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L’arche ou le Triomphe?
In Parashat Noach, the Torah builds on the founding myths of Parashat B’reishit by showing us a fascinating cycle of destruction and rebuilding, speaking both to the immense positive power of human planning and execution, and to the inherent negative possibilities that come with it.
Discovering Your Real Name
Our tradition teaches that each of us has three names: the one we are given at birth, the one we are called, and our real name. The task of each person, according to the tradition, is to discover our real name.
Compassion Is the Best Medicine
The painful truth is that we cannot always help another person - and if we expect to be able to change someone else in order for us to feel better, we may be setting ourselves up for double failure. What we can do is help ourselves by understanding our own feelings of powerlessness and getting the support we need to manage our emotional response.
Love Is the Key
When my son was learning to walk, I remember learning an important lesson about love. He would let go of the couch, take a few steps, and fall. I was amazed to feel an incredible pain in my own head when he would fall and bump his own. And that’s love in its purest form—when the connection you feel to someone else is so deep, you can actually feel what the other feels.
For 9-11 Survivors
G-d of the survivor,