ב"ה
Shemini 5768 - March 28, 2008
Living
Black Leather Straps
I started to pray every day in the only way one can do such a thing: religiously.
I started to pray every day in the only way one can do such a thing: religiously.
Mommies Never Cry
"Big people," my 3-year-old asserted with conviction, "know that when they want something, they should just ask their Mommies and they will get it..."
"Big people," my 3-year-old asserted with conviction, "know that when they want something, they should just ask their Mommies and they will get it..."
How to Say "NO" with a "Yes"
A parent can easily say "no" 200-300 times a day to a young child. A child can become so inured to the pain that he stops listening...
A parent can easily say "no" 200-300 times a day to a young child. A child can become so inured to the pain that he stops listening...
Chassidic Thought
How Can One Love an Unknowable G‑d?
My father-in-law put it in his typical engineer terminology, "By now, I have figured out which buttons to push. But I still have no idea how it works"
My father-in-law put it in his typical engineer terminology, "By now, I have figured out which buttons to push. But I still have no idea how it works"
What Can I Do About My Ego?
Fighting your ego is like trying to think about nothing: the harder you try, the further you get from your goal
Fighting your ego is like trying to think about nothing: the harder you try, the further you get from your goal
The Jewish Woman
A Jewish Mother for President
The nominee of the Maven Party ("Opinion Over Experience") throws her hat into the ring
The nominee of the Maven Party ("Opinion Over Experience") throws her hat into the ring
Parshah
The Parshah in a Nutshell
G-d specifies which animals are kosher and which are not, as well as the laws of ritual purity. The priests begin their service, but two of Aaron’s sons die while offering incense.
G-d specifies which animals are kosher and which are not, as well as the laws of ritual purity. The priests begin their service, but two of Aaron’s sons die while offering incense.
Do We Love Too Much?
A love relationship can thus be compared to an electrical circuit: should the resistance fall, the circuit will “short” and burn out.
A love relationship can thus be compared to an electrical circuit: should the resistance fall, the circuit will “short” and burn out.
And Aaron Was Silent . . .
The power to be silent at certain moments of life and of history is an important strength.
The power to be silent at certain moments of life and of history is an important strength.
Earthen Vessels
There is an interesting distinction made in Jewish law between different types of utensils.
There is an interesting distinction made in Jewish law between different types of utensils.
On the Essence of Circumstance
Moses and Aaron disagree: truth confronts benevolence, temporality challenges eternity, and absolutism concedes to conditionality.
Moses and Aaron disagree: truth confronts benevolence, temporality challenges eternity, and absolutism concedes to conditionality.
The birds and many of the land animals forbidden by the Torah are predators, while the permitted animals are not. We are commanded not to eat those animals possessive of a cruel nature, so that we should not absorb these qualities into ourselves.
— Nachmanides
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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