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| The Driver of the Bus |
| By Rabbi Shalom Arush |
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| As backseat drivers, they think they can drive the bus better than the company driver. They also think they are capable of choosing a shorter and swifter... |
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| Dust in the Wind |
| By Rabbi David Schallheim |
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| Amazingly, it just hit me now, years later, when I happened to hear a radio station play that melodious acoustic number—why! Dust in the Wind... |
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| Simplicity |
| By Rabbi Israel Isaac Besancon |
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| Each of us, at our own level, dreams more or less of knowing the secrets of the world. But, simplicity of thought, simplicity of action... |
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| Specific Purpose |
| By Rabbi Shalom Arush |
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| Since the "boss" feels like he can do whatever he wants whenever he wants, he doesn't feel like there's anybody around to punish him... |
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| Man As A Microcosm |
| By Rabbi Yaakov Meir Shechter |
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| This process of creation exists in the cycle of light and darkness: day and night; summer and winter. It is present in the very... |
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| Jump into the Sea of Faith |
| By Rabbi Shalom Arush |
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| When we come to the shore of this sea how far are we prepared to go? Are we only ready to ‘get our feet wet,’ or are we prepared to jump into the... |
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| Seeing with Eyes of EMUNA |
| By Rabbi Erez Moshe Doron |
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| The world admires human intellect and ingenuity; it’s difficult to speak in praise of simple faith. Sometimes it seems, even to a believer... |
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| The Causes of Suffering |
| By Rabbi Shalom Arush |
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| Sad people protest, "Abundance? What are you talking about? Look at my troubles!" They disregard the thousands of life's daily blessings... |
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| A Taste of the World To Come |
| By Debbie Shapiro |
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| Have you ever looked at the reverse side of a beautiful needlepoint? It's a tangle of knots and threads, and it's almost impossible, if not impossible... |
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| A Turn for a Turn |
| By Rabbi Shalom Arush |
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| Hashem's policy of a turn for a turn is certainly not punishment; it's a Divine method of education... |
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| Affirming God's Presence |
| By Rabbi Yaakov Meir Shechter |
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| Even when death stared them in the face and they could have fought and won, Dovid’s men did not move a finger until they received... |
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| The Tests of Emuna |
| By Rabbi Shalom Arush |
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| Whether or not we broke the law is now immaterial; this is a sudden test of our emuna. Now is the time to activate the lessons of emuna that we learned. |
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| For The Best |
| By Rabbi Israel Isaac Besancon |
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| How sad, how unnecessary! This is the absurd reasoning of “all or nothing” that uses the fantasy of the maximum as a trampoline and casts its victims... |
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| The Present is a Present |
| By Debbie Shapiro |
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| Be it the icy prison of Siberia, or the physical confines of a hospital bed, or the time limitations of family obligations, if we use every experience... |
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| The Prosecutor Becomes Counsel |
| By Rabbi Shalom Arush |
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| When a person makes genuine heartfelt teshuva, he or she will witness how Hashem turns a prosecutor into a counsel for the defense... |
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