THE ART OF SEIZING OPPURTUNITIES

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click Beshalach 2025 to download THE ART OF SEIZING OPPURTUNITIES The first recorded case of ‘Don’t just stand there! Do something!’ was G-d telling Moshe to stop praying, and instead be like Nike, Just do it!  Just walk into the sea until the water reaches your nostrils! Moshe was praying, and G-d said, now is…

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THE ART OF BEING A NATION

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click Bo 2025 to download THE ART OF BEING A NATION This is the story going around this week, from Rabbi Shner Guata, a true story, with a bittersweet ending. A Jew named Avi, a good-hearted, traditional, responsible, and kind Jew, would occasionally have dealings with mafia, or problematic individuals. Avi owned several bastas in…

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THE ART OF FEELING FOR OTHERS

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click vaera 2025 for download THE ART OF FEELING FOR OTHERS This week’s Torah portion contains an interesting nuance. It begins with the genealogy of the tribes: “These are the heads of their fathers’ houses: the sons of Reuven… the sons of Shimon… and these are the names of the sons of Levi.” The Shnei…

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THE ART OF BALANCING SHIELDING AND EXPLORATION

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click shemot 2025  to download THE ART OF BALANCING SHIELDING AND EXPLORATION Parents often grapple with the balance between shielding children and allowing them to explore. Shield too much, and you’ll raise a bubble-wrapped adult, who can’t change his own flat tire. They will never know how to go bowling without the bumpers, or take…

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THE ART OF BEING CHOSEN

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click Emor 2024 to download THE ART OF BEING CHOSEN Rabbi Yehuda Teriki said the following, wild story. There was a couple that lived in London. They brought up their only child with love. When their son became of marriageable age, they set him up with the greatest, sweetest, girl. The couple, together, bought a…

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