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148 West http://148west.com NEVER EVER DESPAIR! Tue, 28 Jul 2015 15:16:59 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=4.2.37 Why I Go to Uman for Rosh HaShanah http://148west.com/rabbeinu/why-i-go-to-uman-for-rosh-hashanah/ http://148west.com/rabbeinu/why-i-go-to-uman-for-rosh-hashanah/#comments Tue, 28 Jul 2015 15:16:59 +0000 http://148west.com/?p=530 Why do I go to Uman for Rosh HaShanah? Let me count the whys. First of all, I go because the Rebbe said to come to him for Rosh HaShanah. This alone is sufficient reason to go. I need no other. If you have any inkling of the chassidic mind, you understand that if “the […]

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]]> http://148west.com/practice/walking-talking/feed/ 0 Conceited Fool http://148west.com/uncategorized/conceited-fool/ http://148west.com/uncategorized/conceited-fool/#comments Tue, 28 Oct 2014 13:34:17 +0000 http://148west.com/?p=513   You should have read this first. If you haven’t, please do. It will give (personal) context to what follows.   An irreligious man came to Rebbe Nachman and boasted that he was an expert in foreign (non-Jewish) languages. He had recently been in a government office and was able to interpret a word that even their […]

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]]> http://148west.com/topical/two-sukkah/feed/ 0 Yom Kippur 5775 http://148west.com/topical/yom-kippur-5775/ http://148west.com/topical/yom-kippur-5775/#comments Thu, 02 Oct 2014 19:25:24 +0000 http://148west.com/?p=498 Now, it is Yom Kippur and we are being weighed in the scales of justice. If you’re like the rest of us, and you imagine yourself standing outside the courtroom looking in, you’ll see yourself sitting on the balance-pan which has “Guilty” written on it. You’re probably frowning and nodding your head. “Yeah, that’s me alright. I […]

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]]> http://148west.com/topical/cant-make-uman/feed/ 1 Tell the Truth! http://148west.com/practice/tell-truth/ http://148west.com/practice/tell-truth/#comments Wed, 03 Sep 2014 14:48:35 +0000 http://148west.com/?p=487 (In memory of Chaim Barukh Yehudah ben Dovid Tzvi zl)   The fourth of the Ten Commandments is, “Remember the Shabbat day” (Exodus 20:8). Its parallel is the ninth commandment, “Do not give false witness against your countryman” (v. 13). [One sense of “parallel” is that when the Ten Commandments are written in two columns of […]

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]]> http://148west.com/practice/tell-truth/feed/ 0 Shabbat, Ours and Yours http://148west.com/weekly/shabbat/ http://148west.com/weekly/shabbat/#comments Tue, 26 Aug 2014 14:07:48 +0000 http://148west.com/?p=484 (In memory of Chaim Barukh Yehudah ben Dovid Tzvi zl)  Ours and Yours  [Summary: The holy Zohar teaches that as a people, the Jews are protected on Shabbat by the holy Shekhinah aka “Sukkat Shalom.” This is in addition to the personal protection a Jew has via the neshamah yeteirah, additional Shabbat soul.] When the Shabbat […]

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]]> http://148west.com/weekly/shabbat/feed/ 0 Don’t Be a Drip http://148west.com/practice/dont-drip/ http://148west.com/practice/dont-drip/#comments Thu, 21 Aug 2014 10:56:56 +0000 http://148west.com/?p=482 Rebbe Nachman once remarked, “The world says, ‘If you give in to temptation, God forbid, and eat chazir (ham/pork/bacon), might as well let the gravy drip down your beard.’ But I say, If you give in to temptation and eat chazir, at least don’t let any gravy drip down your beard!” © Copyright 2014 148west.com/O. […]

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]]> http://148west.com/practice/dont-drip/feed/ 0 Sukkat Shalom http://148west.com/practice/sukkat-shalom/ http://148west.com/practice/sukkat-shalom/#comments Thu, 21 Aug 2014 10:33:51 +0000 http://148west.com/?p=478 (In memory of Chaim Barukh Yehudah ben Dovid Tzvi zl) Extra Protection [Summary: The holy Zohar tells us that as Shabbat begins the sacred Shekhinah spreads her wings over the world and settles herself in the world. As a result, the “outside,” i.e., negative, forces are forced into hiding and can exercise no authority on the […]

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