29 Jun KALEV AND YEHOSHUA TRUSTED IN HASHEM

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Someone told the Sfas Emes zt'l that he has a lot of debt. The Sfas Emes told him, "Pay your debts to Hashem, and you will be able to pay back your debts to your fellow man." "Are you...

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29 Jun ALL MEN ARE CREATED EQUAL

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The Torah, in describing Korach's revolt against the authority of Moshe, states that Korach argued that "the entire nation is equally holy", i.e. they were all present at Mt. Sinai and all received the same Torah directly from...

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29 Jun HOW TO CHANGE THE WORLD A MAN AND HIS COUSIN DEBATE HOW TO TRANSFORM PEOPLE

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All-Blue. The weekly Torah portion of Korach relates the story of a man by the name of Korach who debates Moses and ultimately leads a mutiny against the greatest Jewish leader. "The entire community is holy, and Hashem is within...

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29 Jun PARASHAT KORAH: AHARON’S RESPECT FOR HIS FELLOW JEWS

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The Torah in Parashat Korah delineates the twenty-four "Matenot Kehuna" – gifts which the Kohanim are to receive from the rest of the nation. After listing all the various gifts, Hashem commands Moshe to tell Aharon that these gifts...

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21 Jun ASK NOT WHETHER, BUT HOW WHY WERE THE SPIES CONDEMNED FOR REPORTING THE FACTS?

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The difficult we do immediately; the impossible takes a little longer. -- G e n e r a l Montgomery The Hole in the Roof A rabbi stands before his congregation and reports to them that a massive hole...

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21 Jun GINGERED SPAGHETTI SALAD

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 INGREDIENTS: Salad 1 package (16 ounces) spaghetti 1 cup frozen shelled edamame 3 cups cubed cooked chicken breast 1 English cucumber, chopped 1 medium sweet red pepper, chopped 1 small sweet yellow pepper, chopped 1 small red onion,...

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21 Jun THE GRAND PRAYER OF ALEINU – PART ONE

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After every one of our daily prayers, we say the prestigious prayer of Aleinu. It is such an important part of our prayers that we always say it standing since...

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21 Jun CHOLENT AND THE STOCKDALE PARADOX: THE POWER OF PATIENCE

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Someone picking the words at the Annual Scripps National Spelling Bee clearly has a heimishe palette. In 2013, the winning word was “knaidel.” In 2016, the winner had to spell...

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21 Jun PARASHAT SHELAH: UNDERSTANDING THE SIN OF THE SPIES

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Rashi, commenting to the beginning of Parashat Shelah, draws a connection between the story of the spies, which is told in this Parasha, and the story of Miriam’s Sara’at (leprousy), which is told in the final verses of...

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21 Jun THE MERITS AND POWER OF TZITZIS

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Today there are many people who do not wear tzitzis, or in fact do wear them but do not know the merits and power of the c o m m a n d m e n...

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