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Staying in the Proper Place
Staying in the Proper Place
Yehoshua had a good heart and wanted to be kind to others. He would always look for ways to make the poor people feel closer to him, to show them love,...
Jan 10, 2008
By Rabbi Yikhat Rozen
What Will Happen in the End?
What Will Happen in the End?
Holy and Secular – “You wanted to hear how the country came to an end,” the grandfather said to his grandson. “It is a very sad story, but it is important...
Jan 3, 2008
By Rabbi Amichai Gordin
Beggars at The Wall
Beggars at The Wall
The morning of November 11th marked the first weekday in three decades that I wasn’t confronted by beggars when approaching the Western Wall (Kotel). After a long history of complaints from...
Dec 27, 2007
By Sarah Shapiro
Everything You Do Is Recorded in a Book
Everything You Do Is Recorded in a Book
This is a story of two men who lived not far from each other in one city. Their homes were close, but their actions were very far apart. One was very...
Dec 27, 2007
By Rabbi Yikhat Rozen
Vayechi: Real Relationships
Vayechi: Real Relationships
Nostalgia isn’t what it used to be – Yogi BerraTo the unreflective, memory is quaint; a nostalgic window upon a past experience that might evoke a momentary glance backward (and perhaps...
Dec 20, 2007
By Rabbi Asher Brander
At the Bus Stop
At the Bus Stop
Prologue Before making aliyah, we owned a car. I mention this only to point out it was seldom that I rode the city buses. In fact, I can only recall one...
Dec 20, 2007
By Esther Heller
Mysterious Prayers
Mysterious Prayers
Until I was almost an adult, I thought there was a long mysterious prayer that women said when they lit Shabbat candles, beyond the initial blessing. This prayer took about 20...
Dec 20, 2007
By Toby Klein Greenwald
“Help Me in My Troubles”
“Help Me in My Troubles”
Holy and Secular – Just as I was leaving my car, the announcer began a curious monologue. It was a little before eight o’clock in the morning, and my radio was...
Dec 20, 2007
By Rabbi Amichai Gordin
To Find a Loved One
To Find a Loved One
(This is a true story that happened a few weeks ago. Written by my father-in-law, Moshe Goldberg) “I want to console you for your loss,” the rabbi said sympathetically. “We will...
Dec 20, 2007
By Rabbi Yikhat Rozen
A Cab Ride From Beer Sheva to Beirut
A Cab Ride From Beer Sheva to Beirut
OK, truth be told, I didn’t actually take a taxi to the capital of Hezbollah-land. But judging by the number of cabs who flatly refused to take me from Beer Sheva...
Dec 13, 2007
By David Bogner

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