Doors in the Dark

Likutei Moharan 9 and the Light of Chanukah In last week鈥檚 issue of The Shoemaker Report, we learned about the halachah of placing the Chanukah

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The Light of the Tzaddik

A Teaching on Likutei Halachot Orach Chaim Chanukah 2 Many laws exist pertaining to the lighting of the menorah during Chanukah. Let鈥檚 focus on just

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To Increase the Honor of Hashem

It is written in the Gemara (Eruvin 13b): 讻讎旨诇 讛址诪职讞址讝值旨专 注址诇 讛址讙职旨讚讜旨诇指旨讛 讙职旨讚讜旨诇指旨讛 讘旨讜止专址讞址转 诪执诪侄旨谞旨讜旨 讜职讻讎诇 讛址讘旨讜止专值讞址 诪执谉 讛址讙职旨讚讜旨诇指旨讛 讙职旨讚讜旨诇指旨讛 诪职讞址讝侄旨专侄转 讗址讞植专指讬讜 (Anyone who pursues

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Feelin' Groovy in Prayer

In 1966, Simon and Garfunkel released their third studio album Parsley, Sage, Rosemary and Thyme. The final song of Side A entitled 鈥淭he 59th Street

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How Transparent is Your Aspaklaria?

Upon seeing a skull floating on the water, Hillel said (Pirkei Avot 2:7): 注址诇 讚址旨讗植讟值驻职转职旨 讗址讟职驻讜旨讱职 讜职住讜止祝 诪职讟执讬驻址讬执讱职 讬职讟讜旨驻讜旨谉 (Because you drowned others, they drowned

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Dancing with the Devil to Dance with Hashem

Describing the time in the future when Mashiach will reign, David ha-Melech expressed a beautiful thought simply and eloquently (Tehillim 149:3): 讬职讛址诇职诇讜旨 砖职讈诪讜止 讘职诪指讞讜止诇 讘职旨转止祝

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