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Moon in a star filled sky

The New Moon

  • Jacobson, Rabbi Simon
  • "Why did Moses have a problem with the moon’s renewal?...
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Yad on a Torah scroll

Unifying the Physical and Spiritual

  • Trugman, Rabbi Avraham Arieh and Rachel
  • "One of Judaism’s basic goals is the unification of the physical and spiritual realms, both on the practical and mystical levels....
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Jewish Father blessing his son at the Shabbat table

Two-minute drill – Parshat Vayechi

  • Lipman, Rabbi Dov
  • "Why do we bless our children to be like Ephraim and Menashe?...
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What does “Jew” mean? – Parshat Vayigash

  • Sinclair, Rabbi Yaakov Asher
  • "The job of the Jewish people in this world is to testify that there is a G-d....
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Lit Chanuka Menora by the window, next to an open sefer

Wake Up Calls

  • Goldman, Yossy
  • "It's not easy to change ingrained habits. But Chanukah, which...falls during this week's Parshah [Miketz], carries with it a relevant message in this regard. Take one day at a time. One doesn't have to do it all at once. One light at a time is all it takes....
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Tamar holding up a mask and a stick

The Heroism of Tamar (Vayeshev)

  • Sacks, Rabbi Lord Jonathan ZT"L
  • "Judah could acknowledge his error without loss of face. It was from this episode that the Sages derived the rule...it is better to risk being thrown into a fiery furnace than to shame someone else in public....
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Painting of Jacon and the angel fighting

In the Merit of Esav

  • Haber, Rabbi Yaacov
  • "When R’ Yochanan ben Zakkai asked his disciples to go and see which is the best quality to which a man should cling, his disciple R’ Eliezer answered: 'A good eye'. What he meant here was...the ability to see the good in a person or situation....
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Jacob's ladder that he dreamed of- A lader going all the way to the heavens

Parshas Vayeitzei

  • Adlerstein, Rabbi Yitzchok
  • "Ya’akov Avinu…went to his destination in order to extend the greatness of HaShem’s Presence even to a place where His Presence was hidden....
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A tree growing in the middle fo a Hebrew text book with sun shining on the tree

The Difference between Knowledge and Wisdom

  • Goldwicht, Eitiel
  • "Jewish wisdom is about integrating knowledge and understanding into our daily lives....
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Avraham's tent in the desert all set up for guests

Why Believing in God Should Make You More Kind

  • Coopersmith, Rabbi Nechemia
  • "Abraham realized that he could create an affinity with God by emulating Him.  The more he resembled God, the closer he would become to Him....
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The Purpose of My Soul

  • Haber, Rabbi Yaacov
  • "Rashi brings the Talmud’s comment in Sanhedrin 108a on Noach’s status as a ‘perfect tzaddik in his generation’... Rav Kook...explains that every Soul has its unique purpose and mission. This mission can only be accomplished at a particular time in history. Souls are time released to the generation to which...
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The Genesis of Justice (Bereishit)

  • Sacks, Rabbi Lord Jonathan ZT"L
  • "The question Genesis seeks to answer is not 'How did the universe come into being?' but 'How then shall we live?'"...
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