ב"ה
Re'eh 5766 - August 18, 2006
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The View from Below
“Rebbe, I don’t understand,” the disciple asked. “When you were here, your prayers protected us. But now that you are in heaven—and your spiritual power is even greater—all these terrible things are happening . . .”
“Rebbe, I don’t understand,” the disciple asked. “When you were here, your prayers protected us. But now that you are in heaven—and your spiritual power is even greater—all these terrible things are happening . . .”
Parshah
Re’eh in a Nutshell
About two mountains, from which blessings and curses are announced; a home for G‑d, and the difference between holiness and chosenness; meat, blood, false prophets, idolaters, kosher signs, tithes, pilgrimages, and the special Jewish idea of charity.
About two mountains, from which blessings and curses are announced; a home for G‑d, and the difference between holiness and chosenness; meat, blood, false prophets, idolaters, kosher signs, tithes, pilgrimages, and the special Jewish idea of charity.
How Faith Saved the Atheist
A medical resident--we called her "Dr. Death"--chased us down the hallway. "Your husband wants to die," she told my mother, again.
A medical resident--we called her "Dr. Death"--chased us down the hallway. "Your husband wants to die," she told my mother, again.
Tending the Garden
I'm often asked: Where are the feminine voices in Jewish history, the feminine role models? Why are they not leading the way?
I'm often asked: Where are the feminine voices in Jewish history, the feminine role models? Why are they not leading the way?
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On the Frontline (a photo gallery)
Chabad-Lubavitch Rabbis have been praying with soldiers, donning Tefillin with them, encouraging them, chatting with them, bringing them cold drinks and refreshments, and even making evening barbeques...
Chabad-Lubavitch Rabbis have been praying with soldiers, donning Tefillin with them, encouraging them, chatting with them, bringing them cold drinks and refreshments, and even making evening barbeques...
The location of the Altar [in the Holy Temple in Jerusalem] is very exactly defined, and is never to be changed... It is a tradition that the place where David and Solomon built the Altar on the threshing floor of Arona, is the very place where Abraham built an altar and bound Isaac upon it; this is where Noah built [an altar] when he came out from the ark; this is where Cain and Abel brought their offerings; this is where Adam the First Man offered a korban when he was created -- and it is from [the earth of] this place that he was created
— Maimonides (Mishneh Torah, Laws of the Holy Temple, ch. 2)
Print Magazine
Due to the limitations of your reality, some of your best friends can enter only incognito.
In fact, the really big ones sometimes sneak in disguised as ugly monsters and vicious enemies. Otherwise, the guards at the gate would never permit them entry.
These are the events optimists call “blessings in disguise.”
Here’...
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