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Shemot 5763 - December 27, 2002

Moses' Mother

Somewhere there is a boundary, a line that separates the near from the far, the within from the without. If you can straddle that line, if you can stand with one foot inside and the other foot outside, you can be both
Parshah
Shemot in a Nutshell
Pharaoh enslaves the Hebrews, and orders all male babies killed. Moses is born, placed in a basket on the Nile, and discovered and raised by Batyah, Pharaoh’s daughter. Moses leaves the palace and discovers his brethren’s hardship. G‑d appears to him in a burning bush, and sends him to advocate for the Israelites’ freedom.
Relationships
Responses to “A Dialogue on Intermarriage”
We got hundreds of e-mails with questions, criticisms and compliments, and requests for "the ending" of this captivating human drama. Some of them were too good not to publish...
Freud’s Great Freudian Slip

It appears in his last book, Moses and Monotheism, a strange work if ever there was one. It was published in 1939, by which time Freud had taken refuge in Britain . . .
Parenting
Who Needs all those Parenting Seminars, Anyway?

If you wanted to play tennis, would you play with a person who plays worse than you, or with a person who plays better than you?
Story
The Fork in the Road

Between Vilna and Mezeritch... The ascent of the tzaddik... The physical world according to Rabbi Schneur Zalman of Liadi... The longer shorter way... Readings for Tevet 24
And to the Jews was light, happiness, joy and prestige
— Esther 8:16
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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