JEWISH LIVING: Running on Empty

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Elul 17, 5772 * September 4, 2012

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JEWISH LIVING
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Running on Empty (By Sara Debbie Gutfreund)
When life seems to have no meaning

She says that she is running on empty. She says that there is vast, useless space inside of her. She looks the same on the outside. But things are subtly falling apart. She is bored literally to tears even though her schedule is full. She can't find meaning despite the rituals and beliefs that frame her days. She doesn't want to do anything, but she does everything anyway. She can't figure out where she went wrong when she was playing by all the rules . . .

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STICK FIGURE VIGNETTES


Joy (By Dovid Taub)
Stick Figure Vignette: Parshat Ki-Tavo

A man and his stomach have a party.

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MUSING FOR MEANING


A Broken Heart (By Sara Esther Crispe)

I had written the quote on its own page, for I must have intrinsically felt its importance. It read: "There is nothing so whole as a broken heart..."

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In many ways, the Chabad center's growth has mirrored that of Chabad-Lubavitch activities throughout the state. Back in 1991, there were six families of emissaries, whereas today, there are 48.

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