Essays
The Power of Five Seconds: Jewish Obsession with Food
Jews have a unique relationship with food. It goes beyond bagels and kishke. Get a unique spiritual perspective on the Jewish relationship with food from Rabbi Simon Jacobson.
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Are You Good on the Inside?
The inner environment of a person’s character and personality be in line with his actions. How to align your values with your inner self.
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Do You Think That You Matter?
Here is a message that will change your life forever: Birth is G-d’s way of saying “you matter.” This means you are absolutely necessary. You are indispensable to G-d’s vision of the world, chosen to fulfill a mission in this world that you and only you can accomplish, like musical notes in the grand Divine composition, each of us has our unique music to play.
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Would You Like to Judge Yourself?
The only power on earth or heaven that can judge man is man himself.
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Thinking & Stinking at the Harvard Business Review
Bernard Starr, Ph.D., a professor of psychology, criticizes the Harvard Business Review’s endorsement of dirty business practices.
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The Dollar
We pray for it, we slave for it, we devote our best years and talents to acquire it. And then we blame it for all our ills. Get more meaning from the dollar.
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Matos-Masei: 1967: The Summer of Awakening Part II
This week’s essay – a sequel to last week – discusses the power of inspiration and the profound consequences of not acting on a call from above….
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The Immaculate Reception: Are Miracles Possible?
The Jets miraculous win, in the days when we prepare to enter a New Year and celebrate the collective birthday of the human race on Rosh Hashana, reminds us of the miracles and angels trapped in our material, distracted lives, and the call of the Shofar awakens us to do our part in unleashing them.
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Orthodoxy vs. The World
How do we reconcile faith and modernity? What is one to do? What does the Torah advocate?
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Giving Up Your Life for God?
Should we “give up” our lives for God? Certainly not! That’s sacrifice. We shouldn’t give up our God-given talents and behaviors; we should bring them closer to their purer state.
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