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Character refinement is the goal, but life’s distractions make it easy to fall off track. Recharge your batteries with stories, how-tos, and simple reminders.

Judging by Appearances
Judging by Appearances
Holy and Secular – “Did you see how studious Yankel is?” one of the students of the yeshiva said to another. “He never goes to sleep before three o’clock in the...
Oct 10, 2007
By Rabbi Amichai Gordin
Kohelet and Iyov
Kohelet and Iyov
Holy and Secular – The plant manager had just finished a very successful meeting. He leaned back in his chair in satisfaction, and looked at the New Year’s card that he...
Oct 1, 2007
By Rabbi Amichai Gordin
Do You Know Where You Are Going?
Do You Know Where You Are Going?
“Yankie, I think we are lost”, my wife announced. I had recently mastered the new portable GPS navigational device, and I was excited to use it in Chicago. “Faigie, we’re not...
Sep 20, 2007
By Rabbi Yaakov Luban
The Power of a Good Word
The Power of a Good Word
Holy and Secular – One of the harshest punishments that can be meted out to a sports team is to force it to play far away from its home field. This...
Sep 20, 2007
By Rabbi Amichai Gordin
Charity Can Overturn a Harsh Judgment
Charity Can Overturn a Harsh Judgment
A Lesson For the Children – On the night of Rosh Hashanah, Rabbi Shimon Bar Yochai had a dream. In the dream, Rabbi Shimon saw that it was decreed that his...
Sep 20, 2007
By Rabbi Yikhat Rozen
Keeping Time
Keeping Time
Nothing is more important, nor more ephemeral, than time. There is no way to hold it, prolong it, save it, or push it off. It comes and goes as regularly and...
Sep 13, 2007
By Yaffa Ganz
The Gates of Repentance Are Never Closed
The Gates of Repentance Are Never Closed
A Lesson For the Children – This is a story that took place during the terrible days of the Holocaust. Together with thousands of other Jews, I was sent to work...
Sep 7, 2007
By Rabbi Yikhat Rozen
Finding Meaning in Apples and Honey
It seems like every year I get the same feeling. It’s a few days before Rosh Hashanah and suddenly I’m caught up in a frenzy of emotions. I want as much...
Sep 6, 2007
By Rabbi Leiby Burnham
Running Life’s Marathon
Running Life’s Marathon
Every fall, those of us who live in New York are awash in media coverage of the New York City Marathon. Literally thousands of people enroll for this most self-punishing of...
Sep 5, 2007
By Barbara Bensoussan
Living In a Glass House
Living In a Glass House
New Canaan was a quiet, lazy town in the southwestern Connecticut until the late 40’s when the Harvard Five descended on the town. The Harvard Five was a group of teachers...
Sep 5, 2007
By Rabbi Leiby Burnham

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