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| Holidays: Tu B'Shevat |
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What the holiday means, and how to create your own Kabbalistic Tu B'Shevat seder.
By Yerachmiel Tilles
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The black and white pictures ask me not to forget. This is my
face, this is my family, and this is who you come from. We are your
roots.
By Samantha Barnett
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Did I grow towards the sun, reaching up higher and higher
towards that which I can never grasp, but which nurtures me all the same
the more I strive towards it?
By Shlomo Yaffe
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| Appreciating Our World |
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Life isn't just a bowl of peaches-there are coconuts in there too. That's where all the challenges begin.
By Tzvi Freeman
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Wisdom from a water cooler
By Dovid Taub
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The difference between G‑d's constant but hidden control over nature and the phenomena that we call miracles.
By Manis Friedman
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"I would rather take my chances against any sage," said the rabbi, "than confront an angry ox in court . . ."
By Yanki Tauber
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Tzemach has transformed us all. Our firstborn son just became a
father. That upgrades us, his parents, into grandparents, our children
into uncles and aunts . . .
By Eliezer Shemtov
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I started looking around the Rebbe's room to find the box of
toys. I figured thousands of kids came through this room-there must be
toys somewhere.
By Shimon Freundlich
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| Uncovering a Deeper Reality |
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If you see more deeply into me than I am capable of seeing in
myself, which is the real me? The deeper, truer me that you see, or my
me?
Based on the teachings of the Lubavitcher Rebbe
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What would be the point of going to Mount Sinai if not to
receive the Torah? What other point is there in being there? After all,
at this particular mountain there is neither food, nor water, nor skiing
. . .
By Shlomo Yaffe
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And [Moses] was there (on Mount Sinai) with G‑d forty days and forty nights; bread he did not eat and water he did not drink (Exodus 34:28). Very interesting. Have you ever tried it?
By Mattis Kantor
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If G‑d transcends all limitation and definition, why would we
relate to G‑d by imposing further restrictions on our already finite and
constricted lives?
By Simon Jacobson
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| Confronting Challenge |
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I felt cold inside, otherworldly,and fingers of ice slipped
through all the arteries of my body. This is what I had dreaded for
those three long weeks of waiting . . .
By Batya Jacobs
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Wearing a skirt to your first day of work at a manufacturing
and assembly facility falls under an entirely new category.
By Rucheli Manville
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Just as alcohol cannot solve one's emotional challenges, inspiration cannot take the place of effort.
By Mendy Wolf
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The purchase was almost completed when the shekel dropped
steeply against the dollar. Aleksander Guravich was suddenly obliged to
come up with an additional forty thousand NIS . . .
By Mirish Kiszner
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"Shabbat!" said the Chafetz Chaim in a voice filled with pain and astonishment. And he started to cry . . .
By Yerachmiel Tilles
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| Parenting and Relationships |
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I choose the fastest, easiest course to our destination. She
chooses the most enjoyable one, relishing every nuance along the way.
By Chana Weisberg
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"My children are constantly fighting with each other," laments
Susan, a mother of three. "Will there ever be peace in my home?"
By Chana Weisberg
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Simply put, no one can resist a storybook ending, especially one with a gin-u-wine prince.
By Rea Bochner
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