Posts by Yosef Farhi
english – vayera
HOW TO FOCUS ON PRAYER We all want to pray with full concentration, yet our minds wander so often. This makes prayer pretty frustrating. The truth is that today, more than ever before, staying focused is a difficult goal for much of humanity. Is there any effective technique that will help us to stay…
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Cómo concentrarse durante la tefilá Todos anhelamos rezar con suma concentración, pero muy a menudo nos distraemos y nos llenamos de frustración. La verdad es que en la actualidad, mantener la concentración es una meta…
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WHAT WE CAN LEARN FROM AVRAHAM’S DEFENSE OF JUDAISM “Street-smart” people know how to deal with sticky situations. Not all of us are blessed with their talents. Indeed, even they may not be aware of how they naturally behave. I would like to examine one of the techniques used by the “street-smart personality,”…
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A MESSAGE FROM A DOVE At the end of forty days of rain Noah sent a raven and afterward a dove to verify whether the floodwater had subsided. The dove returned to Noah with an olive tree branch in its beak. The Talmud (Eiruvin 18b) explains that the dove here relayed to Noach the…
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The Sukkot Festival – Zman Simchateinu The Torah emphasizes that Sukkot is a joyous holiday. Indeed, it commands us not once, but twice, to be joyful on Sukkot: “Rejoice in your festival…and be totally joyous” –ושמחת בחגך…והיית אך שמח ; and “Rejoice before the Lord, your G-d, for seven days” – ושמחתם לפני ה’…
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