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A number of years ago, I attended a Tony Robbins seminar. Robbins is a world renowned motivational speaker whohas taught life and career building skills to tens of thousands of people, over a span of 25 years. He typically teaches in a large room...
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Ethics of Our Fathers Rabbi Yaakov said, “This world is like an entrance chamber before the World to Come. Prepare yourself in the entrance chamber so that you may enter the banquet hall.†(Chapter 4, Mishna 21)
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Parashat Naso Even before the children of Israel received the Ten Commandments, they were told by G-d, “You are to be a mamlekhet kohanim,†(a kingdom of priests). One of our first communal obligations is to act as a nation of kohanim....
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The Ten Commandments summarize the entire Torah in a profound way and there are many secrets that are encapsulated in them which can enhance our daily lives.
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Parashat Ki Tavo
One of the wonders of the Torah is its capacity to yield new insights every week.
In Parshat Ki Tavo, after a description of the mitzvah of bikkurim (the first fruits that were brought to Jerusalem and given to the kohein)...
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Many people are mystified by the often-quoted expression of our sages concerning
G-d’s judgment of mankind on Rosh Hashanah: “The Books of Life and Death are set before You.” This is a common mistranslation. In actuality, the...
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Rabbi Yannai said, “It is not in our power to explain neither the tranquility of the wicked nor the suffering of the righteous.”
(Chapter 4, Mishna 19)
This Mishna raises one of the classic questions of faith: Why do bad things...
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Parashat Naso
Even before the children of Israel received the Ten Commandments, they were told by G-d, “You are to be a mamlekhet kohanim,” (a kingdom of priests). One of our first communal obligations is to act as a nation of kohanim....
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Since Father's Day began in 1910, people have been giving cards, neckties and steak dinners as gifts. The day has also been a time when we reflect on our fathers, and how they have shaped our lives.
The classic joke about Jewish fathers goes...
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Ethics of Our Fathers
Using the Spoken Word Properly
Shimon, the son of Rabbi Gamliel said, “All my life I have been raised among the Sages, and I have not found anything better for oneself than silence. Study is not the primary...
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