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Beginners Luck
There are real rewards and beginner's attraction.
In the beginning we get some extra encouragement. Some examples:
When a baby makes his first step all the family cheers him up. Later he bumps into corners and nobody pays attention. But at the end he earns his ability to move freely and that is his real reward.
Later, when a child learns to read, ( Read more... ) -
Today Is My Birthday!
Today Is My Birthday!
by Sara Gutfreund
Today is my birthday. I am ninety years old.
My children, grandchildren and great-grandchildren have just left. My party is over. The room is littered with ribbons and balloons. Half of the pink and white ice cream cake is melting on the table beside me. No one really felt like eating it here; not even Shira ( Read more... ) -
We are in advertising business
https://toldot.ru/articles/articles_17205.html
"Слава Всевышнего находится везде, и она оживляет все сущее... Источник нижних - это Слава всевышнего, т. е. шхина (присутствие), которое Он хочет распространить на нижних. Ради отркытия и распространения своей славы создал Он Творение... Раскрытие славы - это раскрытие Его царской власти...
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Когда человек выбирает зло, зло усиливается и приобретает власть над ним
https://toldot.ru/articles/articles_17205.html"Всевышний принизил человека в начале создания так, чтобы ему "грозил" выбор в пользу зла (т.е. чтобы этот выбор стал принципиально возможен). Когда человек выбирает зло, зло усиливается и приобретает власть над ним, и тогда человек опускается все ниже и ниже и превращается в самое низкое из всех ( Read more... ) -
My two cents regarding Jewish crime
5. As for Jewish soul searching, it is evidence of Jewish unity since it is healthy to contemplate more on family members’conduct.
You have to agree that all of these are beautiful conclusions ( Read more... ) -
IS THE HOLIDAY PARTY FOR EVERYONE?
Even if some may feel left out, others may feel uncomfortable about attending.
I would like to highlight some aspects of coming holidays, aspects that are usually overlooked.
Even though there are many people who enjoy diverse parties, there are others who don't feel comfortable celebrating events that are foreign to them. For example, ( Read more... ) -
Abortion Myths
Without getting into discussion about the abortion law itself, I would like to re-examine the myths that pro-choice movement keeps relating to as obvious facts. Let’s see if the pro-life position is as primitive as portrayed by ‘fighters for progress’.
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Why talk about plague magnification to 250, weren’t 10 plagues enough?
From Gvuros HaShem -- Maharal MiPrag as told by Berl Kapilevich
At Passover Seder why talk about plague magnification to 250, weren’t 10 plagues enough?
"Thus you must now say that in Egypt they were struck by fifty plagues, and at the sea they were stricken by two hundred and fifty plagues”
Ideally the soul, mind, and matter are supposed to ( Read more... ) -
Invitation
Let me share a story with you.
A Jewish couple was on a verge of separation and the wife wanted to patch it through a family therapy program, while her husband would rather take the more traditional approach - discuss the issue with a local Rabbi.
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Тринадцать ступеней любви
http://chassidus.ru/philosophy/ginzburg/otzar-hanefesh/2/13ahavot.htm
...2. Принадлежность, самоотдача, контакт
Существуют три типа отношений, двигающие любовь: киньян (принадлежность), мсира (отдача) и хибур (контакт). Т.е., что есть любовь между двумя людьми, базирующаяся на отношении принадлежности, есть любовь на базе (само)отдачи, и есть ( Read more... )