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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...

Pesach Trivia for the Seder

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One of the most helpful and practical recommendation I can share is to prepare for the Seder a list of 20 to 30 questions...

Pesach in the Bet-HaMiqdash

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Pesach was a very joyful and intense holiday in the times of the Bet haMiqdash. Hundreds of thousands of Jews would walk to Yerushalayim...

THE EIGHT MITSVOT OF PESACH

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In his introduction to Mishne Torah Hilkhot Pesach, Maimonides lists and describes a total of eight biblical Mitzvot related to Pesach. This list does not include...

PEQUDE: Being Honest and Looking Honest

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ואת האלף ושבע המאות וחמישה ושבעים עשָה ווים לעמודים   ABOVE SUSPICION?  This week we continue reading about the construction of the Mishkan, the Tabernacle or Temple,...

PEQUDE: Love is in the details

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  וַיֹּאמְרוּ אֶל מֹשֶׁה לֵּאמֹר מַרְבִּים הָעָם לְהָבִיא מִדֵּי הָעֲבֹדָה לַמְּלָאכָה Perhpas late… but not too late…. I think it was when I had my third child...

VAYAQHEL: Shabbat, From Fire To Cellphones

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לא תבערו אש בכל מושבותיכם ביום השבת WHAT CANNOT BE DONE ON SHABBAT?There are 39 categories of prohibited activities on Shabbat. These activities are called...

SUMMARY OF VAYAQHEL-PEQUDE

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Our Parasha begins with a reminder about the observance of Shabbat, indicating that even the construction of the Tabernacle, or Mishkan, must be suspended...

VAYAQHEL: Can You Stop Thinking About Money?

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It is impossible and even inadvisable not to think about money when one lacks the essentials—food, warmth, shelter from the rain, or access to...

UMJCA Pre-Burial Guidance for Mourners

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KI TISA: How Many Days Was Moses in Mount Sinai?

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The giving of the Torah took place on the sixth day of Sivan, at Ma‘amad Har Sinai, the extraordinary event when the covenant between...