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Second Thoughts: Connections…Building Worlds
Second Thoughts: Connections…Building Worlds
My mother had a friend, a very active, gracious woman who became a surrogate mom for me after my own mother passed away. This woman lived to the ripe old age...
Mar 27, 2008
By Yaffa Ganz
Tapping the Power of Purim
Tapping the Power of Purim
Purim is a perennial favorite. It’s clearly one of the most fun holidays on the Jewish calendar. We get dressed up in ridiculous costumes, dance in the synagogue for hours, eat...
Mar 19, 2008
By Rabbi Leiby Burnham
Digging For Nuts
Digging For Nuts
It’s March now and the slushy snow is melting. The daylight lasts longer, and the air is beginning to mellow. I should be feeling hopeful and serene. Instead, I suddenly feel...
Mar 13, 2008
By Yael Zoldan
Slaughter of the Lambs
Slaughter of the Lambs
This past Shabbat I thought about the story of the rabbi’s wife who did not divulge to her husband on Shabbat that their child had passed away, in order not to...
Mar 13, 2008
By Adina Hershberg
The Spring of the Heroes
The Spring of the Heroes
A Lesson For the Children – Many years ago, a man named Dervish arrived suddenly in the area of Simyan in Ethiopia. He was an evil man who took control of...
Mar 12, 2008
By Rabbi Yikhat Rozen
My Importance: Writing and the Yetzer Hara
My Importance: Writing and the Yetzer Hara
There’s a story about a revered rabbi on his deathbed, who is asked by his students: “Tell us, what is it like now that you’re about to die, when the yetzer...
Mar 6, 2008
By Sarah Shapiro
The Groom Who Was Replaced
The Groom Who Was Replaced
A Lesson For the Children – The following is a story about a learned man who was both pious and modest. This Chassid knew that he had a large place reserved...
Mar 5, 2008
By Rabbi Yikhat Rozen
Vayakhel: A Part and Apart
Vayakhel: A Part and Apart
Our parsha connects two worlds that seem so different and yet share so much. Shabbos and Sanctuary (Mishkan). For the semi halachically literate, these two worlds share profound halachic similarities. Simply...
Feb 29, 2008
By Rabbi Asher Brander
One Snowy Night
One Snowy Night
I am quite literally, a stay-at-home mom. Although I do teach part-time, and once in a while my husband and I go out for a quick bite, or a special occasion,...
Feb 28, 2008
By Bluma Roth
Here Come the Clowns!
Here Come the Clowns!
Clowns are not just for circuses, birthday parties, street fairs and Purim parties. Medical clowns are people who, for the most part, visit patients in hospitals. They are trained to help...
Feb 28, 2008
By Adina Hershberg

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