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Category Archives: Unique Role in Serving G-d
Elul – Spatial Bend Brings Heavens Closer
Heavens touches earth this month, beginning today. Think of a tall father bending over his small son and thereby allowing the son to reach his hand easily, letting his son see into his face. There is a spatial bend whereby … Continue reading
The Levers Called Prayer
If ever you want candies galore The place to head to is a candy store Rows and rows of jars and bins All with yummy candies withinBut, wait, my friend, how do you go about Making sure the candies slide … Continue reading
This World = Camera Obscura. Next World, Right Side Up.
When inside it is inky dark and outside there is bright light, and if there happens to be a small chink in the obscuring darkness through which some light can enter, well then life gets a bit interesting. The image … Continue reading
Ki Yetzer Ha’adam – The Evil Inclination Wants Us to View Ourselves as Bad (don’t!!)
Kee Yetzer Ha’adam Rah Minoorav There is a verse that says, “the inclination of man is bad from his youth.” This verse has many explanations and expounding details. One is that a child is born with willfulness, the “me, me, … Continue reading
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Tzama Nafshi – Sating a Thirsting Soul
During one of her pregnancies, someone craved ice chips in a major sort of way. She would sit in front of her non-frost-free freezer some nights, having finished her ice cubes in record time, and chip away any ice she … Continue reading
The Good Struggle — keep running the race
Olympics. Able bodies, arms, legs, moving like well-oiled pistons. Strength and muscle exhibited as the runner gains mile after mile until – finally – exultation – a cross of the finish line. Special Olympics. A test more grueling, almost ugly … Continue reading
The Concept of Tzniyus
Tzniyus, we jump to the word’s translation of modesty. However, that translation doesn’t do it justice. Tzniyus actually is about measurement, putting things in its proper weights, and in fact, in one place in the Torah (when discussing proper … Continue reading
Ki B’Simcha — set out for life with sense of joy
It was one of the mysteries of life, how my family with our roomy cargo van could engage in battles over space, whilst the entire Kellner clan, the same large brood as us, could fit into their father’s four-door sedan … Continue reading
Parashas Shekalim – Half-Coins that we are…
There are four additional Torah readings called “Arbah Parshiyos” that happen around this time of year, where, in addition to the scheduled Torah reading, we add another one pertinent to the time of year. This week is the first one, … Continue reading
Who Said Anyone Copes — Everyone Is Struggling
If we all would agree we can’t cope, we’d all be able to cope. It is the fallacy of thinking we are the only ones struggling that makes us want to throw in the towel on the struggle. Physicist Richard … Continue reading
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