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| 1. | Shining from the Inside Out by Shifra |
| | Do you remember what it was like to be an adolescent? The anger, the confusion, the rebellion? The intense need to express yourself, even in ways that were upsetting to the people around you?
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Posted: Jul 23, 2009
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| 2. | The Journey Back: Part II by Shifra |
| | Evil, and freedom of choice, existed before Adam ate from the Tree of Knowledge. But then evil was something external from the person, and the two domains were completely separate. Man's mission in life was to "work and keep the Garden"--to cultivate the good and keep out the bad. By eating from the Tree, man gained intimate knowledge (daat) of evil, ingesting it into himself and--man being a microcosm of creation--into his world.
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Posted: Jun 18, 2009
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| 3. | The Journey Back: Part I by Shifra |
| | “And G-d commanded the man, saying: ‘Of every tree of the garden you may freely eat; but of the Tree of the Knowledge of Good and Evil, you shall not eat of it; for on the day that you eat of it you shall surely die.” Genesis
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Posted: Jun 18, 2009
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| 4. | The Other Side of the Tapestry by Shifra |
| | S. Paul, Minnesota, February, 1979
I sat in the hall waiting for the program to start. I felt alone in a room filled with hundreds of people. I had missed my ride to the country. Instead, I was here, in this hall full of chassidic Jews--a stranger in a strange land...
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Posted: Jun 18, 2009
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| 5. | The Kabbalah of 'The Secret' by Shifra |
| | Over the past several months, a new movie called “The Secret” has been generating growing attention and excitement across America and beyond. If you haven’t heard about it yet, chances are you will. It’s a phenomenon.
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Posted: Jun 18, 2009
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| 6. | Finding G-d* in the Details by Shifra |
| | Have you ever been excited about an idea, a project, or a goal, so excited that you felt like you could reach out and touch it - only to find that when you try to bring it into actuality the whole thing breaks down?
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Posted: Jun 18, 2009
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| 7. | The Secret of the Void by Shifra |
| | The Secret of the Void
All Alone in Here
Several years ago I had a quiet but intense experience at the wedding of a close friend. I was early, and as I sat at my table I watched the other guests entering the room. One came in elated, dancing like a performer on stage. Another was withdrawn, inward, as if mulling over some sadness or pain. Some were eating, some talking, some laughing and some sitting quietly.
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Posted: Jun 18, 2009
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| 8. | Reorganizing Your Life by Shifra |
| | I don’t think there are many people alive today whose lives are stress-free. In fact, many of us – probably most of us - are experiencing more stress than ever before. But it’s important to be aware that even though stress can be so debilitating, it also has a profound and positive purpose. It can be a catalyst for real change.
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Posted: Jun 18, 2009
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| 9. | A Touch of Evil by Shifra |
| | The world is a dangerous place to live, not because of the people who are evil, but because of the people who don't do anything about it.
-Albert Einstein
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Posted: Jun 18, 2009
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