Essays
Death & Grieving
It is time to ask ourselves: What happens after death, if anything? What does death really mean? How should the surviving loved ones react? What is the meaning of death?
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Be Fruitful and Multiply
How did it come about that one’s own child may be perceived as a potential threat to our personal well-being? Let’s look back to the first parents.The story of Adam & Eve illustrates how this idea began, but also offers solutions.
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Loneliness: A Personal Essay
A personal essay on the power of prayer to fight loneliness. Learn to eliminate your loneliness through spiritual prayer.
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Spiritual Awakening and My Father’s Siddur
This is a personal story of a Jewish woman’s spiritual awakening. It is heartwarming, and a tale of reconnecting to older generations. A story of teshuvah.
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The Real G-d in Us: The Inner Self
The task of redeeming ourselves, our family and friends, and our society from the depths of debasement cannot be accomplished half-heartedly or perfunctorily. The real me, and the real you, the inner self are exposed when we are actively engaged in activities that better the lives of others and enrich our society.
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The Rebbe and the Writer
A meeting with the Lubavitcher Rebbe provoked a surprising, heartfelt last article from a dying writer, Natan Yellin-Mur.
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Vistas: Doing the Best You Can
Behind the imperative of doing the best you can is the futility of doing anything more than you can. You breathe deeply and release a smile because you know that G-d wants no more from you than you are able to do and has already given you everything you need with which to do it.
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Why Do We Fall in Love?
Why do we fall in love? What lies behind the attraction between the sexes? In seeking to make sense of our sexuality we must look to its origins. The human race is in essence one entity, a male-female singularity. When man and woman come together and unite in a marital union, they recreate the divine image in which they were both formed as one.
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