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Do As I Say…
Do As I Say…
Rabbi Yechezkel Levenstein, the revered mashgiach and Ba’al Mussar was once riding in a cab and the Israeli driver related the following story: “Rebbi, when my friends and I completed our...
Jun 11, 2013
By Rabbi Eliyahu Safran
The Loss of a Baby
The Loss of a Baby
Savitsky talks with Rabbi Yamin Levy, author of Confronting the Loss of a Baby: A Personal and Jewish Perspective.
Jun 6, 2013
By Steven Savitsky
Dear That’s Life: How Do You Spell ‘Knaidel’?
Dear That’s Life: How Do You Spell ‘Knaidel’?
Did the Scripps National Spelling Bee spell the word 'Knaidel' right and, is it a good thing that American society has fully accepted "Yiddish-isms" into their pop-culture vernacular?
Jun 4, 2013
By Miriam L. Wallach
The Wickedness of  “Live and Let Live”
The Wickedness of “Live and Let Live”
“You stay on your side of the fence and I’ll stay on mine." What could be wrong with such an attitude?
Jun 3, 2013
By Rabbi Eliyahu Safran
A Jew for All Jews: My Friend, Donald Butler
A Jew for All Jews: My Friend, Donald Butler
We live in fraught times; times of anger and fear; times of polarization.  We see this in the politics of our nation and in the discourse by people of faith.   In...
May 2, 2013
By Rabbi Eliyahu Safran
4 Steps to Safeguarding Your Moral Purity
4 Steps to Safeguarding Your Moral Purity
How to protect yourself and your family from the immorality around us.
Apr 30, 2013
By Yaakov Weiland
Shoshie Stern
Shoshie Stern
Why does it take the death of a 12-year-old girl to bring us all together? Surely there are events, programs, commemorations, or speakers for which we can gather even...
Apr 24, 2013
By Rabbi Efrem Goldberg
From Pesach to Shavuos – The Journey from Love to Relationship
From Pesach to Shavuos – The Journey from Love...
Without the mystery of attraction, you would never get married. Most likely, you would scrutinize the other person to no end.
Apr 24, 2013
By Rabbi Shlomo Slatkin
My Husband Became a Quadriplegic
My Husband Became a Quadriplegic
Stephen Savitsky talks to Shaindel Simes about how her family adjusted after the crippling accident.
Apr 18, 2013
By Stephen Savitsky
Our Blessing to the People of Boston
Our Blessing to the People of Boston
The strength to live and celebrate again.
Apr 18, 2013
By Adina Soclof

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