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    • ▼ 2008 (48)
      • ▼ October (2)
        • Mitzvos of Sukkos, Oct 10th
        • Simchas Beis haSho'eivah, Oct 10th
      • ► September (6)
        • Thoughts about Teshuvah, Sep 29th
        • And with what? With a Shofar, Sep 26th
        • Coronating G-d, Sep 24th
        • Mussar Kallah VI -- New York - ..., Sep 19th
        • Wisdom from Eeyore, Sep 16th
        • Shalom Aleikhem!, Sep 12th
      • ► August (6)
        • AishDas, Aug 28th
        • Ben Chamishim le'Aitzah, Aug 28th
        • Heroism, Aug 26th
        • Three Desires, Aug 21st
        • Hatred, Aug 8th
        • Gender Differences: Oaths, Aug 5th
      • ► July (4)
        • The Halakhic Community, Jul 29th
        • The Tools of Mussar, Jul 18th
        • The Chosen People, Jul 18th
        • Types of Thought: Dictionary, Jul 8th
      • ► June (4)
        • Types of Thought: Gender Diffe ..., Jun 19th
        • Gender Differences, Jun 18th
        • Types of Thought: Progressions, Jun 6th
        • Three Modes of Tefillah, Jun 6th
      • ► May (6)
        • Mourning During the Omer, part ..., May 30th
        • Mourning During the Omer, May 28th
        • In the Name of the One Who Sai ..., May 16th
        • Ben Shishim leZiqnah, May 8th
        • Ge'ulah and Accepting Has ..., May 6th
        • Ge'ulah and the Halachic ..., May 2nd
      • ► April (6)
        • Defining Ge'ulah, Apr 28th
        • Sipur, Apr 18th
        • Hagaddah, Apr 17th
        • Tam, what does he say?, Apr 14th
        • Sweet Charoses, Apr 14th
        • Shetir'u baTov, Apr 10th
      • ► March (6)
        • Nine Qavim at the Buffet, Mar 27th
        • Purim and Permanence, Mar 21st
        • Tziduq haDin, Mar 14th
        • The Efficacy of Prayer, Mar 10th
        • Mi sheBeirakh, Mar 6th
        • The Kindness of Hashem, Mar 3rd
      • ► February (3)
        • Recognizing Your Friend in the ..., Feb 28th
        • Simchah and Oneg, Feb 27th
        • Who is wealthy?, Feb 13th
      • ► January (5)
        • Why I'm a Man, Jan 21st
        • Perishus, Jan 20th
        • Prayers and Requests, Jan 13th
        • Neither Random nor Predetermin ..., Jan 7th
        • Rav Dessler: 25 Teves, Jan 3rd
    • ► 2007 (54)
      • ► December (2)
        • Halachic Process, addenda, Dec 24th
        • Halachic Process, part II, Dec 20th
      • ► November (3)
        • Halachic Process, interlude: W ..., Nov 30th
        • Halachic Process, part I, Nov 22nd
        • Halachic Change, Nov 13th
      • ► October (3)
        • Angry at G-d, Oct 26th
        • Yisrael, Yaaqov and Beis Yaaqo ..., Oct 24th
        • Anger and the Golden Mean, Oct 23rd
      • ► September (2)
        • Shemittah, Sep 20th
        • כג אלול תשס"א, Sep 5th
      • ► August (3)
        • Mi Keil Kamokha, Aug 31st
        • May only goodness and kindness ..., Aug 31st
        • The Desire to Desire, Aug 28th
      • ► July (10)
        • Saving One's Own First, Jul 26th
        • Compassion for Our Enemies, Jul 25th
        • Something Else to Throw into t ..., Jul 24th
        • The Last Tish'ah be' ..., Jul 23rd
        • Hilkhos Mashiach, Jul 23rd
        • Hashem is Righteous, Jul 23rd
        • Safeiq deRabbanan, Jul 16th
        • TIDE, variants on a theme, Jul 12th
        • Noach and the Use of Wine, Jul 9th
        • Benching Gomel, Jul 9th
      • ► June (5)
        • Dear Graduate, Jun 18th
        • Synthesis and Dialectic, Jun 13th
        • The Blessing of a Commoner, Jun 10th
        • Tzitzis: Advance and Retreat, ..., Jun 8th
        • Angels and Idols, Jun 1st
      • ► May (7)
        • ... The rest is commentary, May 30th
        • A Broad Life, May 21st
        • Ethics and Morality, May 15th
        • Hashem and Morality, May 15th
        • Introduction to Shaarei Yosher, May 8th
        • Birkhas Avos, May 2nd
        • The Five Hardest Words, May 1st
      • ► April (5)
        • Mussar Kallah V, Apr 24th
        • Universalism, Apr 20th
        • The Butler's Dilemma, Apr 12th
        • Like the Laws of Pesach, Apr 5th
        • A Seder Thought, Apr 2nd
      • ► March (6)
        • This Year in Jerusalem, Mar 30th
        • Pesach: Freedom from Preconcei ..., Mar 29th
        • The Mishkan and its Utensils, Mar 21st
        • The Invisibility of Providence ..., Mar 15th
        • Qinyan and Ba'alus, Mar 8th
        • Esther's Modesty - Adar&# ..., Mar 1st
      • ► February (4)
        • Terumah - The Legs of the Aron, Feb 24th
        • THE KING AND I, Feb 12th
        • Midgets on the Shoulders of Gi ..., Feb 6th
        • Dialectics, Feb 1st
      • ► January (4)
        • 35, Jan 24th
        • I have a dream... part II, Jan 22nd
        • "I have a dream...", Jan 21st
        • Yeitzer haRa, Jan 9th
    • ► 2006 (53)
      • ► December (6)
        • The Devastating Power of Leitz ..., Dec 28th
        • A Thought About Maoz Tzur, Dec 20th
        • Why do we light the new candle ..., Dec 20th
        • Shiluach haQen, Dec 20th
        • Ruach Memalela, Dec 20th
        • Atzilus and the Mind - Body Pr ..., Dec 6th
      • ► November (7)
        • Parashas Tzitzis, Nov 27th
        • Chayei Sarah - Kibbush and Chi ..., Nov 21st
        • Atzilus and the Mind - Body Pr ..., Nov 16th
        • Changing Name, Nov 11th
        • Models of Creation, Nov 10th
        • Vehayah im Shamoa, Nov 9th
        • Veahavta, Nov 3rd
      • ► October (7)
        • The Unobservable, the Unobserv ..., Oct 31st
        • The Nature of Reality, Oct 27th
        • Shema Yisrael, Oct 27th
        • Urgency, Importance, and the Y ..., Oct 23rd
        • Birkhas Ahavah, Oct 20th
        • Anu ma'amirekha ve'A ..., Oct 2nd
        • Selach lanu, Mechal lanu, Kape ..., Oct 2nd
      • ► September (5)
        • A Fallen Soldier's Prayer ..., Sep 30th
        • Coronating G-d, part II -- Pra ..., Sep 29th
        • 9/11 - 5 Years Later; or, How ..., Sep 18th
        • The Simplicity of the Shofar, Sep 11th
        • Something you can do to help t ..., Sep 5th
      • ► August (3)
        • Hashgachah Peratis as a level ..., Aug 31st
        • Yotzeir Or, part III, Aug 10th
        • Yotzeir Or, part II, Aug 8th
      • ► July (2)
        • War, Jul 19th
        • Yotzeir Or, part I, Jul 14th
      • ► June (5)
        • Nishmas, part II, Jun 29th
        • Nishmas. part I, Jun 22nd
        • Birchos haTorah, Jun 15th
        • E-lokai Neshamah, Jun 9th
        • Asher Yatzer, Jun 1st
      • ► May (3)
        • Al Netilas Yadayim, May 25th
        • Yom Yerushalayim, May 25th
        • Modeh Ani, May 10th
      • ► April (4)
        • Roads and Cities, Apr 26th
        • The Structure of the Seder, Apr 11th
        • Pesach, Matzah, Maror, Apr 7th
        • What is Judaism?, Apr 6th
      • ► March (4)
        • My Life as a Pendulum, Mar 27th
        • Yahrzeit and Simchah, Mar 10th
        • Chidush and Shinui, Mar 9th
        • The Rambam on Time During Crea ..., Mar 2nd
      • ► February (3)
        • Rav Dessler On Reality and Per ..., Feb 22nd
        • Rav Dessler on Reality and Per ..., Feb 14th
        • Types of Halachic Rulings, Feb 7th
      • ► January (4)
        • Ikkarei Emunah, Jan 25th
        • Ma'avir al Midosav -- the ..., Jan 18th
        • Ma'avir al Midosav, Jan 16th
        • Vetaheir Libeinu, Jan 6th
    • ► 2005 (64)
      • ► December (4)
        • The Semitic Perspective, Dec 29th
        • Anavah (Redux), Dec 29th
        • But the name of the city was & ..., Dec 16th
        • What is a Berakhah?, Dec 10th
      • ► November (6)
        • The Point of Decision, Nov 27th
        • Havdalah, Nov 18th
        • Mima'amaqim, Nov 10th
        • Adam and Pinocchio, Nov 4th
        • The origins of imperfection, Nov 3rd
        • The power of speech, Nov 3rd
      • ► October (2)
        • Yismach Moshe II, Oct 21st
        • Qedushas Beis HaKenesses, part ..., Oct 2nd
      • ► September (6)
        • A Second Covenant, Sep 30th
        • Qedushas Beis HaKenesses, Sep 25th
        • Midrashei Halakhah, Sep 22nd
        • The Lishmah of Interpersonal M ..., Sep 19th
        • On Destroying Synagogues, Sep 12th
        • Menuchas haNefesh, Sep 8th
      • ► August (3)
        • Appropriate and Inappropriate ..., Aug 31st
        • Mas'ei -- the Journey as ..., Aug 10th
        • Defining Anavah, Aug 5th
      • ► July (5)
        • Divine Timelessness II, Hebrew ..., Jul 31st
        • See but not Seen, Jul 20th
        • The Psychological Model of Ore ..., Jul 13th
        • Hashem and Logic, Jul 7th
        • Conflict Resolution, Jul 3rd
      • ► June (6)
        • Tzitzis, Advance and Retreat, Jun 28th
        • Modern Orthodoxy, Chareidism, ..., Jun 28th
        • Charitzus - Decisiveness, Jun 21st
        • Different Parts of the Same Bo ..., Jun 15th
        • Attributes of G-d, Jun 8th
        • Ki Arumim Heim, Jun 4th
      • ► May (7)
        • A History of Mussar, part II, May 29th
        • A History of Mussar, part I, May 24th
        • Qedushah, May 19th
        • Judaism, Christianity, and Isl ..., May 17th
        • Yom haAtzma'ut, May 13th
        • Yir'ah, May 12th
        • Reasons for Mitzvos, May 2nd
      • ► April (5)
        • Purpose of Qorbanos, part II, Apr 22nd
        • Who knows four?, Apr 20th
        • A quick but beautiful thought ..., Apr 20th
        • Tum'ah and Taharah, part ..., Apr 14th
        • Tum'ah and Taharah, Apr 12th
      • ► March (7)
        • Causality in Halakhah, Mar 31st
        • Life and Consciousness, Mar 30th
        • Purim, Yehudim and Simchah, Mar 24th
        • Purpose of Qorbanos, Mar 19th
        • Eilu va'Eilu part II, Mar 13th
        • Eilu va'Eilu - part I, Mar 9th
        • Trends in Resolving Torah and ..., Mar 3rd
      • ► February (7)
        • Brisk and Telzh, Feb 23rd
        • Saying Shema Together, Feb 18th
        • People and Angels, Feb 17th
        • Tefillin Mirrors, Feb 17th
        • Hispa'alus, or: Yismach M ..., Feb 9th
        • The Kuzari Proof, part III, Feb 8th
        • Some thoughts about Parashas Y ..., Feb 3rd
      • ► January (6)
        • Free Will and Environment, Jan 30th
        • Rav Dessler's Approach to ..., Jan 28th
        • The Fire Within the Bush, Jan 21st
        • Divine Timelessness, Jan 14th
        • The Legislative Authority of a ..., Jan 8th
        • Politeness and Taharah, Jan 5th
    • ► 2004 (17)
      • ► December (9)
        • Theodicy, Dec 31st
        • Argument by Design ver. 4.0, Dec 28th
        • The Kuzari Proof, part II, Dec 27th
        • The Kuzari Proof, part I, Dec 22nd
        • Psychology and Mussar, Dec 16th
        • Rights and Duties, Dec 15th
        • The Troubles of Relativism, Dec 10th
        • Love, part II, Dec 9th
        • Love, part I, Dec 5th
      • ► November (7)
        • Emunah Peshutah vs Machashavah, Nov 30th
        • Different Approaches to Creati ..., Nov 26th
        • Other Tines on the Fork, Nov 26th
        • Today's Daas Torah, Nov 26th
        • The Fall of Mimeticism and For ..., Nov 23rd
        • Aspaqlaria, Nov 17th
        • Welcome, Nov 16th
      • ► May (1)
        • May 6th
    • ► 2002 (1)
      • ► April (1)
        • Pesach 5761: The Four Sons Con ..., Apr 15th
    • ► 2001 (1)
      • ► August (1)
        • Idealism, Aug 3rd
    • ► 1998 (1)
      • ► August (1)
        • HaKel HaGadol HaGibbor veHaNor ..., Aug 14th
    • ► 1996 (1)
      • ► October (1)
        • Lekh-Lekha 5757: Temimus and D ..., Oct 26th
    • ► 1995 (1)
      • ► October (1)
        • Tiqanta Shabbos, Oct 18th

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      • Nishmas, part II
      • Yotzeir Or, part I
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      • Yotzeir Or, part III
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          • A Second Covenant
          • The Simplicity of the Shofar
          • Coronating G-d, part II -- Pragmatics
          • The Nature of Reality
          • The Unobservable, the Unobserved, and the Observed
          • Changing Name
          • Shiluach haQen
          • Qinyan and Ba'alus
          • Universalism
          • ... The rest is commentary
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            • A Thought About Maoz Tzur
            • Hashem is Righteous
            • Hilkhos Mashiach
            • The Last Tish'ah be'Av
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            • Defining Ge'ulah
            • Ge'ulah and Accepting Hashem as King
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              • Pesach, Matzah, Maror
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              • This Year in Jerusalem
              • A Seder Thought
              • Like the Laws of Pesach
              • Sweet Charoses
              • Tam, what does he say?
              • Hagaddah
              • Sipur
              • Defining Ge'ulah
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          • Hashgachah Peratis as a level of abstraction
          • The Invisibility of Providence -- How?
          • Mi sheBeirakh
          • Wisdom from Eeyore
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        • Conflict Resolution
        • Ma'avir al Midosav -- the pragmatics
        • My Life as a Pendulum
        • The Devastating Power of Leitznus
        • The Desire to Desire
        • Perishus
        • Nine Qavim at the Buffet
        • Shetir'u baTov
        • Hatred
        • Heroism
        • Shalom Aleikhem!
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          • Universalism
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          • Ben Shishim leZiqnah
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          • The Fire Within the Bush
          • Defining Anavah
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          • Purim and Permanence
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          • Anger and the Golden Mean
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          • The Kindness of Hashem
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          • Bitachon and Melukhah
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          • Yahrzeit and Simchah
          • The Five Hardest Words
          • Introduction to Shaarei Yosher
          • Who is wealthy?
          • Simchah and Oneg
        • expandYir`ah (3)
          • Yir'ah
          • Qedushas Beis HaKenesses
          • Qedushas Beis HaKenesses, part II
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        • Something you can do to help the situation
        • The Simplicity of the Shofar
        • 9/11 - 5 Years Later; or, How to Effect Permanent Change
        • Coronating G-d, part II -- Pragmatics
        • Selach lanu, Mechal lanu, Kaper lanu
        • Anu ma'amirekha ve'Atah ma'amireinu
        • Mi Keil Kamokha
        • Ge'ulah and Accepting Hashem as King
        • Thoughts about Teshuvah
      • expandTools (5)
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        • Yismach Moshe II
        • "I have a dream..."
        • I have a dream... part II
        • The Tools of Mussar
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        • Free Will and Environment
        • People and Angels
        • Mas'ei -- the Journey as a Name of G-d
        • On Destroying Synagogues
        • The Lishmah of Interpersonal Mitzvos
        • Terumah - The Legs of the Aron
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        • A Use for Every Middah, part II: Two Dictionaries
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