Choice Exercises
I choose to be happy today. I choose to feel better today. I choose to pray at this time. I choose to recite this blessing. ...
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Choice Exercises
Rabbi Noach Weinberg: Cheshbon Hanefesh – Spiritual Self-Evaluation
Five Steps of Cheshvon 1. What are you living for? Why? 2. What can you do to achieve this? 3. What does the Torah teach you about the meaning of life? 4. How can you fit into your day? 5. What are you...
Rabbi Noach Weinberg: Body and Soul
Put distance between you, your soul, and your body. It is the body that hurts and suffers. The Soul is beyond such experiences. The body will go into...
7 Principles of Bitachon
1. The Creator of the Universe loves me more than anybody else in the world possibly can. 2. Hashem is aware of all my struggles, desires, and dreams. All I need is to ask Him for help. 3. Hashem has the power to...
Trust in God – Bitachon
Trust in the possibilities of each day. “Trust in Him at every moment. Pour out your hearts before Him.” Trust precedes prayer for two reasons: Our trust is not because of our prayer. One should not rely on Trust alone; one must also...
Belief in God
Relying on Divine Providence The more one believes and relies on God, the more likely the person is to be helped beyond the rules of nature. The more one sees that God goes beyond the...
Purpose Driven Action
The Music of Halacha Shabbat #3 In the previous essay we began to define the application of the Purpose Driven Action of Shabbat to our weekday efforts. We determined that it is not essential to consider the ultimate purpose of...
I am so angry, I could…
Review: Most of us desire, to one degree or another, to live a life of meaning. We want our lives to make a difference. People search for significance in all sorts of ways, some quite absurd and others rather beautiful. Many turn toward...
Rainbows
I was asked to explain the following Halacha in light of this week’s portion, Noah: Shulchan Aruch, Orach Chaim 229:1: One who sees a rainbow should say: “Who remembers the covenant, is trustworthy in His covenant, and fulfils His word.” It...
Tags: Blessings, Music of Halacha, Noach
The Traveler’s Prayer
One who is about to go on a trip should recite the Traveler’s Prayer. May it be Your will, God, our Lord and the Lord of our ancestors. that You lead us toward peace, emplace our footsteps toward peace, guide us toward...
Haftarah: Noach: A Fragile Future
Isaiah 54 – 55:5: What was it like for Jerusalem in 1948 to watch as Jews streamed back to her from the four corners of the earth after an absence of 2,000 years? What
Tags: General Providence, Haftarah, Isaiah, Noach, Rosh Hashana, Yom Kippur
Ha’azinu: The Original Last Lecture
Samuel 2, Chapter 22: Imagine being able to sit with King David at the end of his life and listen to him reflect on 70 years of action, transformation, trials, tests, rebellions and victories. What would he say? What did he learn about life? …God?...
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The Foundation Stone is designed to teach that Judaism is highly effective at integrating all aspects of one life, spiritual, psychological and physical. It provides tools for us to become healthier and more productive human beings. Judaism offers us a way to maintain a healthy and practical perspective on our lives that does not ask us to hide from the world. Judaism guides us in engaging in the world.
Tags: judaism, Kabalah, Kabbala, spirituality, zohar
Welcome to Joomla!
Joomla! is a free open source framework and content publishing system designed for quickly creating highly interactive multi-language Web sites, online communities, media portals, blogs and eCommerce applications.
Joomla! provides an easy-to-use graphical user interface that simplifies the management and publishing of large volumes of content including HTML, documents, and rich media. Joomla! is used by organisations of all sizes for Public Web sites, Intranets, and Extranets and is supported by a community of thousands of users.
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Yesterday all servers in the U.S. went out on strike in a bid to get more RAM and better CPUs. A spokes person said that the need for better RAM was due to some fool increasing the front-side bus speed. In future, buses will be...
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Joomla! 1.5 - 'Experience the Freedom'!. It has never been easier to create your own dynamic Web site. Manage all your content from the best CMS admin interface and in virtually any language you speak....
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Joomla! makes it easy to launch a Web site of any kind. Whether you want a brochure site or you are building a large online community, Joomla! allows you to deploy a new site in minutes and add extra functionality as you need it. The...
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With a library of hundreds of free Extensions, you can add what you need as your site grows. Don't wait, look through the Joomla! Extensions library today. ...
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The one thing about a Web site, it always changes! Joomla! makes it easy to add Articles, content, images, videos, and more. Site administrators can edit and manage content 'in-context' by clicking the 'Edit' link. Webmasters can also edit content through a graphical Control Panel...
Stick to the Code!
To ensure this code release, Wilco Jansen resorted to sending rum to joint lead-developer Johan Janssens. Johan, who's had a penchant for rum ever since the first "Pirate's of the Caribbean" movie screened, took the bait, mixed it with Cola, and here we are with our latest 1.5 release. It looks like pirate talk will figure quite a lot in future Joomla! development!
We are Volunteers
The Joomla Core Team consists of volunteer developers, designers, administrators and managers who, together with a large range of Work Groups of dedicated community members have taken Joomla to new heights in its relatively short life. This well-oiled machine is often copied but never surpassed. Joomla has some wonderfully talented people taking Open Source concepts to the forefront of industry standards. Joomla 1.5 is a major leap forward and represents the most exciting Joomla release in the history of the project.
1 Million Smiles
The Joomla! team has about 1 million good reasons to be smiling about the Joomla! 1.5. In its current incarnation, it's had more than 1 million downloads, taking it to an unprecedented level of popularity. The new code base is almost an entire re-factor...
The New Joomla Security Strike Team
The Joomla Project has assembled a top-notch team of experts to form the new Joomla Security Strike Team. This new team will solely focus on investigating and resolving security issues. Instead of working in relative secrecy, the JSST will have a strong public-facing presence at the new Joomla Security Center.
Joomla Community Portal Online
The new Joomla Community Portal is now online. The Joomla Community Portal is a new web site for the Joomla community. There you will find a constant source of information about the activities powering the Joomla Project, learn about Joomla Events worldwide, and see if there is a Joomla User Group nearby. A new, monthly Joomla Community Magazine promises an interesting overview of project activities, community accomplishments, and learning material.
The Legend of Buca di Beppo
The legend of Buca di Beppo involves a covert meeting of key developers in a Mafia-style restaurant in the United States. 'Bucas' has on more than one occasion been the catalyst for key (and in some cases considered insurmountable) development 'humps' being overcome.With copius...