Struggling Towards God
As posted on December 10, 2012 by Sam Blustin on Soup for the Neshama This sermon is adapted…
December 10, 2012
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The Leaf
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The Black Wolf
A beautiful story told by the master of Jewish storytelling. This Shabbos, my prayer is that we all…
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The Folly of Sin
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As posted on September 28, 2012 by Sam Blustin on Soup for the Neshama A tragedy occurred yesterday.…
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The Ba’al Shem Tov asked Reb Wolff Kitzis, who was very learned, to blow the shofar on Rosh…
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