There is a wonderful idiom that “the walls have ears.” It is interpreted to mean that a speaker should be careful, as someone may be

Rebbe Nachman of Breslov tells of a prince who became mad and thought he was a turkey. He felt compelled to sit naked under the

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Editor’s note: This was a drasha delivered by Rabbi Schiowitz at Teaneck’s Congregation Shaare Tefillah on Shabbat, August 19.  I would like to begin with

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