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Acknowledging Good
Acknowledging Good
A Lesson For the Children – Rabbi Saadia had a reputation in Cairo as a great orator. Perhaps he was not considered the greatest rabbi in terms of his halachic rulings...
Feb 28, 2008
By Rabbi Yikhat Rozen
The Roommate
The Roommate
Sharing a hospital room with one even less fortunate than she, this woman recalls the end of a Jewish nursery rhyme: "...Hashem is truly everywhere."
Feb 27, 2008
By Devorah Yaffa Singer, as told to Chana Jenny Weisberg
Ki Tisa: Leadership
Ki Tisa: Leadership
I recently received the following email: A number of 12-year-old girls were beginning to use lipstick, and would put it on in the washroom. That was fine, but after they put...
Feb 21, 2008
By Rabbi Asher Brander
You Tube Is Watching
You Tube Is Watching
The story below is true and was reported by the Associated Press. However some slight embellishments were made for heightened enjoyment. A new menace has been striking fear in the hearts...
Feb 20, 2008
By Rabbi Leiby Burnham
The Girl with the Apple (Part 2)
The Girl with the Apple (Part 2)
A Lesson For the Children – Summary of Part 1: Herman, a small child, managed to survive the Nazi labor camps. He was able to survive the worst part of the...
Feb 20, 2008
By Rabbi Yikhat Rozen
You Think You Will Never Forget
You Think You Will Never Forget
You think you will never forget. The first smile, the first step, the funny remark said at the dinner table when they were only 2. You snap pictures, make entries in...
Feb 14, 2008
By Susan Schwartz
Money Isn’t Everything
Money Isn’t Everything
Holy and Secular – NOTE: Several weeks ago, my “boss” in the Shabbat b’Shabbato bulletin, Rabbi Yisrael Rozen, wrote about the laws of Shemitta. He stated that Shemitta not only doesn’t...
Feb 14, 2008
By Rabbi Amichai Gordin
The Girl with the Apple (Part 1)
The Girl with the Apple (Part 1)
A Lesson For the Children – My name is Herman Rosenblat. I was born in a small village in Poland in 1930, the youngest of four brothers. When I was nine...
Feb 14, 2008
By Rabbi Yikhat Rozen
The Power of Encouragement
The Power of Encouragement
A Lesson For the Children – A group of frogs left their swamp and went for a tour of the surroundings. Suddenly, two of them fell into a deep pit. All...
Feb 6, 2008
By Rabbi Yikhat Rozen
Wait For Me
“Wait, wait for me,” my two year old plaintively cries. He scrambles up the stairs as fast as he can, but his graceful older sisters far outstrip him. They have already...
Jan 31, 2008
By Bassi Gruen

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