The Journey
Beginning with the second night of Passover, we count the days traversed from the Exodus, chronicling the milestones and stations of our journey of self-refinement.
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Bringing Light to the Darkest Places
A miracle may mean the hope that within the deepest darkness there’s light. Chanukah is that message.
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The Body and Soul of Light
The wave/particle nature of light – like everything in existence – has a body and a soul.
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Inside Time: The Spiritual Meaning of Days of the Week
A Kabbalistic look at the spiritual meaning of days of the week, with an emphasis on Shabbat — the seventh day of the week. By Rabbi Simon Jacobson.
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The Three Lives of Jacob
Our own moments of transcendence seem fleeting and inconsequential in comparison with Jacob’s decades of tranquil perfection in the Holy Land; our own struggles seem wan and inept when measured against Jacob’s Charan years; our own lives under circumstances of subjugation and oppression seem black indeed when set against Jacob’s Egyptian period. Yet the three lives of Jacob are “signposts” that guide, inspire and enable our own.
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Concentrated Light
As the example of the concentrated light of a laser beam demonstrates, it is precisely the “limitations” imposed on a force that amplify its potentials and enable its optimal realization.
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Light That Dispels Darkness: Why Do Good and Evil Exist?
We all struggle to fathom how a good and righteous G-d could allow so much suffering and could permit such atrocities in the world. An obvious question inevitably arises: Why did G-d create evil, and how can we reconcile it with His goodness? In other words, why do good and evil exist?
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Bringing Light to the Darkest Places
Even in the darkest moments there is light somewhere. A discussion with Simon Jacobson about reaching depressed people and finding light in dark places.
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Shemini Atzeret: The World and You
We dwell in Sukkot, made of vegetation of the world, we pray and commit to improve and refine the nations of the world, we dance and celebrate in public, we engage, connect and unite with others.
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Hovering Soul
Moses was a force of light; Discover that light within all of us. Access the inherent goodness of man and access a deeper meaning of, “Let there be light.”
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