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Unearthing Shevat: The Month of Trees

Unearthing Shevat: The Month of Trees

By Chaim Barzel This verse from Zechariah is the very first verse in the Hebrew Bible that mentions the month of Shevat. But it’s only the second that mentions “the eleventh month.” Do you know where “the eleven month” is first mentioned?...

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Three Steps to Achieving Greatness

Three Steps to Achieving Greatness

By Adam Eliyahu Berkowitz “You’re a lot shorter in person than I expected.” That is the phrase that actors hear most often. It is the flip side of the “larger than life” perception of famous people. Science fiction stories about time...

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Three Things We Must Renew Daily

Three Things We Must Renew Daily

By Chaim Barzel We have all made New Year's resolutions: to eat healthier, to get to sleep earlier, to make up with an old friend, etc. That is because the new year is a time of renewal. A new year means the opportunity to start over, and...

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Yearning for Home

Yearning for Home

In the summer of 1914, Rabbi Abraham Isaac Kook - the future Chief Rabbi of British-controlled Palestine and one of the leading Rabbinic thinkers of modern times - was in Berlin, on his way to an important Rabbinic conference in...

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How Do YOU Deal With Disappointment?

How Do YOU Deal With Disappointment?

I really wanted that promotion. I worked years for it and everyone thought I deserved it. So I was excited when construction was finished on the new building and the boss called me into his office for a talk. I sat across from him,...

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A Repetition of the Torah?

A Repetition of the Torah?

Anyone who has children knows that if you want them to learn something, telling them once is never enough. Singing the alphabet over and over, repeating math tables, and repeating mnemonics are all part of the learning process. They...

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How Passionate Love for the Land Set a Tribe Apart

How Passionate Love for the Land Set a Tribe Apart

I had it all planned out. I told my parents I was going to hang out with friends. The story was that we were having a barbecue but the real plan was quite a bit wilder than that. I was shocked when my parents gave me their permission. I...

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