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How A Talmudist Thinks 🤣
After months of negotiation with the authorities, a talmudist from Leningrad is finally granted permission to visit Moscow.
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The Ethical Will of Eleazar of Mayence
These are the things which my sons and daughters shall do at my request…
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One Who Turns 50 Gives Advice
My pals, today I turn 50. According to our Sages, this is the age at which one gives advice.
Here are 21 pebbles of wisdom I’ve picked up in my 50 trips around the sun:
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A Fool’s Urgent Question
“Rabbi, what can I do? I know I’m a fool, but I don’t know what to do about it.”
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Even Napoleon Could See The Temple Would Be Rebuilt
Every summer, on the 9th day of the Hebrew month of Av, Jews fast for 25 hours to mourn the destruction of our Holy Temple in Jerusalem 2,000 years ago. We also recall a string of catastrophes that befell our …
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The Hidden Holiness
In trying to become a holier person, one can go astray despite donning the garments, behaviors, and thoughts of holiness.
The Lubavitcher Rebbe had a beautiful teaching about this…
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The Definition of Soulmates
Rabbi Adin Steinsaltz was asked, “Do you believe in soulmates?”
He said, “It’s quite true that God decides before we’re born who the right spouse is for us, but it is not necessarily true that God decides such a couple will be happy.”
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A Prayer for Israel’s Enemies
Master of the Universe, please help our enemies see with their eyes and understand with their heartsbefore it is too late.
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Can You Disagree With The Whole World And Be Right?
“Truth does not become more true because the whole world agrees with it, nor less so even if the whole world disagrees with it.”