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Parsha
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The Name of the Parsha
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Parshas Matos is always read during the three weeks of mourning over the destruction of the Holy Temple, an event which plugged the Jewish people...
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The 3 a.m. Audience
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We entered the Rebbe's room close to 3 a.m. First, the Rebbe and the young woman conducted a brief search for a common language: they tried...
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The Throw-Away Generation
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We live in a throw-away generation. Per capita, each person in the US produces 760 kilograms, or almost one ton of garbage per year...
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Magazine
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In the Light of Rabbi Shimon
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The group of sages gathered around the bed of their mentor, listening avidly to the words of wisdom emitting from his lips. His final request of...
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Prayers
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Will the format of our prayers change in the time of Redemption?
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When the Child Becomes Bar Mitzva
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On the eve of 20 Elul 5760 (2000), the bar mitzva of Yosef Sorotzkin was celebrated. It was an especially moving occasion because Yosef, a sweet...
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The 17th of tammuz - Customs and Laws
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The 17th day in the Jewish month of Tammuz, Jews the world over fast and lament to commemorate the many calamities that have befallen our people on...
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Holidays
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The Battle for the Kotel
by Rabbi Simon Jacobson
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In those years, the area in front of the Kotel did not look like it does today. Only a narrow alley separated the Kotel and the Arab houses on its...
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The Purpose of Exile - Tisha B'Av
by Yosef HaLevi Loebenstein
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The ultimate purpose of the present day exile, which began after the destruction of the Beis HaMikdosh on the ninth of Av, is that it allows Jews...
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Inseparably One - 17th of Tammuz
by Yosef HaLevi Loebenstein
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The breaking of the tablets and the breach in the wall around Yerushalayim on the 17th of Tammuz symbolize the danger and tragedy in the attitude...
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