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Yoseph Janowski

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Divine Providence and Canadian Faux Pas

Canada’s parliament just honoured a Nazi. They didn’t realize that the Ukrainian World War Two soldier they were honouring, was a volunteer for...

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Yom Kippur 5734

It happened fifty years ago. I was a Yeshiva student, spending the month of Tishrei in and around Lubavitch headquarters at 770 Eastern Parkway in...

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The Healing

During the 10 days between Rosh Hashana and Yom Kippur, we recite, “Our Father Our King, we have no other King, only You.” A King requires...

20.09.2023 10

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Advice to Antisemites

These days you might want to think twice. Syria, which fought several wars against Israel, was hit with civil war, and is now a devastated country....

18.09.2023 20

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Everything Has a Role

We all have what to contribute to making the world a better place. Each and every person has a role to play. Not only that. Each and every thing has...

13.09.2023 10

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Protection

Netanyahu encouraged Jewish pilgrims to stay away from Ukraine. He said that G-d didn’t always protect Jews in Europe. Some Haredi Knesset members...

11.09.2023 20

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Supreme Court Decision

If I could talk to an Israeli Supreme Court Justice, it might sound like this: So, I understand that you are about to make a huge decision Tuesday....

10.09.2023 10

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Useful Idiots

After the miraculous Six Day War, inhabitants of conquered territories were about to flee. To appease the world, Israel’s government convinced them...

08.09.2023 10

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Desert Mud

This past weekend, a desert celebration of debauchery turned into a mess of mud. It’s not the first time that hedonistic revelry in a desert ended...

06.09.2023 10

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Light

It enables us to see where we are. But what about seeing who we are? And why we are? “I see,” your friend might say when you explain a new...

04.09.2023 20

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Choices

Politics, religion, attitudes, intelligence, confidence, disillusion, joy, sadness, motivation, friendships, optimism. These are just some of the many...

03.09.2023 20

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All and Each

We think about everything. The general picture, as well as each detail. Sometimes we focus on the big picture, and sometimes on a singular thing. ...

30.08.2023 20

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Earth

A planet within space, exactly the right distance from the sun. (Further or closer would be devastating.) A world of beauty, producing food and air...

28.08.2023 20

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Berel and Shmerel Have a Conversation

Berel: The left in Israel is winning. Shmerel: What are you talking sbout? I’m telling you, the left is winning. That’s ridiculous; the right...

27.08.2023 10

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Song

You hear the sound of song bursting from the trees, waking up the branches swaying in the breeze You hear the sound of oceans waves frolicking...

24.08.2023 10

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Fires

Moku‘ula Taro for Sale and I’m Buying! Taro for Sale and I’m Buying! A State Official Refused To Release Water For West Maui...

23.08.2023 10

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Time

The sun continuously sets and rises. We sit calmly, as time moves on. How do we deal with this thing called time? Should we be active? Should we...

21.08.2023 20

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Sanctify

People walk around confused. So many things are happening. So many different and sometimes opposite messages and viewpoints are showered to them from...

20.08.2023 20

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Togetherness

When someone smiles at us, we smile back. When they show us that they care, it uplifts and inspires us. When they sit down, ask us how we’re doing,...

17.08.2023 10

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Climate

The sun provides sustenance, but sometimes its heat can cause destruction. These days, unusually hot temperatures are considered by many to be a major...

16.08.2023 10

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The Movers

They came to move some furniture into the house. They were calm and patient, and quite meticulous. Every move was carefully planned before they did...

15.08.2023 6

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The Crown

Perhaps we can explain the crown as follows: The head is the seat of intellect. A crown sits above the head. Belief, pleasure, and willpower are...

14.08.2023 20

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The Crowning

These days kings are generally just figureheads, but in the olden days, they were powerful leaders with absolute authority. At a coronation, the...

13.08.2023 30

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Seeing

Just because we can’t see something, that doesn’t mean it isn’t there. Scientists are looking for the fundamental matter that everything is...

11.08.2023 20

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Appearances

When we see something, we are seeing the external. We don’t see inner atoms (unless we have a suitable microscope), and we don’t see matter that...

10.08.2023 40

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Power of the Past

These days, many are looking at what is happening around them, and are carefully considering their choices for the future. Bastions of power and...

08.08.2023 10

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Uplifting Songs

I was thinking about what to write in this post, and I started to sing a soulful and uplifting tune. It took me to a different place, to a place where...

07.08.2023 30

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Eris

A new Covid variant is spreading. So in addition to everything else that is happening now (Ukraine war, Judicial reform debate, U.S. polarization,...

06.08.2023 30

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Tears and Joy

A newly discovered film showing Jews being rescued from a train which was on its way to a concentration camp, brings the horror and reality of what...

03.08.2023 30

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Praise

Praising others can lift up their spirits, improve their self esteem, and motivate and encourage them to continue doing good things with even more...

02.08.2023 10

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Getting In Touch

Eggs have shells. When we want to eat an egg, we remove the shell. Grapes, bananas, oranges, apples etc. have peels covering the inner fruit. Some...

01.08.2023 30

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So Much Happening

There are so many news items. Major world events occupy our attention. Israel, China, Russia, U.S., and so on. Many countries are dealing with issues...

31.07.2023 20

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The Spark

There are two parts to our psyche. The external part is influenced by our thoughts. We formulate ideas, we dwell on them, expand on the...

28.07.2023 30

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May We See You Return

A simple request: We would very much like to see G-d return to Zion. We say it in the Amidah prayer every day, morning, afternoon, and evening. (And...

26.07.2023 7

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Where We Come From

Sometimes, to know where we’re going, it’s important to know from where we’re coming. Take a bow and arrow. The archer pulls back very far,...

25.07.2023 5

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What Does Reasonable Mean?

Let’s say that I think that something is reasonable and you don’t. So I say to you, “Come on, let’s be reasonable.” And you say, “I am...

24.07.2023 30

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Judicial Reform: We Are One

Chassidus teaches, that every Jew has a soul that is a part of G-d. And just as G-d is One, so too our souls (which are a part of Him) form one united...

23.07.2023 20

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Lessons From a Submersible

According to people who were interviewed, it seems that the CEO of the Titan was governed by his passion (to document Titanic’s decaying), rather...

20.07.2023 20

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Ukraine

About one hundred years ago, 50,000 (some say 100,000) Jews were murdered in Ukranian pogroms. Later, during World War Two, many Ukrainians eagerly...

19.07.2023 9

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Helping

If someone is pulling out their own hair, society tries to help that person. Thirty-seven years ago, the Lubavitcher Rebbe used the above example, to...

18.07.2023 10

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The Spy

Moshe Maisels was a Chosid of the Alter Rebbe, the first Rebbe of Lubavitch. He spoke French and Russian, so the Rebbe sent him to spy against...

17.07.2023 10

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Winning the Battle for G-d

It’s happening all over. Wherever you look, the battle is being won. In America, the Supreme Court has been issuing numerous rulings which support...

16.07.2023 30

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Giving Away Land is Dangerous

Whatever opinion we may have about other matters (such as judicial reform, Jewish identity, etc.), it should be clear to everyone, that giving away...

13.07.2023 10

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Going Down?

Down the trampoline the diving board the failed business venture the argument down low. And then springing up even higher than before up...

12.07.2023 20

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Who Made It All

Have you ever walked along, and noticed a beautiful flower? Then, as your eyes wander, you see more flowers, and trees. And then the sky, the sun. ...

11.07.2023 30

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The Kabbalist Who Taught Me

He was known as a Kabbalist. The Lubavitcher Rebbe once referred to him as a ”Mekubal’ (a person well versed in Kabbalah). And he was my teacher. ...

10.07.2023 30

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Physical Acts Make Us Holy

G-d makes us holy when we fulfill His Mitzvot — commandments. Mitzvah means commandment, but it is also related to the word “tzavso —...

09.07.2023 40

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When the World Seems Scary

Should we panic? Fear? Despair? Or should we feel optimistic, calm, confident. When it seems scary, the words of King David (Psalm 23) come to mind:...

07.07.2023 30

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When We Don’t Need Anything, Why Pray?

When we pray, we ask G-d for forgiveness, for compassion, for sustenance, and for closeness. ‘Tefilla,’ the Hebrew word used for prayer, means...

06.07.2023 40

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Who to Believe?

There are now many preachers. Not just religious. Many people are espousing and trying to convince the masses that they know what society should do. ...

05.07.2023 20

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