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Daily Thought
Just who are the oppressors of which you are victim? People? Institutions? The Laws of Nature? They are but tools in the hand of their Master. Or are you the victim of your own Creator? The Designer of this cosmos does not contrive schemes to undermine His own creations. He knows us as He knows Himself; He sees His world from our eyes; He is our life and our essence. When He makes demands of us, He meets us on our own ground, not according to His unlimited power, but finely measured to the capacity He has hidden within us. There are times when you compare the burden on your shoulders to the strengths you know you have, and it seems impossible. But He knows better the hidden powers of your soul. And He has faith...
Weekly Magazine
While there isn’t a synagogue at the North Pole (yet!), there has been, and there still is, a Jewish presence not far from the Arctic and Antarctic Circles.
Learn the answer to this simple-seeming question in the light of history, Jewish law, and kabbalah.
Who composed the common tune for “Eishet Chayil”?
The yetzer hara is an instinctive impulse for self-gratification (bad), embodied by the emotional responses of the beast within you.
When must mistakes be corrected? How should one proceed when an error is discovered in the Torah scroll?
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Jewish History
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Jewish History