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Story Tour: Repentance Out of Love
Rosh HaShanah (the Jewish New Year) is coming very soon. This is a time for all Jewish people to reflect and seek forgiveness for deeds of the past year. Repentance is the goal of every Jewish person during this time of the year. One can repent out of fea...
Dateline: 2010-09-01 5:20am -07:00T (579 words)
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Story Tour: Prayer – A Matter of Life and Death
A group of wealthy merchants went into an inn located near the crossroads. They asked the innkeeper to serve them food and drink, and knowing that his guests had the ability to pay, he hastened to set the table for them.
“What would you like t...
Dateline: 2010-08-24 1:51pm -07:00T (278 words)
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Story Tour: Elijah and the Three Sons Who Watched in the Garden
Once upon a time there lived a pious man who had grown very old, and when the time for his death approached, he called his three sons and instructed them that they should never quarrel with one another, for they might be led to swearing and he had never s...
Dateline: 2010-08-18 11:50pm -07:00T (868 words)
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Story Tour: The Debtors
A wealthy merchant made known that anyone in his city in need of a loan should come to him, and he would receive the entire sum that he needed.
Upon hearing of the wealthy merchant’s offer, many people came to his home. The wealthy merchant sat at...
Dateline: 2010-08-10 5:50am -07:00T (296 words)
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Story Tour: King for a Year
The people of a certain faraway land had a custom that every year they would go out to the main road which led to their country, and when they spotted a stranger approaching, they would crown him as their king. This newly appointed king would then decide ...
Dateline: 2010-08-03 7:51am -07:00T (462 words)
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Story Tour: Rabbi to Present at NewCAJE Conference
Rabbi Rachmiel Tobesman will present a session, Once Upon A Time To Comfort…Jewish Children And Grieving, at NewCaje Conference in Boston, MA - 1-4 August 2010
Coping up with the death of a loved one is hard enough, but dealing with it as a ch...
Dateline: 2010-07-19 8:21am -07:00T (164 words)
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Story Tour: Prayer and the Safe
He who lets his voice be heard during prayer is thought to have little faith in the Holy One, blessed be He. He who prays in a loud voice is a false prophet, as it is written: “And they cried aloud.” He who belches or yawns during prayer is con...
Dateline: 2010-07-16 8:06am -07:00T (323 words)
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Story Tour: Pride – Twice Sewn Suit
We learn from the Holy Writings:
“For My thoughts are not your thoughts, neither are My ways your ways” (Isa. 55:8). When a man has a vessel, he rejoices in it as long as it is whole and useful; when it is broken, he has no use for it. Now,...
Dateline: 2010-07-01 8:06pm -07:00T (548 words)
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