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Shternie Bell
May 25, 20231 min read
The Hike of Life
I start at the base Think ahead to my needs A bathroom pit stop Full water bottle Sunhat and layers All set to go The map shows the trail...
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Shternie Bell
May 19, 20232 min read
Power of Youth
Although the word cocoon does not quite seem to be a fitting description for teenagehood, the truth is that adolescence is a time when...
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Shternie Bell
May 12, 20232 min read
Whose G-d Is It?
Children's minds are a wonder, so impressionable, trusting and open. In Pirkei Avot Elisha says "Studying when young is like writing on...
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Shternie Bell
May 5, 20233 min read
Rabbi Shimon Bar Yochai
This upcoming Tuesday we will celebrate a very famous and special sage from the Talmudic era, Rabbi Shimon Bar Yochai. Lag Ba'omer, the...
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Shternie Bell
Apr 29, 20232 min read
Expansion, Contraction & Harmony
Last week, I introduced the concept of finding and working on the Midot and our emotional world. You might have seen the Kabbalistic Tree...
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Shternie Bell
Apr 21, 20232 min read
From the Forest Itself
"From the forest itself comes the handle for the axe". This quote is originally from the Talmud and is also the opening line of the song...
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Shternie Bell
Apr 21, 20232 min read
When Captive becomes Liberator
This week is called "The Great Shabbat" and is always the Shabbat before Passover. The reason for this distinction is to mark two events...
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Shternie Bell
Mar 24, 20231 min read
Month of Miracles
Yesterday was Rosh Chodesh, the start of the month of Nissan. It's a month of many firsts. First month of the year biblically, our birth...
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Shternie Bell
Mar 10, 20231 min read
Regards from Jerusalem
I've had several cities I've called home Montreal first, and close after New York which we visited every few months and where Yanky and I...
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Shternie Bell
Feb 24, 20232 min read
The Leaf and The Worm
Last week I was in JFK airport just before 6am For my 7:30am flight to SFO. I got in line for security and stood behind a couple. They...
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Shternie Bell
Feb 3, 20233 min read
Showing Up
Yesterday I had the privilege of attending the bris of Inbal and Avi Sadi's newborn baby boy. Mazel Tov and congratulations to the whole...
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Shternie Bell
Jan 27, 20232 min read
Thresholds
A fetus floating in the bliss of the womb A seed burrowed in the soft damp earth A butterfly still in its cocoon All of us wrapped in...
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Shternie Bell
Jan 20, 20233 min read
Egypt of the Mind
What is the intersection between slavery and freedom, the nervous system and Moshe, history and the present? Last week we started the...
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Shternie Bell
Jan 13, 20233 min read
Magnolias
In November 2019, we signed a lease for the home that we are currently living in. After signing the lease we stopped by the house. In the...
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Shternie Bell
Jan 6, 20233 min read
A Tribute to Liesel
From our home right off Eureka, there are only two ways to turn; east up toward the hill or west down toward the water. This week I noted...
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Shternie Bell
Dec 16, 20222 min read
What Lurks in the Shadows
Last week I wrote about the need for light in times that are dark and the power that even a little bit has. Today I want to delve into...
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Shternie Bell
Dec 9, 20222 min read
Antidote to Darkness
Darkness is a part of the human experience. The first act of creation was separating between dark and light; night and day. How, when,...
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Shternie Bell
Dec 2, 20223 min read
Despair vs Hope
On Tuesday evening a terrible tragedy occurred on the Virgin Islands. The Federman’s have been serving the Jewish community in St. Thomas...
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Shternie Bell
Nov 25, 20222 min read
Gratitude: A lot or everything?
In keeping with current events, and with Thanksgiving taking place just yesterday, I debated which of two themes is more significant at...
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