Self Help

The Calm Before The Storm

August 26, 2011
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The Calm Before The Storm

With this post I am finally taking this website into a new direction. Now that I have revealed a little bit about how I name this website, I thought a little more information about the writer, the dreamer, the poet who’s thoughts get written here. They say the darkest the hour, is always before the dawn. Its a saying who’s original author may have simply been pushed aside by pop culture. Certainly in my circles everyone associates that idea with the song by Crosby, Stills, Nash and Young.   Additionally there is no doubt that people’s minds over here on the east coast must certainly be on, the recent and upcoming events. What could i possibly be speaking of on this website of mine (one amongst perhaps a dozen or so) yet this is the one site where my where my strongest readership is in the New York City area. Statistics Summary for thewriterscafe.org Thewriterscafe.org has a three-month global Alexa traffic rank of 980,759. We estimate that 87% of its visitors are in the US, where it has attained a traffic rank of 124,284. Visitors to the site view an average of 11.0 unique pages per day. The site is relatively

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A Jew Needs Torah, Like A Fish Needs Water.

August 12, 2011
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Mussar #1 For Elul-Rabbi Singer, August 11, 2011-Recorded by Stephen C. Sanders Everyday at Passaic Torah Institute There are several different groups of individuals learning Torah on many different levels according to their ability. Rabbi Singer asks how can you become attached to Hashem with strong feelings. Rabbi Singer asks how people can be become truly attached to Hashem (G-d)?

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Don’t Miss Her Wedding-Insidious Tragedy

August 9, 2011
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Don’t Miss Her Wedding-Insidious Tragedy

Just something I found on YouTube with a very important message. Incoming search terms:dangers of smokingdanger of smokingdont miss her weddingHer smokingsmoking dangers

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Foundtion of the Fast- Tisha B’Av.

August 7, 2011
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Publisher’s Note: If one is trying to upload original Videos using YouTube, the amount of time it takes is incredibly slow. Unfortunately this problem has slowed down this series almost to standstill. There has got to be a better way! There are perhaps half a dozen of these videos left and there simply has to be a better way to upload these large files! Rabbi Singer shlita of Passaic Torah Institute in rare form using established mussar text translates the original Hebrew and explains as he goes. The foundation of a fast, what the fast is supposed to accomplish. Rabbi Shlomo Singer of Passaic Torah Institute using established mussar text translates the original Hebrew and explains as he goes. The foundation of a fast, what the fast is supposed to accomplish.

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New Direction Writing For A Purpose

August 7, 2011
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New Direction Writing For A Purpose

Self-Expression was and continues to be a major feature and author defined goal for this website. However like so many things in life, the author’s plans and goals continue to change as this website moves forward. Adapting to the new plans which the author is embracing is a necessary component keeping the followers of this website informed of what this website is, and what it hopes to become. We are what we are about to become, has been a repeated theme of this website. As in fusing old theory and new paradigms together. As the author’s understanding of topics discussed on this website changes (or matures) so does the overall focus of this website change. Additionally even the author’s basis of understanding of the various issues and matters discussed on this website has been expanded. Some of the author’s opinions have likewise moved in a new direction. As it becomes increasingly more difficult to definitively categorize what this website may indeed be all about, please do not be surprised if content once long associated with this website has found its way to a different website of this publisher.   In conclusion an individual who might be new to the world of website

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Getting Ready To Mourn-

July 31, 2011
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Getting Ready To Mourn-

Stop putting life on hold, take your one shot now, life is not a dress rehearsal.-AhMbDvd Rosh Chodesh (Aleph) Av 5771-Stephen C. Sanders, August 1, 2011 4:10pm EST (complete) Novel approach to the old rules. – Or Everything I have always wanted to say about the period known as the “nine days” but was too worried about what everyone might think about me as Torah Observant Jew, to say them on a public website. When I decided to take on the orthodox or Torah Observant lifestyle I new from the beginning that there was going to be a fair amount of things “expected of me” which I would not always be so terribly enthusiastic about doing.   Now I could go on to tell you a whole bunch of humorous stories like when I was at my cousins in Israel on a thursday night and had no plans or even an idea where or with whom my daughter and I would spend Shabbos with, or I could just launch into what I really came here to say…… Okay, so I didn’t have something planned so I called someone who according to this Rabbi I knew in Passaic lived either in or close to

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Writing As Your Inner-Self, We Are What We Are To Be.

July 14, 2011
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Writing As Your Inner-Self, We Are What We Are To Be.

Writing As Your Inner-Self, We Are What We Are To Be.-Stephen C. Sanders, July 14, 2011 10:42am. Edited to 918 Word Count 1:15pm 3rd edit, 3:03pm (840 words-1 pg. Img and Video) If Socrates were alive today, and someone asked, “Hey Soc. what do you about SEO, his answer might be. “All I know, is that I know nothing at all.”-Socrates People may have just rolled their eyes and walked away, perhaps quietly whispering to each other, you can never get a straight answer out of that guy. Others may have heard Soc. say, “SEO, is just concept, there really is no such thing as SEO“. My approach to the elusive SEO-thing is something that I intuitively grasp, as a guy who sold ads to live, for seven years straight, doing what had to be done, to make the sale! There are 19-Million results that come in a Google Search bar when you use those hot little 3-letters, SEO. If you are running a big budget venture and have plenty of money to spend, then your website can rise in the ranks as rapidly as money can buy! Today’s world is a very busy place. There really is no time

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We Are What We Write.

January 1, 2010
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In the virtual world we may be consumers, producers, or both. I remember some lyrics from a Robin Trower song, that goes like this: “And that old stone keeps on rolling. Bringing me some new bad news. Takers get the honey. Givers sing, the blues” I could easily wax philosophical for the next 1000 or more words bringing in all kinds of song lyrics, but how would they help me prove any kind of point. At this point I would like to say that many of the people have a certain love for what falls into the category of “Pop Culture”. For better or worse, many of us out there both in the real and the virtual world have been hopelessly brain washed by pop culture. If you really get down to it pop culture in some circles could be thought of as an oxymoron. Typically things that are popular, have really very little to do with culture, from the point of view defining culture as: “A high degree of taste and refinement formed by aesthetic and intellectual training.” Definition#4-Answer.com These days I have been exposed to a rigorous kind of proving ground where any of even the beginning learners

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Revolving Doors and the Paradigm-Shift.info.

November 18, 2009
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Revolving Doors and the Paradigm-Shift.info.

There is a saying which has been out there for a long time, that states: “As one door closes, another one opens”. The idea is used to tell you that when things dont go your way, it is okay because maybe something good is about to happen. One wonders if there might be any hidden danger in acccepting these comforting rationilizations just about anytime when things go wrong in our lives. The problem with such ideas is that depending on the actual events of your life, and how much comfort one dervives from such rationilizations, it could lead an individual to complacently accept various misfortunes. There is no doubt that various doors in my life, have sometimes seem to shut in front of my face in slow motion. It is hard to even recognize things like this because they do happen in such slow motion. For example, someone might be living their life, and are in their late 20′s or early 30′s. During these years they have plenty of business ideas, altruistic goals, and plans on getting married, having children, and living happily ever after. Then after time (which could be measured in months, then later in years) one starts

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When Angels Argue With G-d.

October 14, 2009
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When Angels Argue With G-d.

Three ideas from Genesis and what can we do with these ideas today. How do the oldest stars in the universe exert their influence on us today?

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