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The Diet Mindset The Oded Yarkoni Archives, Petach TikvaRWEAWNATRED!
The Lost Saga
also lose weight! It took just one person to create a ripple effect of the Orthodox
in their home that positively impacted other family members. Pioneers of the
Final Thoughts Wild Ottoman
I recently read a thoughtful vort from Rabbi Eli Mansour enti- West*
tled “Elul and the Pinhole.” In it, he asks why Chazal use the
metaphor of a pinhole in the expression “Open for Me an 1stanedd.esxolpdanoudet!dN2enwd erdeivtiiosned!
opening like a pinhole” to explain the optimal approach to
doing teshuva. We learn that when we take a small step, “...a thoroughly enjoyable
Hashem will enlarge that pinhole and help us to succeed. and engaging read”
Rabbi Mansour asks why didn’t Chazal choose a different
image of a hole, such as poking a finger into sand. He Rabbi Yitzchok Adlerstein,
explains that, while a pinhole is small, it leaves a permanent www.cross-currents.com
mark on the fabric, unlike a hole in sand which is soon oblit-
erated. “...beautifully written and
We learn from here that small changes are best, because A story buried by the Zionist mythpacked with pictures”*
they are more likely to be lasting. Gimmicky diets all eventu- Prof. Meir Hildesheimer,
ally fail, because these are designed to be deviations from Bar Ilan University
one’s normal way of eating; once the weight comes off, the “...truly understanding
“normal” way of eating is resumed. The DCL is a cute tweak modern-day Israel...”
to Fuhrman’s sound program, but if it works, I’m happy. Rabbi Berel Wein
“...a work of nonfiction
As we enter another New Year, may we all be inscribed in *t1h9athtCreentaurdysPallieksteinea
the Book of Life. May we each find what works for us, and historical novel.”
may we blessed with good health, the resolve to maintain it, Jewish Action Magazine
and the wisdom to pursue it with moderation.◆ *over 200! Count ‘em!
AvAiLAbLe in JeWiSh bOOkSTOreS,
FeLdheim.cOm & AmAzOn.cOm
u 410 358 8509 u 77
The Lost Saga
also lose weight! It took just one person to create a ripple effect of the Orthodox
in their home that positively impacted other family members. Pioneers of the
Final Thoughts Wild Ottoman
I recently read a thoughtful vort from Rabbi Eli Mansour enti- West*
tled “Elul and the Pinhole.” In it, he asks why Chazal use the
metaphor of a pinhole in the expression “Open for Me an 1stanedd.esxolpdanoudet!dN2enwd erdeivtiiosned!
opening like a pinhole” to explain the optimal approach to
doing teshuva. We learn that when we take a small step, “...a thoroughly enjoyable
Hashem will enlarge that pinhole and help us to succeed. and engaging read”
Rabbi Mansour asks why didn’t Chazal choose a different
image of a hole, such as poking a finger into sand. He Rabbi Yitzchok Adlerstein,
explains that, while a pinhole is small, it leaves a permanent www.cross-currents.com
mark on the fabric, unlike a hole in sand which is soon oblit-
erated. “...beautifully written and
We learn from here that small changes are best, because A story buried by the Zionist mythpacked with pictures”*
they are more likely to be lasting. Gimmicky diets all eventu- Prof. Meir Hildesheimer,
ally fail, because these are designed to be deviations from Bar Ilan University
one’s normal way of eating; once the weight comes off, the “...truly understanding
“normal” way of eating is resumed. The DCL is a cute tweak modern-day Israel...”
to Fuhrman’s sound program, but if it works, I’m happy. Rabbi Berel Wein
“...a work of nonfiction
As we enter another New Year, may we all be inscribed in *t1h9athtCreentaurdysPallieksteinea
the Book of Life. May we each find what works for us, and historical novel.”
may we blessed with good health, the resolve to maintain it, Jewish Action Magazine
and the wisdom to pursue it with moderation.◆ *over 200! Count ‘em!
AvAiLAbLe in JeWiSh bOOkSTOreS,
FeLdheim.cOm & AmAzOn.cOm
u 410 358 8509 u 77
