Sparks
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Wonder Bread
(excerpt from Inviting G-d In)
During the seven days of Passover we are required to eat only matza...
Small Tastings of Torah, Judaism and Spirituality from Rav Binny – Thoughts On Pesach
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Rabbi David Aaron -Bereshit 5 -Cain and Abel – The Degeneration Of Man
Ch. 4 - 5:27. Rabbi Aaron takes a look into the nature of Cain and Abel...
Rabbi David Aaron – Bereishit 4, pt2 – Adam: The First Sin
The continuation and powerful conclusion to the previous class, Adam: The First Sin, Part 1.
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Sparks
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For what do we live, but to make sport for our neighbours, and laugh at them in our turn?"
~~Jane Austen
Gossip is a sort of smoke that comes from the dirty tobacco-pipes of those who diffuse it: it proves nothing but the bad taste of the smoker.
~~George Elliot
Whoever speaks with an evil speech- lashon hara - is as if he denied G-d . . . Evil speech kills three people ...
Small Tastings of Torah, Judaism and Spirituality from Rav Binny (Portion of Metzora)
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In September of 2000, after the Arabs renewed the fighting in Israel over Rosh Hashanah, my unit was called up in the middle of the night as part of the massive call up of reserves that occurred as fighting broke out all over the country. It was the first (and I hope the last) time I was ever called up on a ...
Bereishit 1 – Creation, Creativity & Uniqueness
Ch. 1:1. Rabbi Aaron first offers a unified definition and theme for the entirety of the Written Torah. Then, he breaks down the four steps of the process of the Creation, showing how every creative process in life has its roots in the primal beginning.
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Sparks – Rabbi David Aaron – Sick Minds, Sick Bodies: The Power of Our Beliefs to Heal or Harm
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The Jewish Sages gave a spiritual rather than physiological explanation for the disease tsara'at (generally translated as "leprosy") which affected not only the body but also clothing and the walls of houses. According to one source several sins could possible be the cause:
R. Shmuel bar Nachmani said in the name of R. Yochanan: Because of seven things the plague of leprosy is incurred, namely, slander, the shedding of blood, a vain oath, incest, arrogance, robbery and envy. (Arakhin 16a)
However, most Sages concur that the main cause for tsara'at was slander and gossip.
How can we understand the physical impact of our moral and spiritual actions?
The Kabbalah teaches that the world you and I live in is a product of our perception of reality. The philosopher Immanuel Kant probed this concept. He asked: Do we see reality or do we see our perception of reality? Kant...
Small Tastings of Torah, Judaism and Spirituality from Rav Binny (Portion of Tazria)
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