Posts by Yosef Farhi
english VAYAKHEL PEKUDEI 2013
VOICES OF A LEADER Andrius Caesar, of Rome, once challenged Rabbi Yehoshua, son of Hannanyah, a very wise rabbi who was close to him: “I am better than Moshe, your teacher and leader, for I am alive, and he is dead. And it says in your Torah, in Kohelet כי לכלב חי הוא טוב מן…
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Remedio judío para la Relajación “ששת ימים תעשה מלאכה וביום השביעי …שבת שבתון” “Seis días (a la semana)tu trabajo debe ser realizado y en el séptimo día descansarás”. (Éxodo 35:2) En este pasuk parece haber dos mandamientos: descansar el séptimo día, y trabajar los otros seis días. ¿Pero acaso es en verdad una mitzva trabajar…
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REFRAMING QUARRELS WITH LOVE Many couples live under the mistaken impression that shalom bayit (tranquility at home) means no fighting. This is very untrue. Shalom bayit means knowing how to fight. It means knowing how to make up. No two people are identical, and neither are their life perspectives. True love is existent in the…
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Volver a enmarcar las peleas con amor Muchas parejas viven con la idea equivocada que el shalom bait (armonía en el hogar) equivale a no tener peleas. Lo cual no es verdad. Shalom bait significa saber cómo pelear; significa saber perdonar. No existen dos personas idénticas, tampoco en sus perspectivas de la vida. El verdadero…
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HEY – YOU NEVER KNOW… A few years back, my son asked me the most obvious question about Purim. It is so obvious that no one even asks it. Why is the holiday Purim called Purim and not Goral? The word Pur means goral or lottery . And the word goral is the more commonly…
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