Posts by Yosef Farhi
Hippopotomonstro-sesquippedaliophobia
Hippopotomonstrosesquippedaliophobia is one of the longest words in the dictionary — and, in an ironic twist, is the name for a fear of long words. Hippopoto – extra large. Monstro -scary. Sesquippedalio – long worded. Phobia – fear. Imagine that. I never knew that such a word could really exist. I never knew that such…
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click ki tavo 2019 for download A HAPPY ELUL Teshuva is a happy thing. If you are doing Teshuva and you are not happy, you are not really cashing in on all your benefits. Happiness is what changes the evil decree of sin. Happiness is what brings upon you G-d’s mercy. This is found in Rabbenu Bachye…
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click ki tetze 2019 for download A CALM ELUL It has been said that one who says Psalm 27 every day in Elul is promised that he will live his full amount of allotted years and days in a good way, and he will overpower all the prosecuting angels against him, and will merit in judgement.(Siddur Arizal)…
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Click shoftim 2019 final to download TWO WAYS TO TESHUVA Parashat Shoftim I was looking for the switch that could take me – overnight – from summer break mode directly into Elul self-perfection mode. I found it. Yishai Ribo’s new song, called Seder HaAvodah, brought me to Elul mode. The music, enchanting. The words, tear jerking. ואם…
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Curriculum is good. It is good for schools. It is good for teachers who do not want to use their creative juices, but to work along some beaten path. But every good thing has some bad sides to it. Even a beaten path can sometimes lose the adventurous intuitiveness, creativeness of the wilderness. Schools are…
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