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Parashat HaShavua

  • The Quest for Denial

    In Parashat HaShavua

    One of the most common psychological conditions human beings find themselves in is denial. All men repress unpleasant experiences and do not want to be confronted with reality when it is not to their liking. Sigmund Freud was the first authority in the secular world to give full attention to this phenomenon. Still there is plenty of evidence that this problem existed since the earliest moments in human history.

  • Now is the time to write the Song of our lives

    In Parashat HaShavua and Parashat Vayelech

    "Now, write this Song for Yourselves and Teach It". A song however is different from a mere inheritance. It is the result of being overwhelmed by something which touches the deepest level of one's soul. It is the speechlessness of the lips which carry the song to the ineffable. An authentic song is therefore a protest against words getting frozen.