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“Operation Wedding”
“Operation Wedding”
Land of My Birth – It is certainly true that organizing a wedding for a son or a daughter is a complex operation: starting with finding a proper match, taking care...
Nov 14, 2007
By Zev Wallack
Journal Writing: An Experience in Owning One’s Life
Journal Writing: An Experience in Owning One’s Life
My best writing is in my journal. Closed to the world, but completely open for my eyes and Hashem’s. A place for dreams, visions, dialogues, regrets, memories, remorse, resuscitations, conflict resolutions,...
Nov 8, 2007
By Varda Branfman
When the Chazon Ish and Rabbi Kook Agreed
When the Chazon Ish and Rabbi Kook Agreed
Holy and Secular – The trip was not short. Rabbi Avraham Yehoshua Karlitz, better known as the Chazon Ish, was not used to traveling out of the city. It was even...
Nov 8, 2007
By Rabbi Amichai Gordin
The Treasure Chest
The Treasure Chest
A Lesson For the Children – The old shoemaker was very lonely. His wife had died, their three sons had grown up and married, and he remained alone in his meager...
Nov 8, 2007
By Rabbi Yikhat Rozen
The Song That Became a Legend
The Song That Became a Legend
Land of My Birth – Is there anybody among our readers who is not familiar with the song “Al Sefat Yam Kinneret” – On the Shores of the Kinneret? Its enchanted...
Oct 31, 2007
By Zev Wallack
Where Did the Dirt Come From?
Where Did the Dirt Come From?
A Lesson For the Children – Yosef and Miriam moved into a new house. They were very happy, thanking G-d for the new house and for the low price that they...
Oct 31, 2007
By Rabbi Yikhat Rozen
Gentlemen, Bow Your Heads
Gentlemen, Bow Your Heads
“Gentlemen, bow your heads.” Thirty-five years after I used to hear that phrase in Assembly each eighth-grade morning, I still remember the scene clearly. Several hundred of us Middle School and...
Oct 25, 2007
By Daniel Gordis
A Harvest of Stones
A Harvest of Stones
Jerusalem as the spiritual center of the universe suddenly became a tangible reality recently. The discovery was made right up the street from my home in the suburban neighborhood of Ramat...
Oct 25, 2007
By Varda Branfman
The Leftover Salt
The Leftover Salt
A Lesson For the Children – The customers filled the small store at the edge of the town of Radin. They preferred this store over others nearby which sold similar products...
Oct 24, 2007
By Rabbi Yikhat Rozen
A Chai of Todah Rabbas
A Chai of Todah Rabbas
1. For the 1971 bus driver who took a spontaneous detour to Sde Boker so thirty-five American teens could meet David Ben Gurion. I will never forget the afternoon nor Mr....
Oct 18, 2007
By Debra Darvick

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