of the Soul
Kislev 19: The "New Year" of Chassidism
This day marks the “birth” of Chassidism, when the long-hidden secrets of Judaism emerged from the womb of mysticism to illuminate and transform the totality of Jewish life.
This day marks the “birth” of Chassidism, when the long-hidden secrets of Judaism emerged from the womb of mysticism to illuminate and transform the totality of Jewish life.
The Black Carriage
Reb Shmuel reputedly said to the Rebbe: “If you are a true Rebbe, you have nothing to fear by being arrested. If you are not, you deserve whatever they will do to you”
Reb Shmuel reputedly said to the Rebbe: “If you are a true Rebbe, you have nothing to fear by being arrested. If you are not, you deserve whatever they will do to you”
Where Are You?
“Do you believe that the Torah is eternal?” asked the Rebbe. “Do you believe that its every word applies to every individual, under all conditions, at all times?”
“Do you believe that the Torah is eternal?” asked the Rebbe. “Do you believe that its every word applies to every individual, under all conditions, at all times?”
Jewish News
Jewish Vietnam Vets Reunite After 40 Years
It was the spring of ’69 when the plane carrying U.S. Army Capt. Hank Webb touched down at Da Nang Air Base, opening the door on the Jewish soldier’s first tour of duty in Vietnam.
It was the spring of ’69 when the plane carrying U.S. Army Capt. Hank Webb touched down at Da Nang Air Base, opening the door on the Jewish soldier’s first tour of duty in Vietnam.
Queen Honors Drugsline Founder
A little more than two years after her youngest son inaugurated a satellite center of Drugsline, one of London’s premiere drug crisis prevention and counseling programs, Britain’s Queen Elizabeth II formally honored the organization’s founding director as a Member of the Order of the British Empire.
A little more than two years after her youngest son inaugurated a satellite center of Drugsline, one of London’s premiere drug crisis prevention and counseling programs, Britain’s Queen Elizabeth II formally honored the organization’s founding director as a Member of the Order of the British Empire.
Know the G-d of your father and worship Him with a whole heart and with a desirous soul
— I Chronicles 28:9
Print Magazine
Due to the limitations of your reality, some of your best friends can enter only incognito.
In fact, the really big ones sometimes sneak in disguised as ugly monsters and vicious enemies. Otherwise, the guards at the gate would never permit them entry.
These are the events optimists call “blessings in disguise.”
Here’...
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