An Ode To The Amateur
In a world inundated by “professionals,” “experts” and “sophisticated” gadgets we can sure use a little dose of amateurism…
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Sukkot: How False A World?
As we celebrate the Jewish holiday season, one of the important challenges facing us today is to make the holidays come alive by recognizing their relevance
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Listen to Your Body
What is most fascinating about this concept is that usually we associate awareness with the soul. Yet, Jewish mysticism teaches that the body too was created by G-d. It therefore contains unique Divine energy of its own. Indeed, the body carries enormous power stemming from the Essence of G-d, which in some ways is superior even to the energy of the soul!
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Chanukah: Oil
Contrary to most other Jewish holidays, Chanukah focuses on the miracle of the oil as opposed to the battles involved. The spiritual dimensions of oil are discussed in light of this.
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You Can’t Run Out of Love
Love is not a mathematical equation. You may need to temper love with boundaries and discipline, but it’s not as if you can run out of it — because it is unlimited.
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The Sukkah as a Metaphor for Life
The transitory Sukkah reminds us that we are just travelers in this impermanent material world; we are spiritual beings on a material journey, not material beings on a spiritual journey.
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Yom Kippur: Why the High Priest Went Home
Seven days before Yom Kippur, the Kohen Gadol (“High Priest”) is removed from his home to his chamber in the Holy Temple. Learn about the significance of home in relation to Yom Kippur.
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Is Fashion Avant-garde?
While the innovations of the soul are unlimited and eternal, fashion choices are limited by what is available.
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Meat & Atzilut
After taking a closer look at the Jew’s complaint we can understand the purpose of the world- to integrate the Divine and physical worlds.
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The Visionary and the Builder
Vision alone can remain abstract and unfulfilled ; building without vision is aimless. First we need the voice of the visionary and then we need to balance it with the voice of the builder.
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