May 2013
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Applications - Nefesh B' Nefesh - Aliyah: Live the... →
May 19th
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“Coming to Israel is sort of like getting married: Everyone should do so...”
– http://www.aish.com/atr/Mitzvah_to_Live_in_Israel.html
May 9th
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20 Factors for Parnassah
Parnassa?  Everyone is always looking for ways to get it or enhance it.  Parnassa is a complicated matter with many factors involved.  Below a list of 20 factors affecting parnassa compiled from “Sefer HaMidos” by Rebbe Nachman of Breslov.  If you are really interested in parnassa the list is worth going through carefully! 1. Lack of trust in Hashem vs. Trust in Hashem 2. Cruel to...
May 7th
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May 5th
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“Music expresses that which cannot be put into words and that which cannot...”
– Victor Hugo
May 5th
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Live Deep | with Benjamin Rapaport →
with Benjamin Rapaport
May 3rd
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Lessons from Talmud
By Yaakov Menken, on May 1st, 2013 The Talmud in Eruvin [47b-48a] discusses the unusual case of a lake situated between two villages, such that each end of the lake is within the Sabbath limits of one or the other village. Because the water mixes, and thus someone who goes out and draws water might be removing water from the Sabbath limits of the other village, Rebbe Chiyah says you can’t draw...
May 2nd
April 2013
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“The purpose of wealth is to help others, not to show it off.”
– http://www.jlaw.com/Articles/againstosten.html
Apr 30th
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“Atheists With an Asterisk Atheists may not believe in God, but they’re...”
– Wall Street Journal
Apr 14th
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Telz Yeshiva- Their Path in Torah →
Great article by Rabbi Bechhofer
Apr 14th
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“How many shuls are there in Chicago? 35? 40? How many in the whole midwest? Then...”
– Rabbi Zvi Zimmerman Masgiach Ruchani of Skokie Yeshiva
Apr 11th
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Apr 9th
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“There is nothing noble in being superior to your fellow man; true nobility is...”
–  Ernest Hemingway
Apr 3rd
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“If you are depressed you’re living in the past. If you’re ambitious you’re...”
–  R’ Yitzchok Schochet
Apr 3rd
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“The Jews stood under Har Sinai.”
– Shabbat 88A
Apr 2nd
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March 2013
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Our Legacy Passed Along
by Rabbi Ahron Lopiansky  A Passover letter to my child. My dear child, It is now a quiet moment late at night. After an exhausting day of Passover cleaning, you have sunk into the sweetest of sleeps, and I am sitting here with a pile of haggadas, preparing for Seder night. Somehow the words never come out the way I want them to, and the Seder evening is always unpredictable. But so many...
Mar 28th
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“When someone does something good to me, I should think: “thank the person...”
– Shaar Bitachon
Mar 19th
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“The Torah is an anthology of argument with a shared vocabulary of common...”
– Rabbi Jonathan Sacks, Chief Rabbi of the United Kingdom 
Mar 13th
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“Did Hashem send our souls down to this lowly earth just for another piece of...”
– Rabbi Lazer Brody http://lazerbrody.typepad.com/lazer_beams/giants_of_judaism/
Mar 8th
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“THEREFORE, THE PURE RIGHTEOUS DO NOT COMPLAIN OF THE DARK, BUT INCREASE THE...”
– Rav Kook ztl
Mar 7th
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“. R. Shlomo Yosef Zevin wrote a classic article demonstrating that in the...”
– http://www.jlaw.com/Articles/decide.html
Mar 5th
February 2013
12 posts
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Baal Teshuva: What Comes First
Rav Moshe Shternbuch: Shabbos Or Kashrus, Where Does A Baal Tshuva Start? Rav Moshe Shternbuch says (1:350) that a Baal Tshuva is like a small child.  He needs to start slowly and learn first how to lie down, than sit, and then walk.  During this process the Baal Tshuva is still not complete and the person guiding them will need to choose wisely what they are ready to accept.  It should not...
Feb 27th
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“י״ח בְּאַדָר תשמ״ח”
– My Birthday!
Feb 27th
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Feb 25th
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“Eight hundred years ago, Maimonides wrote in Hanhagot Habriyot (The Regimen of...”
– http://www.ou.org/index.php/jewish_action/article/37375/
Feb 22nd
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“We content ourselves with slogans that we repeat to each other without ever...”
– Rabbi Yonason Rosenblum
Feb 13th
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“Rabbi Feigenbaum asked, “Where is the next Torah frontier to conquer?” Rabbi...”
– Read more: http://www.cross-currents.com/#ixzz2KokRgRG0  Under Creative Commons License: Attribution
Feb 13th
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Feb 10th
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Learning Torah: Avodah Zara 19
DafYomi.co.il 2) WHAT AND HOW TO LEARN (a) (R. Elazar): ”Ki Im b’Toras Hash-m Cheftzo” - one only learns (well) what he desires to learn. (b) Rebbi finished teaching a Sefer to his son Shimon and to Levi. Levi wanted to learn Mishlei next, and Shimon wanted to learn Tehilim. They forced Levi to agree. 1. As soon as Rebbi expounded “Ki Im b’Toras Hash-m Cheftzo”...
Feb 10th
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Mitzvah of Giving Blood →
I am going today! 
Feb 10th
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Video: Life’s Only Disability: A Bad Attitude →
Feb 5th
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“There are many issues where contemporary mores stand in stark contrast with...”
–  Read more: http://www.cross-currents.com/#ixzz2JmnCKxxa  Under Creative Commons License: Attribution
Feb 2nd
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Feb 1st
January 2013
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Jan 29th
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“If one’s emuna (faith) is clear, that his matters are given over to the...”
– Shaar Bitachon
Jan 27th
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“Chizkiyah: You are not human! (Rashi says he is like an angel.) Another...”
– Talmud Bavli Shabbos 112B
Jan 23rd
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“The Orchot Tzadikim (Sha’ar HaAnavah) says that there are 3 reasons why Hashem...”
– Fabia 22
Jan 22nd
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Jan 20th
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“. There are as many Jews on the Upper West Side — 70,500 — as there are in all...”
– http://www.nytimes.com/2013/01/18/nyregion/reversing-past-trend-new-yorks-jewish-population-rises.html?_r=0
Jan 18th
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“It is important to note that the aforementioned “testing of God” by giving...”
– Rabbi Reuven Leuchter 
Jan 17th
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“As kids we would blow the fluff from dandelions and watch the seeds hover in the...”
– Rabbi Abraham Twerski, MD, Do Unto Others, pg. 130
Jan 15th
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“It is mentioned in [the book] Tanna d’Bei Eliyahu Zuta, Chapter One, “…...”
– Rabbi Yisroel Meir Kagan (Chafetz Chaim), Ahavas Chesed, Part II. Ch. 17
Jan 12th
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Amazing Resource for Finding a Learning Partner →
Jan 10th
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“The word in Hebrew for political party, miflaga, comes from the root word...”
– Rabbi Lazer Brody
Jan 9th
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“It is possible that the alchemist will not be able to buy food with his gold and...”
– Shaar Bitchon of Chovos Levovos
Jan 7th
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“Listen with your eyes. Look at the other person when they are speaking. 93% of...”
– http://www.aish.com/sp/pg/4-Steps-to-Great-Listening.html?s=nb
Jan 6th
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“1) Remember to embrace equally all the three fundamentally Jewish loves - Ahavas...”
– Rabbi Selig Starr Rosh Yeshiva of Skokie and Darche Noam
Jan 1st
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December 2012
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How to Choose a Career
by Rabbi Benjamin Rapaport  Judaism’s five-piece framework for finding a career that really fits. Whatever career we choose determines how we spend a large part of our lives. Work that really fits us, that taps into our reservoir of potential and challenges us to become our best, can make all the difference in our quality of life. It is encouraging to know that the struggle to find a good...
Dec 28th
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A startup for Tzedekah →
Dec 26th
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“Demanding high volume in (outreach and Kiruv) is no more productive than...”
– Rabbi Yitzchak Feldman
Dec 26th
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