The New Moon

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When G/d points out to Moses the new moon in Parshat Bo, He really shows him the threshold between evil and good and the birth from darkness to light.

Celebrating My Birth 60 Years Later

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The book, Toward a Meaningful Life by Simon Jacobson, helped me commit my life and coming year with intention and meaning.

Your Birthday: A Spiritual Landmark

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Your birthday is so much more than cake and presents — it is a spiritual landmark in time. Join renowned author and teacher Rabbi Simon Jacobson for a short glimpse into the mystical meaning of your birthday.

Is It Better Not to Be Born?

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Life is painful. Would it be better not to be born?

The Secret to Giving Birth

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50 Reasons Why Your Life Matters

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Sometimes it seems like our lives don’t matter. Whether you are in the depths of depression or have survived an assault on who you are, or even if you are just having a really bad day, sometimes it seems like, “My life doesn’t matter.” However: That thought is wrong. Your life does matter.

A Slumber and a Headache

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Revisiting the 42-stationed journey in the desert from the Exodus of Egypt (that marked our birth as a nation) to our entry into the Land of Israel.

Netzovim – Vayeilech: Birthing

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Samech Vav, part 19 discusses the renewed light that shines on the eve of Rosh Hashana, a light which is relevant to each of us as a unique being…

Vital Fluids

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G-d gave the Israelites two commandments—the mitzvah of circumcision and the mitzvah of korban pesach (the Passover offering)—so that they should merit the redemption.

Birth

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The entity born on Passover: a people whose “self” is defined not by society or nature, nor by the physical, emotional or intellectual garments of the soul, but by the spark of G-dliness that is the essence of man.