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Inspiration For After Yom Kippur

July 29, 2022September 16, 2013 by Shlomo Skinner
Measure Progress

This morning I received an email that I’m sure many rabbis would have been proud to write.

Though not the author’s intent, it is a very powerful message as we leave Yom Kippur behind and move into the rest of the year.

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Categories Hashkafa, Yom Tov - Festivals

Avraham and Inspiration

December 8, 2021October 24, 2012 by Shlomo Skinner
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Lech Lecha 5773

Yesterday I asked:
How did Avraham stay inspired all these years? Why didn’t the gaps, the long years of silence, wear him down?

I think Avraham used three techniques to keep himself inspired:

  • Observation
  • Tefillah
  • Teaching

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Categories Bereshit - Genesis

How Many Times Did God Speak to Avraham?

September 21, 2022October 23, 2012 by Shlomo Skinner

Lech Lecha 5773

Impressions

It’s easy to get the wrong impression.

When we read the Chumash, it seems like every few lines God is speaking to someone.

You may say to yourself, “Well, if God would only speak to me, then life would certainly be easier!”

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Categories Bereshit - Genesis

Starting a Learning Program

February 8, 2022October 16, 2012 by Shlomo Skinner
Parshat Yitro Stained Glass of the 10 Commandments

Making Inspiration real

Yesterday I wrote about inspiration.

I (poetically) compared it to a vapor that quickly disperses.

One thing that made me think of inspiration this way is the phrase that occurs several times in Kohelet.

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Categories Hashkafa

Inspiration – How to Keep It

July 25, 2022October 15, 2012 by Shlomo Skinner
Sefer Torah

We’ve just ended our annual holy day marathon.

Rosh HaShanah.

Yom Kippur.

Sukkot.

Shemini Atzeret / Simchat Torah.

Three wonderful weeks. (I’ll just add, much more pleasant than the summer period that is usually referred to as The Three Weeks.)

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