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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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The Case For Simchas Torah
For starters, if you are going to do Jewish, Simchas Torah is definitely the holiday to celebrate. It has food, dancing (who doesn't like to dance and let loose)…
You’re Forgiven. Now Dance.
A great Rabbi (I believe Reb Simcha Bunim of Pshischa) once said that the sin we leave Yom Kippur with is not believing that G-d has forgiven us.
You are Heavenly!
This season can feel heavy. The Yom Hagadol - the Big Day of Yom Kippur is upon us and it pulls deep into our soul.
The Stories We Tell Ourselves
The commandment that Moses speaks of in this verse on his last day is the commandment to do teshuvah, to return to G-d.
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…
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- 30Don’t Let the Inspiration Go Stale
- 29The Case For Simchas Torah
- 28You’re Forgiven. Now Dance.
- 27You are Heavenly!
- 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 SparksRabbi Ze'ev Smason on the small sparks of everyday life.Read Spiritual Sparks →
- The Shabbat DropMiranda Lapides on Jewish joy, culture, and the week just gone.Read The Shabbat Drop →
- Gimme Some TorahRabbi Eli Garfinkel on the day’s portion, most days of the week.Read Gimme Some Torah →
- Finding the JoyUri's weekly turn through the parsha, looking for the joy in it.Read Finding the Joy →