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GATEWAYS TO TORAT HAYIM

CAREFULLY CONSIDERED AND COMPILED EXCERPTS, COVERING MANY AREAS OF RELEVANT TOPICS
FROM LEADING RABBIS, SCHOLARS AND JEWISH LEARNING INSTITUTIONS 
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Zot Chanukah

  • Trugman, Rabbi Avraham Arieh
  • "Zot Chanukah, which literally means 'this is Chanukah,' is the traditional name given to the last and concluding day of the holiday. It is on this day that the power and potential of Chanukah is fully revealed......
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Kohen Lighting the menorah in beit Hamikdash painting

Chanuka Overview and the Responsibility as Lamplighters

  • Breitowitz, Rabbi Dr. Yitzchok
  • "Chanukah is that message of hope, faith in Hashem, and faith in yourself. 'Don’t despair, don’t give up, keep on going. My light is with you, and when My light is with you, your puny efforts can accomplish what would otherwise seem to be impossible.'...
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Chanukah Menorah in Jerusalem painting

The Opportunity of Chanukka

  • Emor Project
  • Chanuka offers us the opportunity to receive additional help to overcome our inner struggles, difficulties, and challenges....
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Art of Hannukah, painted glass look

The Spiritual Potential of Chanukka

  • Emor Project
  • The potential reiterated each year during Chanuka is for us to transform the darkness into light, i.e., to see how the light can be extracted from the darkness itself....
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Breakfast table spread with berries, pancakes, fruit, coffee

Why Do We Make Blessings on Food? To Redefine Who We Are

  • Jacobson, Rabbi YY
  • Why does the Torah require us to say blessings over food?...
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Man using a washing cup as he washes over a sink

Washing Hands upon Waking and Before Prayer

  • Brofsky, Rabbi David
  • "When the holy soul leaves the human body…an impure spirit descends upon the body. When the soul is returned to the body and the impurity is removed, it remains upon his hands, and cannot be removed until the human washes them, thereby being sanctified…"...
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Man with his sleeves rolled up washing his hands with a white washing cup over a sink

Morning Hand-Washing

  • Chabad.org Staff
  • Why do we wash our hands before getting out of bed?...
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What is a segula?

  • Emor Project
  • "In order to understand the meaning of a term in the Torah, we need to look at its first appearance....
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Human body interior as a watercolor painting

Asher Yatzar as a segula

  • Emor Project
  • "Asher Yatzar can be used as a powerful segula (something that offers protection or serves as a remedy) for the refua shelema (complete recovery) of unwell people....
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Colorful painting of kidney organs in the body

The blessing “Asher Yatzar”

  • Emor Project
  • "This blessing is a rejection of the idea that the spirit alone is holy, and physical life bereft of God."...
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Woman praying as the sun is setting by the beach

Elokai Neshama

  • Emor Project
  • "Each of us comes into this world with a specific mission to accomplish....
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Sunrise, with a pinkish glow over a rocky mountain

The Significance of Modeh Ani

  • Mindel, Rabbi Nissan
  • "God is very merciful, and although every day we are indebted to Him, He returns our soul to us....
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