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Beyond Yom Kippur: Making Change Last
On Yom Kippur, we resolve to change our behavior and abandon our sins—azivat hachet..
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The ABCs of Prayer
One understanding of how prayer works is that rather than the prayer changing Hashem, instead, I am the one who is changed…
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The Defilement of Speech: The Spiritual Dangers of Crude Language
Nivul peh literally translates to “a disgusting mouth” and refers not only to crude, profane language…
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Letting Go of Control
What if I lose my job? What if the stock market plunges? What if one of my family members becomes ill? Sound familiar? Many of us go through life asking ourselves questions we have no control over…
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Humility, the Opposite of Arrogance
Part 2: Humility on a Practical LevelHow do we rid ourselves of arrogance and accustom ourselves to an existence of humility?
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Humility, the Opposite of Arrogance
Part I: What Is True Humility?The ideal measure for all character traits, as the Rambam explains, is to be balanced in the middle way.
