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Vayikra 5768 - March 14, 2008
Chassidic Thought
Destiny Unknown
When the artist sets his hands to his craft, he turns his back on perfection, as a warrior turns his back on fear...
When the artist sets his hands to his craft, he turns his back on perfection, as a warrior turns his back on fear...
Miracles Masked
Strange is it not? A book of the Bible and not even one explicit reference to G‑d? Why is that? Perhaps we can answer this question with another question....
Strange is it not? A book of the Bible and not even one explicit reference to G‑d? Why is that? Perhaps we can answer this question with another question....
The View from Above
Suddenly, I felt a violent blow strike my head. An eighteen foot wooden beam, plunging from the scaffold atop the five story-structure, hit me and sailed into the street as if thrown by a catapult
Suddenly, I felt a violent blow strike my head. An eighteen foot wooden beam, plunging from the scaffold atop the five story-structure, hit me and sailed into the street as if thrown by a catapult
Living
Dancing with Tears in Our Eyes
It was a warm spring night, and I had taken a much-needed evening off to go to the wedding of a daughter of a close friend...
It was a warm spring night, and I had taken a much-needed evening off to go to the wedding of a daughter of a close friend...
Building with Tears
He didn't hate them. They had never done anything to him personally. They were engaged in the most innocent and holy of activities. But he hated what they represented. He hated me and you. And he tried to kill me and you.
He didn't hate them. They had never done anything to him personally. They were engaged in the most innocent and holy of activities. But he hated what they represented. He hated me and you. And he tried to kill me and you.
What've You Got Against TV?
Aren't you a bit cut off from reality? How do you know what's going on in the world without a television in the house?
Aren't you a bit cut off from reality? How do you know what's going on in the world without a television in the house?
The Promise
My children specifically enjoy hearing my most vivid image of a late March Canadian blizzard, the night of my Bat Mitzvah . . .
My children specifically enjoy hearing my most vivid image of a late March Canadian blizzard, the night of my Bat Mitzvah . . .
Parshah
The Parshah in a Nutshell
G-d tells Moses about the sacrifices brought on the altar in the Sanctuary, including the meal offering, peace offering, offering of atonement, guilt offering and ascending offering.
G-d tells Moses about the sacrifices brought on the altar in the Sanctuary, including the meal offering, peace offering, offering of atonement, guilt offering and ascending offering.
My Father in Heaven
My father had lots of rules. Some of them I understood, and some of them I didn't understand
My father had lots of rules. Some of them I understood, and some of them I didn't understand
Identity Crisis
Amnesia is a frightening illness. It can happen to an individual, and it can happen to a people...
Amnesia is a frightening illness. It can happen to an individual, and it can happen to a people...
The Shrinking of Man
Man has shrunk over the centuries. Suddenly there were all these other people and species dwarfing our significance. Our planet became an infinitesimal speck in a universe of mind-numbing vastness. Did we become humbler?
Man has shrunk over the centuries. Suddenly there were all these other people and species dwarfing our significance. Our planet became an infinitesimal speck in a universe of mind-numbing vastness. Did we become humbler?
The Gift
When no one was in the synagogue, he brought in the loaves under his cloak. He prayed that G‑d should look upon his offering with favor, and eat and enjoy the lovely, freshly baked bread . . .
When no one was in the synagogue, he brought in the loaves under his cloak. He prayed that G‑d should look upon his offering with favor, and eat and enjoy the lovely, freshly baked bread . . .
Hatred
Can Judaism condone hatred? Or perhaps the question really is -- does a failure to hate evil constitute a tacit approval of its existence?
Can Judaism condone hatred? Or perhaps the question really is -- does a failure to hate evil constitute a tacit approval of its existence?
Amalek
Amalek is the psychic and cosmic nemesis of all that is pure and G‑dly in man and in creation. How is he overcome? The key lies in a single word: “Remember.”
Amalek is the psychic and cosmic nemesis of all that is pure and G‑dly in man and in creation. How is he overcome? The key lies in a single word: “Remember.”
Before coming down into this world, a soul is given an oath: "Be a righteous person, and do not be a wicked person!"
— Talmud, Nidah 30b
Print Magazine
How to unmask a blessing in disguise:
Stare it in the face and say, “I know you are not just a lousy day or bad luck. I know you are a good friend—even if for the life of me I cannot determine how. I know there is only one Source of All Things, and nothing can convince me that evil descends from Above. Evil descends fr...
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