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Wednesday, January 15, 2020

Yes, You Can

The more I committed myself, the more siyata d’Shmaya I had

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Wednesday, January 08, 2020

Those Jewish Brains

We find little to no emphasis in the Torah on Jews as being distinguished by their intelligence

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Wednesday, January 01, 2020

I Drink Therefore I Am

What aspects of our contemporary frum society help keep alive the thirst for ruchniyus?

One Day Closer

Wednesday, December 25, 2019

They Toil That We May Toil

Three of the stellar team of top-flight talmidei chachamim who toiled for years to complete the Artscroll Shas describe the project’s history and inner workings

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Wednesday, December 25, 2019

Because of Me

It’s possible for individuals and parties to deserve both credit and blame at the same time

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Wednesday, December 18, 2019

Backlight

Chanukah is that bridge spanning all of This Worldly time

Profiles

Wednesday, December 11, 2019

Lighthouse on Beacon Street

The many-splendored Bostoner Rebbe ztz”l was a rebbe who served as a lantern for his flock and every straying sheep. Ten years on, the flame still glows

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Wednesday, December 11, 2019

What It Takes to Change

The Rebbe had a greater belief in people’s potential than they themselves had

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Wednesday, December 04, 2019

All for the Best

The kind of killing that’s a great mitzvah, the “slaying of the superficial life”

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Wednesday, November 27, 2019

Independence Day

The independents seem to be the only ones out there with a bit more consistency

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Wednesday, November 20, 2019

Talking Turkey

We’ve come a long way from the days when Reagan stood up to tyrants