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In control

02.05.2024 40

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Rest

21.04.2024 10

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Choices

17.04.2024 20

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Night and day

Attitude is paramount. Deed is crucial. With events moving so quickly and powerfully, sitting back and reflecting allows us to gain perspective. ...

16.04.2024 20

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Justice

On 7 October the world became obligated to bring Hamas, the new Nazis, to justice. The U.S., Britain, Germany and others have been sending armaments...

04.04.2024 20

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Life

27.03.2024 30

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Imagining Oneness

26.03.2024 20

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Redeemed

20.03.2024 20

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Limitations

18.03.2024 10

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Push and stand

12.03.2024 10

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From every direction

11.03.2024 7

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Friends?

08.03.2024 30

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Kindness and caring

07.03.2024 30

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Head to toe

26.02.2024 20

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What do you do

15.02.2024 20

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Who are you

13.02.2024 20

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Make us happy

All of us. The entire family. The entire nation. Peace in the entire world. Eradicate evil. Erase it. Gone. Forever. Let Israel be whole. The nation...

04.02.2024 20

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Israel and the world

25.01.2024 10

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Complicity

22.01.2024 10

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On the land

21.01.2024 20

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Who?

07.01.2024 30

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Hugs

03.01.2024 20

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Don’t be afraid

27.12.2023 20

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Torah gives life

21.12.2023 40

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Win-win

11.12.2023 7

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Helping

10.12.2023 20

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In every generation

06.12.2023 9

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Why are so many soldiers reaching out to G-d?

05.12.2023 10

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Jews are different

“Make a permanent ceasefire. Who cares if there was a massacre. You are not allowed to harm innocent civilians in Gaza. You just want revenge.” ...

04.12.2023 20

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Who do you trust?

03.12.2023 20

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Looking Up

20.11.2023 20

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Life

Sometimes, the living are dead, and the dead are living. When we say in Psalms (115; 17): “The dead will not praise You,” we are not, G-d forbid,...

07.11.2023 20

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Thinking

There are many thoughts. Sadness for the tragic, horrific, barbaric, evil actions on Simchat Torah. And there are thoughts of simcha — happiness....

06.11.2023 20

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Potential for peace

In past decades, amid wars and skirmishes, debate raged whether Israel should give away land. Some said, it would allow the Palestinians to be happy,...

05.11.2023 10

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A prayer

The following words from Psalm 55, written by King David, the “Sweet Singer of Israel,” are sung on the 19th day of Kislev, to commemorate the...

02.11.2023 7

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What would the Rebbe have said

The Lubavitcher Rebbe encouraged and strengthened optimism during the Six Day War, the Yom Kippur War, and the First Gulf War. But what would he have...

01.11.2023 20

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A Moment

Sometimes, something happens, and we sit back and contemplate it. We think about it, internalize it. And we say to ourselves, this is a special...

31.10.2023 10

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On that very day

Even as many protest against the Jewish people, Israel is determined to carry on and wipe out Hamas. When Abraham was commanded to circumcise himself...

30.10.2023 10

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Kings

The Tzemach Tzedek, the third Lubavitcher Rebbe, wrote a book called Derech Mitzvoisecho, which means the way of Your commandments. In it, he explores...

29.10.2023 10

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Dear Bibi

On Wednesday Biden promoted a two-state solution. This sounds a lot like what the UN head said, that the Hamas attack didn’t happen in a vacuum. In...

27.10.2023 10

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Miracles

This article is not about the tragedies that Jews have experienced throughout history. We don’t understand why tragedies happen, but we believe that...

25.10.2023 6

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Waiting

Gaza is booby trapped, has tunnels. Maybe Israel’s government wants to avoid a ground invasion, to protect their soldiers’ lives. Maybe they...

24.10.2023 10

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What the Lubavitcher Rebbe once said about the Holocaust

I was a yeshiva student. It was many years ago, so my memory of it is not exactly what the Rebbe said. But the ideas are etched in my mind, and they...

23.10.2023 10

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The Lubavitcher Rebbe was right

He said don’t give away land. It’s dangerous. It will open up the land to the enemy. Sadly, he has been proven right. Israel seems determined...

22.10.2023 10

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Insanity

Some say that insanity means, that someone does something, it doesn’t work, and then they do it again. Israel gave up Gaza, and we saw what...

16.10.2023 20

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A True Story

One day, when things were tough, a nation left Egypt, thousands of years ago. The Jewish people. G-d split the sea. We walked through to dry land,...

11.10.2023 8

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Together

People are bashing Netanyahu, the IDF, and the intelligence services, that they should have known that Hamas would attack. They’re bashing Ben Gvir...

10.10.2023 10

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Your Great Arm

The words of Psalm 79 capture sadness, while offering strength and blessing: “Asaph sang: G-d, nations came to Your place, defiled Your holy...

09.10.2023 9

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Simchat Torah with the Lubavitcher Rebbe

Thousands stood around, standing in bleachers reaching close to the ceiling. The Rebbe said loudly the first verse: (Deuteronomy 4; 35) “Ato horeiso...

05.10.2023 20

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When Holiness Permeates

America is now wrestling with the country’s future, as are numerous other countries. The prophet Isaiah (2; 3) declares, that in the end of days...

03.10.2023 20

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