Re'eh 5768 - August 29, 2008 |
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Grandpa's Bar Mitzvah
By Avraham Berkowitz
"Go find someone else to bother," he shot back at me. "I want nothing to do with you!" My head was spinning; I was hurt inside, yet knew I had done nothing disrespectful. Obviously, what I represent—being a religious Jew, wearing a beard and a kippah on my head— upset him so. |
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Avoid the Happiness Cops
By Dr. Miriam Adahan
I'm all for happiness, but to be fully human means to be able to acknowledge and express the full range of emotions which G‑d gave us. |
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Talk Less, Listen More
By Sara Chana Radcliffe
People scream in order to be heard. The thinking seems to go: "He/she isn't listening; I need to say it again and again, louder and louder. That way I will get my message across." Unfortunately the only message we get across that way is, "You are my enemy." |
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Kaddish at Fenway
By Nechemia Schusterman
When you are insecure about something, your haircut, tattoo, or choice of clothing, then others perceive your discomfort. But a person who is confident in his manner and stride, and about what he represents, gives off an aura of security that doesn't force others to do a "double take." |
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What Every Great Boss Knows
By Chana Weisberg
If you are a wise boss, you know that the way to get the most out of your employees is to make them feel in charge of their own destiny, steering their independent area of jurisdiction. Maybe you've even learned this trick of the trade from the Ultimate Boss... |
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The Parshah in a Nutshell
About two mountains, from which blessings and curses are announced; a home for G-d, and the difference between holiness and chosenness; meat, blood, false prophets, idolaters, kosher signs, tithes, pilgrimages, and the special Jewish idea of charity |
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The Eye of the Soul
By Yanki Tauber
"Blessing" is a very important word. So is "Curse", "You" and "Today". But the most important word in the sentence is the three-letter verb that opens the parshah: "See" |
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You Are What You Eat
By Mordechai Wollenberg
The food we consume affects us on a soul-level, influencing our character and affecting our natural tendencies |
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What Gives Us the Right to Kill Animals?
A discussion with Tzvi Freeman
From man I expect good and bad. From G-d I expected only good. Until I learned about the animal sacrifices. Apparently G-d actually wants them. Imagine, a place set aside for slaughter -- in a temple! |
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Loan Amnesty
By Naftali Silberberg
The Sabbatical year is associated with two mitzvot: 1) The land must be left unplowed and fallow. 2) All personal debts are cancelled. There is a connection between these two precepts |
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Walking Mom Home
By Miriam Millhauser Castle
There was no way I was going to be able to deal with the totality of the situation all at once. I couldn't come to grips with the loss while she was still here. That was too much to ask of myself. I had to stay in the moment, to appreciate every second I still had with her. There would be time later, when it was reality, to face the loss... |
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Being Kosher
By Nechoma Greisman
G-d has given two signs which differentiate between kosher animals and non-kosher animals. These signs are guides by which we can try to keep our lives on a level that will make us kosher, and even holy... |
