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"we have no problem kissing children, but, the older we get, the harder it is to kiss a person because, you know, when we kiss our children’s little heads, we are kissing the Shechina [Divine Presence]. This is so beautiful. The older we get, the further away we are from the Shechina, Gd forbid, and so the harder it is to kiss a person. So I want to bless all the children, and all the future children, and grandchildren, and everyone, that your whole life, people should want to kiss you day and night. Because when they kiss you, you know, it’s not so simple…"

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(90) Kay Abramowitz

(90) Kay Abramowitz: "There is something about the nighttime that I find magic, if you will, which keeps me up working or hanging out aimlessly. Can you relate? I have little patience for flakes and fake people - those who smile while being angry on the inside, as I never know what they keep up their sleeve"

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Tikun Shechina

Tikun Shechina: "When Hashem created the world, He also created the concept of the Shechinah, a constricted light that emanated from Him. This was in order that man could attach himself to Hashem. When Adam sinned in Gan Eden, Hashem sent the Shechinah to accompany him into exile, to protect and help him return to the proper ways.

We can think of the relationship between Hashem and the Shechinah as similar to that of the sun to the moon. Hashem is like the sun. The sun is too bright and powerful for the human eye to look at unaided, especially the closer you get to it. With the use of certain filters, scientists can look directly at the sun, as these filters cause the light of the sun to be dimmed. The same principle of filters can be applied to knowledge of the light of Hashem. The cleaner and purer the heart, the more directly one can look into Hashem’s light. Hashem also provides us with spiritual “sunglasses”, to give us shade, allowing us to get closer to His light. By trying our best to perform the 613 commandments properly, we can gain a measure of shade for our spiritual “eyes”."

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Who would Maimonides vote for? | The Times of Israel

Who would Maimonides vote for? | The Times of Israel: "a new law regulating the military draft must be passed, as the Supreme Court struck down the previous arrangement, which let Haredim evade service. But most of the prime minister’s attention may be devoted to the Iran threat. Netanyahu warned late last year that “by next spring, at most by next summer,” the regime in Tehran would move to the final stage of its plan to build a nuclear weapon"

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(79) Seray Rosenberg

(79) Seray Rosenberg: "Happiness lies for those who cry, those who hurt, those who have searched, and those who have tried, for only they can appreciate the importance of people who have touched their lives. Love begins with a smile, grows with a kiss and ends with a tear"

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Lessig on the DoJ's vindictive prosecution of Aaron Swartz - Boing Boing

Lessig on the DoJ's vindictive prosecution of Aaron Swartz - Boing Boing: "Prosecutorial bullying out of proportion to the alleged crimes sums it up well (especially since the bullying victim is, yet again, an eccentric geek). I suspect the Justice Department never forgave him for embarrassing them in the PACER case, where he helped liberate publicly owned information they have a vested interest in keeping expensive and locked up.

As others have mentioned, we see the exact opposite of the problem, namely prosecutorial leniency out of proportion to the proven crimes, in re: the money-laundering executives of HSBC and the economy-wrecking executives of the "too big to fail" financial services corporations."

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Lessig on the DoJ's vindictive prosecution of Aaron Swartz - Boing Boing

Lessig on the DoJ's vindictive prosecution of Aaron Swartz - Boing Boing: "If you look at all the violence that's considered normal, part of the status quo, it adds up to quite a lot.

  I didn't get to know Aaron Swartz, but I have known a lot of people just barely hanging on. I don't know his reasons for doing this, but I've thought of plenty of my own. The only thing that would make the effort to stay alive worthwhile, would be to make this struggle easier for the next generation of shy geniuses."

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