Most charity comes with a choice. We choose the person, the cause, the institution, the story that moves us. But the Torah also teaches a kind of giving where we are asked to step back—and let go of control.
“Out-Of-Control” Charity
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Stay Connected Above To Succeed Below
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Three stories from the early years of Rabbi Leibel Alevsky’s shlichus in Cleveland
Cleared by the Censor
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Some stories are true, but that does not mean they need to be told right away.
Where Flow Gets Stuck: From Hormuz to the Human Heart
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When an inner passage opens, a person is transformed from within—and from there, all the constraints and narrow passages in the world begin to open as well.
When Livelihood Left the Home
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How family life began to break down—and the way to fix it.
Not to Visit, but to Stay
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From the moon to Parshat Shemini, the same idea emerges: not to escape the world, but to remain within it and build real holiness.
Everyone Can Bless
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A little Jewish boy in synagogue once peeked when he was told not to look. Years later, the whole world knew what he had seen.
Acharon Shel Pesach: The Gift of Patience
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The Jews are an impatient people. During Yizkor, we recall the patience our parents had for us—and the patience G-d has for us as well.
Shvi’i Shel Pesach: Why Nachshon Doesn’t Get Credit
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Heroic moments are inspiring, but they are rare. The real question is what happens the next day, and the day after that.
A Seat for Everyone
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What made Judaism survive was not that it belonged to a gifted few, but that it became the inheritance of everyone.