| Pinchas 5761 - July 13, 2001 |
The Great Squeeze
What do a garden hose nuzzle, a rocket, a hydraulic power plant, a shofar,
and this article have in common? They all operate on the Pinch Principle.
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Pinchas
Numbers 25:10-30:1
Torah Reading for Week of July 8-14, 2001
In this week's Parshah: the connection between zealotry, peace and priesthood; between numbers and souls, lots and plots, women and land; between Moses' sun and Joshua's moon; and then there are all those offerings--daily, weekly, monthly and seasonal--to contemplate.
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How Does One Convert to Judaism?
There is no such thing as conversion to Judaism. In fact,
there is no word for "conversion" in the language of the Torah. As for
Judaism, I don’t believe such a thing exists. What is this, some kind of
religion? Get this straight: There is Torah and there are Jews. No isms. No
religion. Just us Jews caught up in this struggle to hold onto the Torah.
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The Wandering Storyteller
To each of his disciples Rabbi Israel Baal Shem Tov revealed his task in
life, and to one, who is the hero of our story, he instructed to become a
wandering storyteller. He should travel from town to town and from village to
village and tell people stories about …. the Baal Shem Tov.
“You will know when your mission is achieved” the Besht added.
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Real Fools & Pregnant Voids
"There are two ways you can move off the path of intellect: down or up..." Tzvi Freeman responds to readers' questions and comments on two "Daily
Doses"
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A Chaos of Infinite Light
In receptive aphasia, the region of the brain that actually generates language remains intact, so that the patient can speak fluently. Areas of the brain involved in cognitive and emotional expression also function properly. But the "wiring" connecting speech with meaning is destroyed. The faculties of the mind are operative, and the ability to produce language is unimpaired, but the two functions are uncoupled, resulting in fluent speech that is empty of meaning.
Patients with a pure complete receptive aphasia speak in sentences with proper intonation and inflection. What they say, however, is random nonsense. Occasional fragments may be amusing, or even lyrical, but they fit into no pattern or conceptual context.
Aphasic language is the paradigm that best describes the chaotic profusion of things, people, and events that constitute worldly life today.
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