The Incredible Story of a Munich Soccer Team During the Holocaust Offers a Lesson
Stephen Smith
July 16, 2019
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lesson
VIDEO: Rabbi David Wolpe — Lessons of the Chanukah Candles
Jewish Journal
December 12, 2008
There are lots of \’drashim about Chanukah, the candles, the menorah and the Maccabees. Sinai Temple\’s Rabbi David Wolpe offers a new and fascinating look at the significance of the ceremonial candlelighting.
Life lessons from the trenches of cancer survival
Roberto Loiederman
September 4, 2008
The medical facility where I received treatment is one of the most prestigious in the world, but some staff members had a lousy bedside manner. One resident — I thought of him as Dr. Worst-Case-Scenario — would always give me his gloomiest predictions.
Man, oh man! What a difference 10 years make
Jay Firestone
May 11, 2007
I know now the bar mitzvah ceremony didn\’t instantly make me a man, but if I am one today, after 10 years, its because of the lessons I learned throughout the entire experience.
Heroes and Villains
Rabbi N. Daniel Korobkin
January 18, 2007
We all instinctively identify and label the heroes and villains in our lives, and Judaism supports the need for iconic heroes.
Post-Gaza: A Time for Israelis to Reunite
Rabbi Shlomo Riskin
September 8, 2005
The disengagement or expulsion has ended. But is this also the end of religious Zionism? Are there lessons we can and must learn that may enable us to emerge stronger from this most difficult period?
The first lesson we learned is that we are indeed one nation. There was no real violence, and there was even majestic fortitude and an exaltation of spirit displayed by many Gush Katif settlers and leaders.
On the other side of the barricades, only a small number of soldiers refused to carry out military evacuation orders, despite the charge to do so from major rabbinic voices; the soldiers and police behaved with incredible sensitivity and restraint.
It was heart wrenching but uplifting, a period in which I was both tear-filled and pride-filled to be an Israeli Jew.
Yeladim
Abby Gilad
February 24, 2005
In Parshat Ki Tisa, each Israelite is instructed to give a half-shekel to the \”temple fund\” every year. There is a midrash – a story told by rabbis to teach a lesson – about this portion.
Dead Right
Rabbi Steven Z. Leder
February 24, 2005
I met Bob and Susie at the end of a float plane trip deep in the Alaskan wilderness. Most of the year they live on a 40-foot boat surrounded by nothing but forest and water.
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