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Ki Tavo 5764 - September 3, 2004

 Voices
Compassion

This is what compassion does: it simply comes to say hello, with kindness and grace; to be a companion in whatever circumstance presents itself; to banish loneliness, and if not, to accompany the lonely in their solitude
 Parshah
Ki Tavo in a Nutshell
Deuteronomy 26:1–29:8

Gratitude and fruit, awareness versus acknowledgement, priorities over percentages, and the polarity of reward and rebuke—in the Torah reading of Ki Tavo.
 Living
The Ethics of Envy
Ethics 4:1


Call it the green-eyed monster. Call it spite, pettiness, insecurity. It's not a very satisfying way to live. How does one rid oneself of envy?
 Idea of the Week
Because We're All One
Ahavat Yisrael


If we are a religion, then some Jews are more Jewish, others less Jewish and many not at all. Perhaps nothing has been as detrimental to the Jewish People as the modern idea that Judaism is a religion
Birthday: a Chai Elul Anthology
"Chai Elul" - the 18th day of the month of Elul - is the birthday, in 1648, of the founder of Chassidism, Rabbi Israel Baal Shem Tov. It is also the day on which his " spiritual grandson," the founder of Chabad, Rabbi Schneur Zalman of Liadi, was born, in 1745
Daily Quotes
Daily Thoughts

When I was five years old I was orphaned from both my father and mother. Before his passing, my holy father told me two things: 1) Fear nothing but G-d alone. 2) Love every single Jew, without exception, with the all your heart and all your soul.
— Rabbi Israel Baal Shem Tov




Fierce & Humble

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