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Is Mussar the New Kabbalah?

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2002 saw me deeply depressed, physically more ill than ever and exhausted. 2002 also saw me get sucked into something horrible by someone I had mistakenly trusted for years. That trust was a hideous mistake. In the two years that followed this person who led me to believe they were my lifeline of sanity in an environment of oppression and abuse - twisted my mind, shattered my heart and lead me down the road to perdition. To a place where I didn't know myself, I was saying and doing things I would never have done under normal circumstances and where my emotions and trust were raped repeatedly. In the months that followed, with a lot of help - I forced myself back on track. The track of doing the right thing. This person had suggested Mussar to me. This person followed a lot of marketing/ mind control tactics and had a great way of giving me something with one hand - while lying and coercing me to do the polar opposite with the other. But I did look into Mussar - and I am stil...

Reaching Out to the Non-Jew

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Our generation is the first since the dispersion of the Jewish People in which the Jew is able (and therefore obligated) to reach out to the non-Jew. The purpose is to create a movement among righteous gentiles worldwide, a forsaking of false religions and an acceptance of the seven Noahide commandments. The Noahide commandments are those that God gave to Adam and his descendants and, after the flood, to Noah and his descendants. They are binding upon all of humanity, and were included in the Torah when God gave it to the People of Israel at Mount Sinai. The Torah testifies that these commandments were indeed those God gave man from the outset of creation, and is therefore the ultimate source of their authority. The Torah further obligates Jews to teach and encourage all the nations of the earth to accept these commandments. A non-Jew who accepts the seven Noahide commandments recognizes that the ultimate purpose of his life is to serve God and establish peace on earth. PLEASE CLICK HE...