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Are We A Religion of No?

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One of the famous passages of the Rosh Hashanah liturgy is, “I remember the kindness of your youth, the love of your nuptials, you followed me into the desert, a land that is not planted” (Jereimah 2:2).
This is our way of invoking the trust and devotion to G-d we demonstrated …

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Life Cycle: Invitation

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Welcome to Innerstream’s “Life Cycle” section, where essays are posted on the Jewish milestones in the cycle of life.

If you would like to explore any of these essays please click on one of the links provided below. These links are also available in the menu on the left side of your screen. The menu also contains links to essays on many other Jewish topics. Please feel free to browse through the links to find the topics of your interest.

Birth

Coming of Age

Marriage

Death

I hope you enjoy your visit to innerstream and I invite you to post your comments on the bottom of any page that sparks your interest. This way you and I and all the other visitors to Innerstream can continue to explore the deeper meaning of Torah and Judaism.

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Time for Torah

Mishpatim: Time for Torah
The morning after our ancestors arrived at Sinai, Moses presented G-d’s proposal to appoint them His precious treasure, a kingdom of ministers, and a holy nation. Their reply: “All that G-d said, we will do.”[1]
Two days later, Moses told them that G-d would issue the Ten Commandments …

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Shemot: Insecure Aggression

Egyptian Thorns
In describing the relationship between Jews and Egyptians the Torah says “And they (Egyptians) were as thorns before the children of Israel” (Exodus 1, 12) The Kli Yakar offers two explanations. The first explanation, Egyptians observed the miraculous birth rate of the Jewish people and feared that G-d intended …

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Family Life: Family Planning

The
Torah commands us to be fruitful and multiply. As long as a family
plans to have even one child they have fulfill their obligation to this
Mitzvah. Some commentators feel that one must have a son and a daughter
before one is considered to have fulfilled this obligation.

However, Jewish
tradition has always encouraged large …

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What Can We Do?

These past two days have been the most difficult for our people in the last fifty years. It was Simchat Torah, a time for rejoicing, yet it was a time of horror. Nearly a thousand members of our family were brutally murdered, more than a hundred were taken hostage, and …

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