THE ART OF COMMUNAL RESPONSIBILITY

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click shoftim 2024 to download THE ART OF COMMUNAL RESPONSIBILITY In this week’s parasha, the law of the Eglah Arufah is mentioned. This law applies when a murdered person is found in a field, and the killer is unknown. The elders and judges of the nearest city must measure the distance to determine which city…

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THE ART OF USING AI

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click re’eh 2024 to download THE ART OF USING AI Summer break, marrying off our first child of ten in Israel, and Parashat Reeh, is a great recipe for writer’s block. When creative juices are not flowing, I sometimes ask Chat Gpt for help. But being that I plan on working on adding some humor…

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THE ART OF SAYING SHEMA ON YOUR BED

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click balak 2024 for download THE ART OF SAYING SHEMA ON YOUR BED The Sefer Hassidim writes that only if a person goes to sleep like a spiritual lion, can he wake up like a spiritual lion. He derives this from this week’s Parasha. The Passuk says in this week’s Parasha, הֶן־עָם֙ כְּלָבִ֣יא יָק֔וּם וְכַאֲרִ֖י…

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THE ART OF FIXING WHAT CAN’T BE FIXED

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click korah 2024 to download THE ART OF FIXING WHAT CAN’T BE FIXED One of my favorite-of-all-times songs is the song of Mordechai ben David: אם אדם מאמין שאפשר לקלקל ודאי שאפשר לתקן – רק בשמחה אפשר לתקן. If a person believes that it is possible to ruin things… for sure he has to believe…

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THE ART OF DEESCALATION

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click shlach 2024 to download THE ART OF DEESCALATION Tisha B’av is a night when we cry each year over the Destructions of the two Temples, because we cried the night the spies came back with their report, over nothing that warranted that we cry at all. וַיִּבְכּ֥וּ הָעָ֖ם בַּלַּ֥יְלָה הַהֽוּא  And the Nation cried…

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