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| The Eternal Legacy |
| By Chaya Golda Ovadia |
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| The holy Baal Shem Tov, whose yartzeit is on Shavuot, says, “The forty-two ‘stations’ from Egypt to the Promised Land are replayed in the life of every individual Jew… |
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| Emptying Purgatory |
| By Rabbi Lazer Brody |
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| All the troubles fell on his head at once; hungry, penniless, and without a means to make a living, the man just couldn't muster the strength to live another minute... |
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| Stopping 'Stingy' |
| By Rivka Levy |
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| Emuna people know that when you go into self-pitying mode, Hashem hates it. A person might have been saving a few shekels, but if he's stingy, he won't be happy... |
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| The Very First Words |
| By Dr. Zev Ballen |
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| The young man decided to commit suicide; he got in the car, went out on the freeway, and pressed the accelerator to the floor. Just as the car hit 120 mph, he heard a voice... |
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| Baba Sali's Advice |
| By Rivka Levy |
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| The Baba Sali came to Rivka in a dream and spoke French, exactly as he used to at home. He gave her advice that came straight from Rebbe Nachman... |
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| Throwing Snowballs |
| By Yitzie from Williamsburg |
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| Yitzie, one of the Williamsburg crowd of boys born into Yiddish-speaking Chassidic homes, had really fallen off the path of Judaism; but, one trip to Uman changed his life... |
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| Drop the Mask |
| By Rivka Levy |
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| When things are overwhelming, that is our invitation to drop the mask, stop pretending that we can do everything by ourselves, and to call out to Hashem for help... |
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| The Tzaddik's Promise |
| By Dr. Zev Ballen |
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| The wife wanted the body cremated; the husband's religious brothers quickly made a proper burial; the wife sued and case went to court, but Rebbe Nachman intervened from above... |
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| A Lesson from Uman |
| By Dr. Zev Ballen |
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| There is no power on earth that can limit a person who is ready to sacrifice everything for that which he loves and believes in. He enters the realm of the supernatural... |
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| "Uman? You're Fired!" |
| By Zevulun Yanover |
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| Zevulun told his boss that he'd be away for 7 days, like every year at this time. The boss asked where he was going. When Zevulun answered, the boss said, "Uman? You're fired!" |
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| Hands of Emuna |
| By Rabbi Shalom Arush |
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| It's not enough to have emuna in our brains or hearts; Rebbe Nachman says that emuna should be our dominant force that permeates every limb of our bodies... |
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| Inverse Desires |
| By Racheli Reckles |
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| Modern society and the media pervert healthy values, trying to convince a moral, upright person that he or she is not normal if they don't act like an animal... |
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| Turning Bitter into Sweet |
| By Rabbi Shalom Arush |
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| Tongues are just as sharp as swords. Spilling the blood of another person - even the simplest person in society - is a heinous crime and close to irreparable... |
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| The Cow Comes, The Cow Goes |
| By Rabbi Shalom Arush |
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| Even Hashem's way of collecting a spiritual debt from someone, as a result of some previous transgression that was never atoned for, is merciful... |
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| Poof! |
| By Rabbi Lazer Brody |
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| Sometimes, the obstacles that we encounter in life seem like 20-feet-high brick walls that are impossible to scale; Rebbe Nachman says that they're only an illusion... |
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| Coming Clean |
| By Rivka Levy |
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| I arrived to Breslev teachings so chock-full of misery and darkness, that if they can work for me and my life, they can certainly work for anyone else out there... |
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| Head Above Water |
| By Chaya Golda Ovadia |
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| Do you feel that life is overwhelming and it takes all your might just to get through the day or to simply get out of bed in the morning? You're not alone… |
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| Longing to Get on Board |
| By Rachel Tzippora Avrahami |
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| Many people are longing to come to Israel, but they don't believe that they'll be able to overcome all the obstacles; if you're one of them, here is something you must know... |
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| Talk to the Soul |
| By Rivka Levy |
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| 'Talking to the neshama' is one of the most sublime, profoundly 'real' experiences a person can have. And any one of us can do it, our children too... |
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| My Voice |
| By Dr. Zev Ballen |
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| People love to talk; the Talmud which defines us as the "speaking creature." Isn't it interesting that Freud called his invention, psychoanalysis ,"the speaking cure?" |
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