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Healing Through Her Music
I had always known the importance of Bikkur Cholim, the mitzvah
of visiting the sick. But I hadn't realized until that day how many
different ways it can be done, and how all of our individual talents and
abilities can be an integral part of the mitzvah as well....
By Rishe Deitsch
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I try to get back to that place within in me that still reaches
unceasingly for meaning. I can't get back. As I kiss my children good
bye by the door, the glare of the morning sun is sharp and unforgiving. I
want to climb, to run, to inspire. But the heaviness tugs at me,
warning me to pause, to rest, to give up...
By Sara Debbie Gutfreund
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When they told me my whole life depended on those coins and
bills, I refused to believe. After all, I could not eat or drink them
even when hunger gnawed at my edges. They were slippery and thin and
could not shelter me from the wind. They seemed even lonelier than me
but never said a word to breach the distances...
By Varda Branfman
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Chagai changed my whole attitude towards situations I had
previously thought of as limiting. Now, instead of looking at them in
terms of 'cannot', I look at them as challenges to conquer. The problem
may not necessarily be cured, but it does not have to hold you back...
By Mina Gordon
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Do we dismiss our child's issues as insignificant? Do we
reassure him that this "little" incident will pass, without validating
what he is experiencing, in this moment?
By Chana Weisberg
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There are 11 specialty items in my kitchen that not only
increase efficiency, they are the magic tools that make a so-so meal
into a knock-your-socks-off feast!
By Jamie Geller
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