ב"ה
Ki Tavo 5769 - September 4, 2009
Chassidic Thought
Is Over-Obsessing Okay?
How scrupulous is too scrupulous? At what point does religious observance start to become neurotic?
How scrupulous is too scrupulous? At what point does religious observance start to become neurotic?
When the King Leaves the Palace
The month prior to the High Holidays traditionally is a month of awe and of serious introspection. Rabbi Schneur Zalman of Liadi added a new dimension to this month.
The month prior to the High Holidays traditionally is a month of awe and of serious introspection. Rabbi Schneur Zalman of Liadi added a new dimension to this month.
Let's Storm the Town Hall Meeting!
We must let the power-that-is know that we are highly dissatisfied. I ask of you all to go in droves to the local town hall meeting and vent. Scream and rage, beg and demand...
We must let the power-that-is know that we are highly dissatisfied. I ask of you all to go in droves to the local town hall meeting and vent. Scream and rage, beg and demand...
A Bridge to Somewhere
What can I tell a father whose son is about to marry a non-Jewish woman? I can imagine that there must be much turmoil in your mind and heart. On the one hand it is painful, yet on the other hand you do not want to lose your child and you want to see him happy.
What can I tell a father whose son is about to marry a non-Jewish woman? I can imagine that there must be much turmoil in your mind and heart. On the one hand it is painful, yet on the other hand you do not want to lose your child and you want to see him happy.
Living
How Do the ‘Forbes 400’ Compare to an East African Tribe?
It seems that the old adage “money can’t buy happiness” has some truth to it. Although wealth has as much as tripled over the past fifty years, mental illness has increased at an equal rate.
It seems that the old adage “money can’t buy happiness” has some truth to it. Although wealth has as much as tripled over the past fifty years, mental illness has increased at an equal rate.
A Soldier’s Struggle to Eat Kosher
“Chazan, why are you here?” asked an officer whom he encountered. “Are you not supposed to be eating now?”
“Chazan, why are you here?” asked an officer whom he encountered. “Are you not supposed to be eating now?”
The Jewish Woman
How a Workaholic Control Freak Learned to Relax
Life is moving fast and if you slow down, well… I didn't know what would happen since I'd never really tried it...
Life is moving fast and if you slow down, well… I didn't know what would happen since I'd never really tried it...
When the Bruises Cannot Be Seen
We're a well-thought-of family—we are considered bright and successful, with good mannered children who are a joy to have in class. But we have a terrible secret...
We're a well-thought-of family—we are considered bright and successful, with good mannered children who are a joy to have in class. But we have a terrible secret...
Parshah
The Parshah in a Nutshell
Gratitude and tithes and rebuke. Moses lists the blessings the Jewish nation will receive if they follow G-d’s ways, and the bad things that will befall them if they stray.
Gratitude and tithes and rebuke. Moses lists the blessings the Jewish nation will receive if they follow G-d’s ways, and the bad things that will befall them if they stray.
Good Thinking
For several years now, positive thinking has been in vogue. But the New York Times reports on a group of psychologists who are “worried that we’re not making space for people to feel bad” and advocate a return to the psychologist’s original role of “focusing on mental illness and human failing . . .”
For several years now, positive thinking has been in vogue. But the New York Times reports on a group of psychologists who are “worried that we’re not making space for people to feel bad” and advocate a return to the psychologist’s original role of “focusing on mental illness and human failing . . .”
Is Unhappiness a Sin?
But is being unhappy a sin? How can one be punished for a thing like that? If G‑d punishes people for being unhappy, that would rather seem like kicking a man when he's down.
But is being unhappy a sin? How can one be punished for a thing like that? If G‑d punishes people for being unhappy, that would rather seem like kicking a man when he's down.
A leader must remember at all times and at every moment that he always stands on the threshold between being one of those who bring merit to the public and, G-d forbid, one of those who cause the public to sin - the threshold between the loftiest of heights and the most abysmal depth
— Rabbi Sholom DovBer of Lubavitch
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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