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Articles by Haskel and Deah

Wise Fridays: Self Improvement

If you won’t be better tomorrow than you were today, then what need do you have for tomorrow? –Rabbi Nahman ...

Wise Fridays: Fear of God

Fear only two: God, and him who fears not God. –Yiddish preacher Judah Leib Lazerov Find more Wise Fridays wisdom ...

Wise Fridays: Learning to Lie

One should not promise a child something, and then not give it to him, because as a result, the child ...

Wise Fridays: The Perils of High Office

Rabbi Judah ben Tabai said: If anyone had said to me before I entered high office, “Assume that office,” my ...

Wise Fridays: Civilized Warfare

Renunciation of chemical and biological warfare, and humane treatment for prisoners of war…are certainly marks of civilized peoples, but on ...

Wise Fridays: Men Follow Women

The Holy One, Blessed be He, said to Moses, “Go speak to the daughters of Israel and ask them whether ...

Wise Fridays: Images of God

The images of God as lover, friend, companion, and co-creator are more appropriate metaphors for the God of the covenant ...

Wise Fridays: Why Jews Forget

The Jewish people were rebuked for having “having forgotten God, Who formed you†(D’varim 32:18). This forgetfulness is the principle ...

Wise Fridays: Each Soul Has a Role

Each individual soul is unique and special, in terms of its essence, its capacity, and what is demanded of it. ...

Wise Fridays: God’s Speech

What is taken as God’s speech is really always man’s hearing…that God is not the strategist of our particularities or ...

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