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The Underhand Spin
By Yanki Tauber There are two holidays on which we spin: on Chanukah it is customary to play with a dreidel, and on Purim we spin the gragger. The dreidel is spun from above, while the gragger is turned from below
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Body: The Physical World According to Rabbi Schneur Zalman of Liadi
Based on the teachings of the Lubavitcher Rebbe Which is loftier--spirit or matter? the soul or the body? The teachings of Rabbi Schneur Zalman, founder of Chabad chassidism, extol the first over the second, and then second over the first, offering a unique and life-altering vision of reality
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The Resurrection of the Dead
Based on the teachings of the Lubavitcher Rebbe
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The Adam Files
By Tzvi Freeman "Look," he tried. The poor angel was almost hysterical. "Our job was software. How were we supposed to know that the hardware was to be made from mud? We pleaded with The Engineer to find a more fitting encasement for such an ultimate being than this ...
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How to Change the Past
By Yanki Tauber We are physical beings, and the laws of physics (at least as they stand now) dictate that time runs in one direction only. Yet for some reason, we just won't let go. We continue to feel responsible for what was, continue to regard our past as something ...
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The Cosmology of the Mitzvot
By Avi Rabinowits The physical realm as the "shadow" of the spiritual; the mitzvot as physical "symbols" that manipulate spiritual realities; matter as thye most compact form of energy; prayer as the language of the soul and the minyan as the "critical mass" that ...
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Why It's Frustrating to Have a Brain
By Yanki Tauber You see the way things are, and the way they ought to be. That's why human beings enjoy a higher stress level than cows, for example
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The Material Jew
By Yanki Tauber A "dispassionate materialist"? Clearly a fraud
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The Flame
By Yanki Tauber We can sit and gaze at it for hours. What is it about a burning flame that captures our imagination?
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Faking It
By Yanki Tauber Imagine what Jacob must have felt like dressing in Esau's hunting clothes, pasting artificial hair on his arms and the back of his neck, stealing into his father's room and conniving to receive the blessings intended for his brother. Whatever for does ...
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