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 | | |  | Elul 1, 5772 · August 19, 2012 |  | By Elana Mizrahi |  |
|  | | | The Secret of Elul
Only when we turn around do we realize the truth, the inner essence, and then we are "face to face"-which does not only mean that we can finally look at each other, but more so, that we can look in each other . . .
By Sara Esther Crispe |  |  | | | Parshat Shoftim
While no one will argue that man's psyche is a tabula rasa, the question is: to what extent do we control the choices that we make? Whom can I blame? Where does my choice begin?
By Rochel Holzkenner |  | | | ALSO THIS WEEK ON THEJEWISHWOMAN.ORG: | | | The old woman sits at the Western Wall. Although she's toothless and her eyes are dim, She sits and waits for the shofar's call...
By Ruth Fogelman | | | | | Israel was not Beverly Hillish enough, not Hollywoodishly stylish enough for our newly Californian sensibilities...
by Katherine Agranovich | | | | | One might say that a life spent in a consciousness of, perhaps, inadequacy would feel frustrating and demoralizing. But perhaps it depends on our perspective. If it's not just about us and our accomplishments, then the knowledge that true mastery is impossible, given the complexity and vastness of the subject or pursuit, might be the most liberating knowledge there is . . .
By Chava Shapiro | | | | | This road is not only a way of getting to where I am going, it allows me to remember how careful I must always be, and how fragile life truly is...
By Sara Esther Crispe | | | | | |
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