Sukkot: My Dear Child
As we begin the holiday of Sukkot a letter to my child, my inner child, my essence, after re-emerging a bit on Yom Kippur.
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Giving Unconditional Love
Rabbi Simon Jacobson gives a three-minute talk on the spiritual nature of unconditional love, and what it takes to give it.
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How to Personally Respond to Anti-Semitism
Go beyond “thoughts and prayers”. Concrete suggestions for bringing light into a dark world.
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Spiritual Parenting
Parents must understand the magnitude of their many responsibilities. Building a true home is a job to be taken seriously — more seriously than the job we go to each day to earn a living. After all, there are many opportunities to make a living, but only one opportunity to build a healthy home.
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How to See Your Child in a More Meaningful Way
Look at the child intently and realize: God has given you this gift to nurture and care for, to teach good habits and the difference between right and wrong. Your attitude toward this child and the sensibilities you impart will be crucial to how his life develops and how he influences others. Parenting tips.
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Women & Men – Different But Equal?
For a human being to lead a total life, he or she must have both the masculine and feminine forms of energy: the power of strength and the power of subtlety; the power of giving and the power of receiving. Ideally, these energies are merged seamlessly.
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Three Steps to a Healthy Home
Your home is meant to be the central oasis of day to day life, a sacred safe space where you can tap in and experience your true inner self, away from the external world. This can only happen when your home is an emotionally healthy space. Here are 3 essential steps to having an emotionally healthy home.
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How To Create An Oasis In Your Life
One of the healthiest things you can do to find balance and harmony is to build a spiritual oasis in your life. The following suggestions can help you to grow solid spiritual roots — on a daily basis, at home — that you can always return to.
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Overcoming Fear of Failure
After all, experiencing cause and effect is normal; sitting around paralyzed by fear of failure is not.
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Forgiveness Starts With Yourself
As long as you see it as someone else’s problem, you remain a victim. YOU need to take control of your life. It often requires much work, and it always requires a connection to G-d.
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