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The Four Foundational Harms of a Phone-Based Childhood

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In this text, I describe the four foundational harms of the phone-based childhood. These are profound changes to childhood caused by the rapid technological...

FOUR NORMS TO DEAL WITH CELL PHONES ADDICTION

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I offer these ideas for reforms, all of which aim to reverse the two big mistakes we've made: overprotecting children in the real world...

How And Why The New York Times Ignored The Holocaust

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THE ONLY THING NECESSARY FOR THE TRIUMPH OF EVIL IS FOR POWERFUL MEN TO DO NOTHING  WHEN JEWS WERE OBSESSED TO BE GERMANS... Many times I...

TEFILA COMPANION

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Dear Friends , these are the recordings of some of the most important Tefilot. The audios were made, mainly, for learning the Tefila, but they...

Clint Eastwood, Shlomi and the Jewish people

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November 21st, 2014 Two days ago, as Coty and I were leaving 'Mamila', near the Old City we met Shlomi, a young 'cool' Israeli taxi...

SHABBAT: Having guests and parenting, by Coty Bitton

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This Friday you can feel a sense of excitement at our home. My husband told me that this Shabbat we are hosting a group...

EVE OF YOM KIPPUR: What do we have to do today?

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Today, Sunday September 20, a little before sunset, the holiest day of the Jewish year begins. This is what we do on the eve of...

NAZA and YOM KIPPUR: Not Everything Is Forgivable

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THE FIRST TRAITORS The Amidah, the central prayer of Jewish liturgy, originally had eighteen blessings. One more was added in the time of Rabban Gamliel....

Fasting, not fasting, and how to eat when you cannot fast

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This coming Sunday, September 20th, right before sunset, we will begin the observance of Yom Kippur, a day of fasting and atonement. There are five...

THE FAST OF GEDALIA: Why do we fast today?

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Today, Monday September 14, the third of Tishri of the new year 5787, we observe Tsom Gedalia, a fast day established to remember the...

ROSH HASHANA: The Game of the Palace

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וְרָאוּ אוֹתוֹ כָּל הַבְּרִיּוֹת וְנִתְיָרְאוּ מִלְּפָנָיו, סְבוּרִין שֶׁהוּא בּוֹרְאָן, וּבָאוּ לְהִשְׁתַּחֲווֹת לְפָנָיו. אָמַר לָהֶם אָדָם: לָמָּה בָּאתֶם לְהִשְׁתַּחֲווֹת לִי? בּוֹאוּ אֲנִי וְאַתֶּם וְנֵלֵךְ וְנַלְבִּישׁ...

ROSH HASHANA: Decoding the Voice of the Shofar

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עֵ֣ת לַחֲשׁ֔וֹת וְעֵ֖ת לְדַבֵּֽר "A time to be silent and a time to speak" (Kohelet 3:7) There is a moment on Rosh HaShana when the synagogue...

I DIDN’T DO IT: The Jewish Version of the Original Sin

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Tonight, Friday, September 11, Rosh Hashana begins: the Jewish New Year, a day of celebration and of reflection. On this day we begin the...

Ben Adam Ma Lekha Nirdam

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By Rabbi Jacob Bitton When I was a child I learned that HaShem judges us on Rosh Hashana. I often wondered: when, exactly, does that...

How to Pray on Rosh Hashana

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By Rabbanit Coty Bitton We are very close to Rosh Hashana, the day on which we will be judged. Then come the Aseret Yeme Teshuba,...

Understanding Teshuba (Repentance) Through Tashlikh

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מִי אֵל כָּמוֹךָ נֹשֵׂא עָוֹן וְעֹבֵר עַל פֶּשַׁע לִשְׁאֵרִית נַחֲלָתוֹ לֹא הֶחֱזִיק לָעַד אַפּוֹ כִּי חָפֵץ חֶסֶד הוּא יָשׁוּב יְרַחֲמֵנוּ יִכְבֹּשׁ עֲוֹנֹתֵינוּ וְתַשְׁלִיךְ בִּמְצֻלוֹת...