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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Phone hacking: mother of murder victim Clare Bernal sues NI | Media | guardian.co.uk

Phone hacking: mother of murder victim Clare Bernal sues NI | Media | guardian.co.uk: "who was murdered by a former boyfriend while working at Harvey Nichols, has joined the second wave of alleged victims of News of the World phone hacking suing News International for damages.

Patricia Bernal has lodged a high court claim against the publisher after she was shown notes kept on her by the private investigator at the centre of the scandal, Glenn Mulcaire.

The notes were made available under legal disclosure by the Metropolitan police and it is understood they show that Patricia Bernal's voicemail was hacked into within hours of her daughter's death in September 2005."

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The Golden Gag Awards

The Golden Gag Awards: ""defiant and disorderly" and was imposed in lieu of an arrest, Spencer High School assistant principal Alfred Parham said.

The confrontation Wednesday began after the 17-year-old junior got a call at lunchtime from his mother, Sgt. 1st Class Monique Bates, who left in January for a one-year tour with the 203rd Forward Support Battalion.

Mobile phones are allowed on campus but may not be used during school hours. When a teacher told him to hang up, he refused. He said he told the teacher, "This is my mom in Iraq. I'm not about to hang up on my mom."

Parham said the teen's suspension was based on his reaction to the teacher's request. He said the teen used profanity when taken to the office.

"Kevin got defiant and disorderly," Parham said."

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