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Prayer: an Anthology
Compiled by Yanki Tauber
Jacob has an "encounter" on Mount Moriah; Pinchas conducts a "judgment" with G-d; Isaac and Rebecca "entreat" for a child; Jonah "cries out" from the belly of the fish... 27 stories, voices, essays and insights into prayer
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Prayers
Prayers for various occasions: Grace after meals, blessings, prayers to be recited at the gravesite of the righteous and more
Library » Classic Texts » Prayers
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What is Prayer?
By Y. Hechel Greenberg
The Hebrew word for prayer, tefilah means "to judge." It also means "attachment"
Spirituality » Essays » What is Prayer?
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How A Stupid Little Ruler Saved My Life
By Jay Litvin
What does it mean to be indispensable? For most of my life I've asked myself that question.
Society & Living » Parenting » By Jay Litvin » How A Stupid Little Ruler Saved My Life
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Words
By Jay Litvin
There is the shape of the letters themselves. The dance of black and white on
the page. The delight in having these strange lines take on sound. The surprise
when, all at once four or five of these shapes group together to make a word
with length, ...
Society & Living » Voices » Words
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You
By Jay Litvin
And suddenly, one night, don’t ask me how or why, the point widened. Suddenly You were everywhere, too many places for me to reach at once, for me to contain....
Society & Living » Voices » You
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The Bulkhead
By Yaakov Brawer
The death of a thousand cuts would have been preferable. I briefly considered
crawling, until I realized that everyone would be able to see me anyway.
Library » Stories » Contemporary » The Bulkhead
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Mincha
By Yaakov Brawer
In those days there was only one car service in Crown Heights and it was run by Chassidim, a class of people for whom time means nothing
Library » Stories » Contemporary » Mincha
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Getting There
By Yanki Tauber
"That is all fine and well," replied Rabbi DovBer's friend, "but there remains one slight problem: I need the merchandise..."
Library » Stories » Chassidic » Getting There
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Holy War
By Yanki Tauber
In Jewish tradition, prayer is an activity with distinctly violent connotations...
Spirituality » Short Insights » By Yanki Tauber » Holy War
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