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148 West » peace 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 2 for Your Sukkah http://148west.com/topical/two-sukkah/ http://148west.com/topical/two-sukkah/#comments Mon, 06 Oct 2014 21:01:22 +0000 http://148west.com/?p=502 #1 By properly performing the mitzvah of sukkah one is privileged to have a pure heart. That pure heart is your ticket to pouring out your heart to Hashem (God), telling Him your every concern. The words you speak to Hashem are akin to ruach hakodesh. OB: Our hearts lack purity because we are greedy. I […]

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]]> http://148west.com/topical/two-sukkah/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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]]> http://148west.com/practice/sukkat-shalom/feed/ 0 The Wrong Kind of Smart http://148west.com/topical/wrong-kind-smart/ http://148west.com/topical/wrong-kind-smart/#comments Tue, 22 Jul 2014 14:05:55 +0000 http://148west.com/?p=421 I don’t know much about building underground tunnels. Don’t know how to dig them, ventilate them or illuminate them. But I do know that it takes a lot of people a lot of time and effort to make it happen. It costs lots and lots of money. And like any building project, there’s a certain amount […]

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]]> http://148west.com/topical/wrong-kind-smart/feed/ 0 Getting Ready for Rosh Hashanah http://148west.com/practice/getting-ready-for-rosh-hashanah/ http://148west.com/practice/getting-ready-for-rosh-hashanah/#comments Thu, 15 Aug 2013 16:10:04 +0000 http://148west.com/?p=347 One of the things we learned from our ruminations about Uman and LSD is that a big part of our spiritual—excuse me, Jewish—mission is getting along with our fellow Jews. (Of course, Rebbe Akiva put this a bit more succinctly when he said “Love your fellow as you love yourself” [Leviticus 19:18] is a major […]

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