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Dopamine-boosting drug enhances self-control and reduces drinking in people with alcohol use disorder

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New psychology research finds leftist causes widely seen as more moral — even by conservatives

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Kerala Dust   How The Light Gets In 

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Olympik by EOB, live in studio

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Grand Choral Synagogue of St. Petersburg, Russian Empire, 1907

In 1869, Tsar Alexander II issued an order to let the Jews of St Petersburg build a synagogue. It was only 10 years later that a place was found and purchased for 65 000 rubles. On December 8, 1893 the Synagogue was sanctified, its door was opened with a silver key and the seven Torah scrolls were brought in. The building has a blend of neo-Byzantine, Moorish and Arabesque elements.

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The synagogue of Przedbórz, regarded as one of Poland's most beautiful wooden synagogues, destroyed in 1939.

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Parashat Re’eh

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August 23, 2025

Av 29, 5785

TORAH READING

Deuteronomy 11:26-16:17

In this Torah portion, Moses tells the Israelites that if they worship idols, they will be punished. Moses explains the laws of kosher food, and he details the three pilgrimage festivals: Passover, Shavuot and Sukkot.

FULL SUMMARY

HAFTARAH SUMMARY

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The Torah commands us to give charitably to those less fortunate: “… you should give [your destitute brother] repeatedly, and your heart should not feel bad when you give to him.” (Deut. 15:10). In Judaism, we are ALL expected to donate. As it says in the Code of Jewish Law, “Everyone is obligated to give charity. Even people supported by charity must contribute from what they receive.”

According to Rabbi Mendel Kalmanson, “this law seems radical on the one hand, and absurd on the other.” Radical because how can someone with nothing give to another? Absurd because it means that those in a position to give must give extra so that the recipient can give too!

Rabbi Kalmanson explains the unique Jewish understanding of charity. God created this world out of kindness, making us the recipients of the first act of charity. So we are all takers. But we are created in God’s image, so we are naturally givers too. We all have an inborn need to give, and “the moment we stop giving part of us stops living. Giving then is not a luxury but a necessity of life.”

It is degrading for a poor man to ask for money. How much worse the degradation if he is also deprived of the deep fulfillment that comes from giving! “In Judaism giving is not just a hobby, repaying a debt to society, or even just the good or right thing to do; it is, rather, part of what makes us tick, like nutrition, energy, and oxygen.”

Let us all be generous in our philanthropy, so that our recipients can become philanthropists too!

Image: Rosh Hashanah greeting card depicting an act of charity (early 20th cent.)

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Today in Hip Hop History:

Cypress Hill released their second album Black Sunday July 20, 1993

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The moon is full, my heart is light.

So take me and lift me up.

Good Noite

A lua está cheia, meu coração está leve.

Então, me leve e me eleve.

Boa noite

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Bon Matin 🆕️👍❤️🪘 🤗

Mega 🎶 My Bones

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The Trap Arend Hendriks — 1930s

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Emma Webster (British-American, 1989) - Moon Wood (2025)

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Passage, by Fabian Jean

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Raven – Keeper of the Between

He does not fly with the sun, but with the shadows it casts. In his wings is the memory of fire, in his beak the taste of storms.

He circles above thresholds — where one world ends and another begins.

To some, an omen. To others, a promise.

He knows the secret that life is not straight, but a spiral, and only those who walk in darkness can find their way back to dawn.

Where he lands, silence deepens, for even the earth leans close to hear what he will speak.

Káhl’tsen —

He Who Carries the Voice of Shadows.

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Heart - Stranded (Isolated Vocals LIVE 1990)