Weekly Op-Ed
Yom Kippur: The Real You
Just one day we are asked to enter our “holy of holies.” This gives us the power to be real the rest of the year. So this Yom Kippur open yourself up – and may you experience the REAL YOU.
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Netzvim-Vayelech: Blackberry Unplugged
By pressing a button in one corner of our lives we set in motion a series of events that reverberate around the world; how you can hold infinity in the palm of your handheld device.
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Ki Teitzei: Religion and Dysfunctionality
Our calling is to marginalize (and possibly eliminate) so-called “religious” behavior that feeds the stereotype of close-minded, unevolved and condescending religiosity. And more importantly, reintroduce the alternative – faith and religion that allows man to actualize and shine in his full glory.
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Vaetchanan: Religion and Ethics
What should our attitude and response be when we witness Rabbis arrested in chains?
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Matos-Massei: One Small Step
If our “one step” on the moon can humbly remind us that the internal “moon” of our own inner malchus/dignity remains intact, and that it can actually experience rebirth and renewal, than this indeed is “one giant leap for mankind.”
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Pinchas: Lima 2009: Diary of a Wary Traveler
What I shared at the conference is that happiness is not a verb, but a noun. It is not driven by actions, acquisitions – going out and buying something. Objects can make us happy for a while, but happiness is a state of being.
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Korach: Can A Circle Marry A Square?
Go beyond yourself and you will find true and everlasting love. If you are a circle learn and appreciate the virtues of the square.
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Shelach: Circles and Squares
Whether you are more “square-like” or more “circle-like,” both personalities are necessary, and both complement each other.
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Bamidbar: The Blessing of Diversity
Like different musical notes in a large composition, each community, group or even individual, contributes his or her unique note.
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Behar-Bechukotei: Jerusalem 2009
Take the “scoundrel” by its throat and strangle it. Not with your hands or with violence, but with light. Strangle darkness with light. Asphyxiate pain with joy.
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