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Do You Hate Yourself?
Why do some people have a better self image of themselves than others? What factors contribute most to a child growing up secure and confident? Is anyone born unhappy and despondent? Is self-esteem inherent or acquired? Let’s be more personal and vulnerable. Frankly put: Do you love or hate yourself? Beyond the surface level, how much of your life is driven by fear? How many of your decisions are shaped by pleasing others as opposed to expressing your self? Is your reputation more valuable to you than being honest and true to yourself? Beyond appearances, how self-assured are you? Do you project an air of confidence only to be hiding deep inner shame or insecurity? As you can see, once you open up the Pandora’s box of self-esteem the questions never end.
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Rising From the Ashes
There is a secret world in which your first tablets were never broken. We each possess a tiny corner in our soul which forever remains invincible and pure. A look at the personal meaning of the shattered tablets.
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The Wheel
The cosmic wheel: When one is on the lowest point of the wheel whichever direction it turns you will ascend. Since we have hit rock bottom it is now time to go upwards.
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Thank You for Giving Me Back My Life
A moving letter of a survivor of childhood abuse who found out that her life is meaningful. Example of spirituality helping with overcoming child abuse.
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Bread from Heaven
Spiritual meaning of food: Food is the glue of life, the medium that holds body and soul together. So food, too, has both an “elementary” and a “particular” role in the sustenance of life.
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Food & Our Relationship with G-d
The Talmud points to the relationship between the soul and the body as a model for the nature of G-d’s relationship with the world. The soul cannot be perceived by the senses, yet its presence and effect is keenly felt in every part of the body; so too, G-d, though He transcends our reality and is utterly beyond its perception, vitalizes the entirety of creation and is fully present in its every nook and cranny. Food is the glue that keeps soul and body together, sustaining the embodiment of the spirit within its material shell.
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Meat
Does man have a right to eat meat? Join us for a discussion on the Torah and spiritual dimensions of meat. The answer might surprise you.
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Spiritual Thirst
Spiritual thirst is a thirst without water. It is a thirst for truth, meaning, and purpose.
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The Power of Five Seconds: Jewish Obsession with Food
Jews have a unique relationship with food. It goes beyond bagels and kishke. Get a unique spiritual perspective on the Jewish relationship with food from Rabbi Simon Jacobson.
