Without rehashing the whole article, you can go back and read more below: Doing a pidyon nefesh before Rosh Hashana ==== Bottom line: [E]veryone undergoes a certain amount of suffering. There is no such thing as a person going through life with everything going exactly according to his desire. What comes out of these teachings […]
Great Jewish Music Interlude: Yossef Assayag
Now and then, I want to start also introducing the English-speakers to more Israeli 'soul music'.
So, meet Yossef Assuyag:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xH1NChhGUwY
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Great Jewish lyrics, with some wicked electric guitar licks....
What…
Don’t be afraid
The Rav has been very 'strong' the last few days - and tonight was no exception.
Singing loudly, with a very strong voice - and the singing and dancing before and after the prayers down on Ido HaNavi has had more 'pep' than usual, too, this…
Dealing with ‘narc abuse’ – the beginning of the discussion
Leaving the 'narc paradigm' behind
Probably the best way of starting off this whole megillah of how to deal with extricating our souls out of the ‘narc paradigm’ that most of us are dealing with, from the very moment we’re born, is to…
Loose ends
I'm working on a fairly long post about how to deal with the fall-out from 'narcissist abuse'.
BH, I'll put that up next.
In the meantime, I got sent a few things over email that are connected to all the discussion about:
The Vilna…
Update on the Rav
Translated comments from Shivivei Or 365 (week ending June 28th, 2024)
Over the course of the week, the Rav was in the hospital, and the cholkim (opponents of the Rav) publicised all sorts of rumours about the condition of the Rav, may their…
Time for a change
No, I'm not deleting the blog again.
(At least, not at the moment. Maybe another time, I'll share the real details of why I deleted it each of the last three times.)
But, I AM going in a different direction here again - or really, returning…