Posts by Yosef Farhi
english – KI TAVO 2013
I LOVE (THAT) NEW YORK(ER) I was coaching someone in his office in New York. He said that business has been slow for the last four years. He has not been learning Torah or praying in Minyan for a while. He has six kids and feels like a bad father, and “harmony at…
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“Yo amo Nueva York”(¡o al yanqui!) Para indicar cuándo un pecador es considerado un verdadero Baal Teshuvá, el Talmud nos da un ejemplo: Si se abstiene de pecar por segunda vez cuando se encuentra con la misma mujer en el mismo lugar y hora que pecó en el pasado (Iomá 86b ). Estaba haciendo “coaching” con un hombre…
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LESSON FROM THE SUPERMARKET State of mind is something we all know about. But do we realize how much the physical state we are in affects our own state of mind ? For example: The supermarket I shop at in Israel, attempts to build its customer’s trust by advertising outside their big store, “Do not…
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THE FATHER WHO FELT SOMETHING MISSING There is an unassuming man that prays on the other end of my bench in shul. He is a quiet fellow, but he prays with fire. He must be about sixty years old and looks somewhat of a loner. He never comes with kids or grandchildren to shul.…
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El hombre que sentía cierta falta Hay un hombre muy modesto que reza en la otra punta de mi asiento en la sinagoga. Es un hombre muy normal, pero reza con una pasión indescriptible. Debe tener alrededor de sesenta años y parecería ser un poco solitario. Nunca viene a la sinagoga con hijos ni nietos.…
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