Traversing life on this earth is like walking on a treacherous mountain path at night. Every single step is prone to injury or even worse. King David describes the only proven way to illuminate one's path.
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Why Aren’t You Happy?
Chanukah is a time of gratitude. It's also one of the best opportunities for soul-searching and self-assessment. Sitting by the flickering candles of holiness, we open a window to our souls. Let's look inside and ask ourselves why we're not...
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Helenism and the Bull’s Horn
The age-old expression says to grab the bull by its horns. What does that mean? And why did the ancient Greeks command the Jews to, "Write on the horn of the bull that you have no portion in the G-d...
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Rescuing the Princess: Likutei Moharan, Torah 24, Part 2
Events in Israel today are the continuation of a perpetual war that began 22 centuries ago with the war between the Greeks and the Maccabees. Intrinsically, this is the war between human intellect and emuna, between assimilation and loyalty to...
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No Fear: Psalm 119, Part 2
Political correctness and social convention can only prevail when people act like sheep and cast aside truth and morality for the sake of convenience. This is how entire societies succumb to evil. Only the courageous - like the Maccabees -...
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Candles at My Feet: Psalm 119, Part 3
Traversing life on this earth is like walking on a treacherous mountain path at night. Every single step is prone to injury or even worse. King David describes the only proven way to illuminate one's path.
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Rescuing the Princess: Likutei Moharan, Torah 24, Part 2
Events in Israel today are the continuation of a perpetual war that began 22 centuries ago with the war between the Greeks and the Maccabees. Intrinsically, this is the war between human intellect and emuna, between assimilation and loyalty to...
Continue reading
No Fear: Psalm 119, Part 2
Political correctness and social convention can only prevail when people act like sheep and cast aside truth and morality for the sake of convenience. This is how entire societies succumb to evil. Only the courageous - like the Maccabees -...
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A Healthy Chanukah
Chanukah can't be happy if it's not healthy. The Rambam, whose health and nutritional advice are uncontested to this day, would undoubtedly shudder at the thought of a deep-fried donut doused in powdered white sugar and filled with sugary jam...
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Veggies Versus Vitamin Capsules
The Rambam doesn't believe in the concept of "nutrition in a pill." He teaches that we maintain health by doing Hashem's will, which includes eating as natural as possible. This includes avoiding dangerous and unhealthy substances, like the many that...
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Why Aren’t You Happy?
Chanukah is a time of gratitude. It's also one of the best opportunities for soul-searching and self-assessment. Sitting by the flickering candles of holiness, we open a window to our souls. Let's look inside and ask ourselves why we're not...
Continue reading
Helenism and the Bull’s Horn
The age-old expression says to grab the bull by its horns. What does that mean? And why did the ancient Greeks command the Jews to, "Write on the horn of the bull that you have no portion in the G-d...
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