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3 Ways to Co-Create Your New Year
Elul is here, and the eagerness to welcome the New Year is filling the air. Besides the sense of newness that “nature” so graciously gives us, including changing leaves, a crisp, cool breeze to break the summer heat, and for many, starting back in school and the post-summer grind, we also benefit from the palpable…
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The Shabbat Queen: The Life and Legacy of Henny Machlis
She began as an ordinary girl from Brooklyn—yet her life would ascend to extraordinary spiritual heights, placing her among the truly righteous. Who was Henny Machlis, and how did she accomplish so much in just 59 years? Born in 1950 in the United States, Henny was raised in a home that nurtured purpose, Chesed, and…
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Nitzavim-Vayelech: Circumcision of the Heart
וּמָ֨ל ה אֱלֹ-הֶ֛יךָ אֶת־לְבָבְךָ֖ וְאֶת־לְבַ֣ב זַרְעֶ֑ךָ לְאַהֲבָ֞ה אֶת־ה אֱלֹ-הֶ֛יךָ And Hashem, your G-d will open your heart and the heart of your descendants to love Hashem your G-d… (Devarim 30:6) This verse describes the closeness that will be achieved between Hashem and the Jewish people following their teshuva (return), to righteousness. An interesting word is…
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Ani Le’Dodi V’Dodi Li: Doing Teshuva Out of Love
In contemporary times, with greater access to education and opportunities for deep spiritual reflection, women, like everyone else, can and do engage with their faith at higher levels, motivated by love and understanding rather than merely by fear. As women, we can also take away the important principle that our motivations matter. It’s not just…
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Selichot: Peeling Away the Layers Over Our Hearts
On Rosh Hashanah, we bring ourselves as a korban to Hashem…
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Malchut: Revealing the Feminine Energy on Rosh Hashanah
Malchut is the highest of the ten sefirot…
