Shorts
Percentage of the Dough
If a person makes his spiritual moments the focus of his life, regarding all else as but the means to their end, then his entire day is a singularly holy endeavor.
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Father and Son
Despite the fact that they embodied two very different approaches to life, Isaac sensed that everything he is and has derives from Abraham, while Abraham saw in Isaac the fulfillment and realization of his deepest self.
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A Knowing Ignorance
Said Rabbi Israel Baal Shem Tov: One who finds an immense treasure … his distress is greater than his happiness.
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A Day in the Life of an Old Man
A lifetime of seeking and achievement, of trials and triumphs, did not diminish Abraham’s thirst for life.
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Day in the Life of an Old Man
It is Abraham’s greatness that as he grew old, he continued to enter into his days.
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Three Lovers of Israel
Three great Chassidic leaders were famous for their ahavat yisrael (“love of a fellow Jew”): Rabbi Zusha of Anipoli, Rabbi Levi Yitzchak of Berditchev, and Rabbi Israel Baal Shem Tov.
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The Rebbe’s Budget
Rabbi Israel of Ruzhin had a smart answer for a skeptical business man.
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Hide and Seek
A kind and caring word will achieve what the most profound arguments and the most glaring truths will not.
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