Category: Spirituality
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Ancient Hebrew texts emerges from the ashes
A group of scientists have collaborated to recover portions of the En-Gedi scroll, ancient Hebrew texts that were almost destroyed by fire over 1 700 years ago.
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Joy and Shabbos candles
Shabbos candles have lit up my home for decades and their light literally lifts my spirits. When those candles are lit, everything feels like it will be ok.
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Our Holocaust and ancient spirituality
I visited the World Holocaust Remembrance Center, Yad Vashem, with my mother on her first day in Israel. It was the beginning of a profound journey in my new home.
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Wisdom from the Buddha: “Try not to be a doos!”
Wisdom from the Buddha, translated into South African English: don’t be a doos!
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"… the difference between living as a Jew outside Israel and as a Jew in Israel"
I just read an article by Brian Thomas titled “Yom Kippur, Tel Aviv style” which I really enjoyed. He pretty much sums it up with in these two paragraphs: That is the difference between living as a Jew outside Israel and as a Jew in Israel: here we can just BE Jewish and the calendar…
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Our little Chanukah miracle
We had our own Chanukah miracle this year. One of us left our box of candles in the sun one day and the heat melted about half the candles in the box. We had enough candles to take us through to the 7th night before we ran out of usable candles. I went to a…