11/18/2014
Warm All Over
As a way of fulfilling the mitzvah of taking care of oneself, dress warmly…
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11/17/2014
Hail the Holy Pomegranate
The Pomegranate is a funny sort of fruit. Rather than eating the flesh and…
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11/17/2014
Fill Your Life
Try to fill your life with Torah and mitzvot, just as a pomegranate is…
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11/14/2014
Success After Exile
When King Ferdinand and Queen Isabella expelled the Jews from Spain in…
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11/14/2014
Shabbat Shmooze
Linger over Shabbat dinner tonight and converse about your favorite aspects…
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11/13/2014
Learning Kindness
Today is marked on the calendar as World Kindness Day, a fact that Jewish…
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11/12/2014
Um, This Is My Seat
Humans are often creatures of habit. People tend to regularly take the same…
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11/11/2014
The First Advisor on Jewish Affairs
In 1942, after first serving as a rabbi in Buffalo, New York, and then in…
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11/11/2014
Listening
If you know any veterans, ask them to share the history they experienced.
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11/10/2014
Prayer’s Essence
According to many opinions, the minimum amount of prayer one should recite…
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11/10/2014
All Three
Make a habit of communicating with God via praise, requests and words of…
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11/07/2014
If There Are But 10…
While the destruction of Sodom and Gomorrah is one of the…
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11/07/2014
Time Shift
Remember that for those affected by Daylight Savings Time, Shabbat begins…
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11/06/2014
Spiritual Compass
Today, November 6, brings us to yet another odd, seemingly random,…
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11/05/2014
K’tav Ivri: Ancient Hebrew Script
Archaeology is one of the major academic attractions of the Land of Israel.…
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11/05/2014
Practice Practice
Practice reading Hebrew on a regular basis. If you do not know how to read…
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11/04/2014
Mother Rachel
The patriarch Jacob had four wives (all at the same time): Leah and Rachel…
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11/04/2014
Focus on Blessings
Transform feelings of jealousy by focusing on the blessings you have in…
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11/03/2014
Catch-22
In honor of National Novel Writing Month: Joseph Heller is best known for…
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11/03/2014
Write It
If you enjoy writing, use your talents to explore your Jewish identity.
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10/31/2014
The Itsy Bitsy Spider
While the Torah tells us that God cursed the descendants of Eve with a…
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10/30/2014
“For Yourself”
One of the arguments posed by those opposed to organized religion is that…
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10/29/2014
A Publisher of Books
A businessman, a Zionist, a refugee and a publisher, Salman Schocken lived…
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10/29/2014
Books Plus
Next time you are purchasing books, add some Judaica to your bookshelves.
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10/28/2014
Treating Holy Papers
One modern philosophy that might have caught your attention is…
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