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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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| One Heart – One People |
| By Chaya Golda Ovadia |
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| Rebbe Nachman encouraged us to be sincere and honest; that way, we'd remove the barriers that block our connection to Hashem and to each other… |
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| More Soul Than Body |
| By Howard Morton |
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| What if we could actually bypass a person’s material layers that obscure the soul and reach the purely spiritual part of that person? Could it be possible? |
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| All You Need is Love |
| By Yael Karni |
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| A few months ago, during personal prayer, I heard myself say, Hashem I love you. It wasn’t forced, it wasn’t inauthentic. I just said it naturally... |
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| Created Just for Me |
| By Rabbi Nissan Dovid Kivak |
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| When Rebbe Nachman says that we must look at the world as if it was created just for me; that's not a license to be selfish but a mandate to take responsibility… |
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| The First Step |
| By Rabbi Lazer Brody |
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| Stanley dreams of being another LeBron James. Wow, what would it be like to play in the NBA for Miami? But he sighs, and pops open another Coke. "I'll never succeed," he sighs... |
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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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