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Your Weekly Dose.
Rabbi Eliyahu Schusterman of Chabad Intown, writing each week on the portion, the season, and what the two of them are asking of us right now.
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Playing Hard To Get
"Ani l'dodi v'dodi li." I am my beloved's, and my beloved is mine. This is the verse from Song of Songs whose initial Hebrew letters spell out the Hebrew month of Elul…
Don’t Waste the Discomfort - Preparing for Rosh Hashanah 5787
I've never related to people who dislike the marking of their birthday. I find my birthday to be a joyous and positively uplifting day. Conversely, there are those who…
An Elul Love Story
*It is spring in the Land of Israel. The rain has stopped, the sun is shining, the birds are chirping and the smell of spring wafts through the air. A young maiden goes…
Standing on the Roots of Those Who Came Before Us
Even though they’re dead, they are not gone — they continue to find a way to help others out postmortem. These fallen giants provide “generational facilitation” in the…
My Journey of Accepting Criticism
Adam was created from the dust (Chava from Adam's side). It has been said that this is the reason that men are defensive and a bit ego focused. After all, when they look…
When Darkness Touches the Soul
The Talmud tells a story about Rabbi Akiva and his colleagues. They were traveling to Jerusalem and arrived at Mount Scopus. When they arrived, they all tore their…
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- 26The Stories We Tell Ourselves
- 25Playing Hard To Get
- 24Don’t Waste the Discomfort - Preparing for Rosh Hashanah 5787
- 23An Elul Love Story
- 22Standing on the Roots of Those Who Came Before Us
- 21My Journey of Accepting Criticism
- 20When Darkness Touches the Soul
- 19The Hidden Light Within the Darkness
- 18Keep the Main Thing the Main Thing
- 17Happy 250th America!
- 16A Frustrated Rabbi
- 15Delayed, Not Diminished
- 14Argue More. Resent Less.
- 13The Rebbe's Answer to an Age of Uncertainty
- 12Independent Times
- 11Shameless Rabbi's
- 10Buff Humility
- 09Receiving The Torah In Your Body
- 08Standing Tall with Humility
- 07The Inner Work
- 06What's In Your Ear(pods) or You Are What You Consume
- 05Carrying Pesach Forward
- 04FREEDOM!
- 03Every Generation, Every Day
- 02It's All Up To Your Insides
- 01A War Time Reminder
Also every week: Spiritual Sparks.
Rabbi Ze'ev Smason on the small sparks of everyday life.
Also every week: The Shabbat Drop.
Miranda Lapides on Jewish joy, culture, and the week just gone.
Also every week: Gimme Some Torah.
Rabbi Eli Garfinkel on the day’s portion, most days of the week.
Also every week: Finding the Joy.
Uri's weekly turn through the parsha, looking for the joy in it.