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Magazine This email dedicated by: Mrs. Jane Elliott In honour of G-d for giving her life To dedicate an email, click here Tevet 28, 5771 · January 4, 2011 Editor's Note: Twice a year, in a synagogue near you, we replay the Exodus: on Passover and on this coming Shabbat. This week, it's time to prepare to escape your Egypt. What's your particular Egypt? For many of us, the bricks and mortar of our slavery are stress and anxiety. That's why we're presenting you with an authentic Q&A from Tzvi Freeman that provides a remedy more powerful than any psychotropic to break you free of that slavery. As part of the regimen, we want you to take a full dose of Gentle Silence from Dovber Pinson, along with a brief lesson in existential exodus from the same Tzvi Freeman (read the Parshah essay for a fuller grasp). In an exquisite video short, Dov Greenberg will provide you a crucial strategy for escaping the processional caterpillar race of society. Meanwhile, Malkie Silverfield will be dealing with any painful childhood experiences, while Sarah Chana Radcliffe will take care of parental trauma, and Chana Weisberg will help you liberate your child from his/her Egypt (no, you are not the Pharaoh). Every exodus needs a destination, a.k.a. "home." We've got a whole section on creating a home this week, including Why Marry?, and what books your home can't be without. The video and story sections are chock-full this week. Practically speaking, you can become an expert in Torah lifting (a.k.a. hagbah), heart walking, and reincarnation. Oh, and please, whether you're a little kid or a grown-up one, please don't laugh when watching Jono step on a rake in the dark. This Week's Features Printable Magazine Dealing with Stress and Anxiety Spirituality: The Gentle Way of Silence in a Noisy World Imagine yourself walking into an upscale boutique where nothing is being played on the sound system-I guarantee that you will feel an awful eeriness. By DovBer Pinson Spirituality: The Existential Exodus You can hide it enough so it doesn't embarrass you in public. But can you free yourself of your ego? By Tzvi Freeman Women: Just One Prayer I try to get back to that place within me that reaches unceasingly for meaning. The heaviness tugs at me, warning me to pause, to rest, to give up . . . By Sara Debbie Gutfreund Women: Overcoming a Painful Childhood It is my fervent wish that all people who had deprived childhoods shall be infused with courage, faith and a feeling of connectedness. By Sarah Silverfied Parenting: How to Calm Down When the Stakes Are Up When a child pushes our buttons to "on," we have to learn to push them back to "off." By Sara Chana Radcliffe Parshah Parenting: Liberating Your Child Do we dismiss our child's issues as insignificant? Do we reassure him that this "little" incident will pass? By Chana Weisberg Parshah Essay: The Soul of Evil Who is Pharaoh and what does he represent? What is his "innermost essence"? Based on the teachings of the Lubavitcher Rebbe Movements That Matter Video: Movement or Meaning? How do we judge the value of time? The majestic institution of Shabbat holds the answer. By Dov Greenberg  Watch (2:27) Video: How to Do the Lifting of the Torah (Hagbah) The conclusion of the public Torah reading, how and why we lift the Torah, and how to do "hagbah." By Menachem Posner  Watch (25:20) Video: Walking Your Heart Rabbi Infinity's new mechanical pet, Feivel 3.2, is controlled by a mind-wave interface. By Tzvi Freeman  Watch (1:32) Video Class: Astrology and Reincarnation Factors that may determine the cosmic context for a soul's specific mission. By Yisroel Levine  Watch (1:26:07) Parshah: Why G-d Didn't Delegate Surely saving the world should be a joint endeavor, and I am content with my small part of the glory. By Elisha Greenbaum Parshah: Declaration of Independence? The Jews are still slaves in Egypt, and now for the very first time ever they will hear a Torah lesson. And it's about . . . the moon?! By Levi Avtzon Creating a Home Judaism: Why Marry? Is there a rational reason which justifies a lifelong matrimonial commitment? Judaism: A House Full of Torah Books Create an Environment Your home is defined by its contents. Aside from those who live there, the most significant items are Torah books. Parshah: Door to Holiness So what's with the blood on the doors? By Moshe Bryski Parshah: The Nineteen-Year Marriage The easiest thing to do would be to get a divorce and follow one path through life, but Jews are notorious for their refusal to accept the easier solution. By Yanki Tauber Living: Thoughts of an Almost-Homeless Person What with this and that, my roommate and I both decided it was time to move on. We have till the end of the month. Where will we go? By N. Ozick Stories It Wasn't Even a Sacrifice "If I have any reward waiting for me in paradise," said Rabbi Levi Yitzchak, "it's yours." By Elisha Greenbaum The Young Artist's Jealous Teacher With tears in their eyes, they promised each other that whoever stays alive will take care of the other's children. By Dovid Zaklikowski Music at the Rabbi's Funeral The horse suddenly changed course and began pulling the musicians toward the cemetery . . . By Dovid Zaklikowski Telling the Truth "You lowly, despicable man!" thundered the Hungarian visitor. "What do you know! You obviously have no understanding of anything holy and spiritual!" From the Chassidic Masters Kids Blackout in Egypt There's nothing funny about somebody stepping on a rake. So try not to laugh during this week's exciting webisode. Dovid Taub & Jonathan Goorvich  Watch (4:28)