Read more: How to Reach Your Personal ExodusPrayer is huge. G-d created the world with His words, and He has given us the power of speech (and prayer) to essentially co-create our lives with Him. The emphasis one should put on speaking to his or her Creator about everything cannot be made enough. However, we learn a remarkable lesson from one man in the Exodus story, who is not often brought up. Just after being freed from Egyptian enslavement, the Jews began to despair; G-d had led them “between a rock and a hard place”…
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Read more: What is Jewish Freedom?The Mishna tells us that there is no free man except the one who engages in Torah study. Certainly, Torah brings us wisdom, truth, nobility…
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Read more: A Feminine Perspective on MatzaMatza, the central food of the Yom Tov, is symbolic of the highest values and virtues of the Jewish people…
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How to Reach Your Personal Exodus
Prayer is huge. G-d created the world with His words, and He has given us the power of speech (and prayer) to essentially co-create our lives with Him. The emphasis one should put on speaking to his or her Creator about everything cannot be made enough. However, we learn a remarkable lesson from one man…
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What is Jewish Freedom?
The Mishna tells us that there is no free man except the one who engages in Torah study. Certainly, Torah brings us wisdom, truth, nobility…
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A Feminine Perspective on Matza
Matza, the central food of the Yom Tov, is symbolic of the highest values and virtues of the Jewish people…
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