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I Try To Heal The Past By Reconnecting With Old Friends
I want to undo it by reconnecting with people from my past and doing it better. I want a second chance. Shame is a big thing for me. When I think back upon the past, I often wince. It is … Continue reading
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Tagged alexander technique teacher, conscientiousness, frailties, life choices, loser, luke ford, observant jew, reconnecting, second chance
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Chabad Shuls Host The Most Diverse Crowd On Yom Kippur
In popular mythology, Yom Kippur is the holiest day of the Jewish calendar. In most shuls, you have to be a member (or buy a special ticket) to attend these services. Most Jews only go to shul twice a year … Continue reading
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Tagged chabadnik, high holiday prayer book, observant jew, observant jews, personal transformation, secular jews
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How Should We Deal With Heretics?
Rabbi Marc B. Shapiro writes: For parashat Metzora (p. 231), he quotes R. Kook’s statement in Ezrat Kohen, no. 21, that even if one expresses heretical thoughts, this doesn’t mean that he really is a heretic. Rather, it could be … Continue reading
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The Conscientious Objector
I just watched this documentary about Medal of Honor winner Desmond Doss, a Seventh-Day Adventist hero from my childhood. And I felt split. My heart warmed to his story but my head said that if more people were pacifists like … Continue reading
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Tagged conscientious objector, desmond doss, desmond t doss, false interpretation, honor winner, observant jew, sabbath morning, seventh day adventism, simple faith, sixth commandment, world war ii
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Jewish News
From TorahMusings.com: ▪ The Pollard Spy Case, 25 Years Later ▪ Food Justice and Flaum Appetizing ▪ Rav Nebenzahl: Call off Jerusalem food festival ▪ Survey aims to measure the changing Jewish vote ▪ Jewish Texts Lost in War Are … Continue reading
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