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Behaalotecha 5762 - May 31, 2002

 Idea of the Week
Light: an Anthology

The path of light, sunglasses of the soul, the Lamplighter, the discovery of darkness, the inexistence of the universe, the spiritual significance of the rainbow -- 26 stories, essays and meditations on light and luminescence
 Comment
Between Jobs

We tend to think of life as composed of two kinds of time: "real time" devoted to career, family and friends; and "in-between" time -- waiting-room time, airport time, between-jobs time. Not so, says the Rebbe
 Parshah
Behaalotecha
Lamps and lamplighters, journeys and encampments, petitioners (who are rewarded) and complainers (who are punished), seventy new prophets and one loyal disciple, an elusive father-in-law and a critical sister
Behaalotecha
Lamps and lamplighters, journeys and encampments, petitioners (who are rewarded) and complainers (who are punished), seventy new prophets and one loyal disciple, an elusive father-in-law and a critical sister
A Jew in a Jeep

"Tell me, Rabbi," he called out anxiously, "if... if I put on tefillin, will G-d protect me?"
 Parenting
The Same Journey

Before we can shape our children's character -- or know if such a thing is possible -- we need to know what they're made of. The Kabbalistic doctrine of the "seven qualities" offers a clue
Daily Thoughts
Daily Quotes
looking at light
When a person builds a house, he makes the windows narrow on the outside and wider on the inside, so that they should draw in light from the outside. But when King Solomon built the Holy Temple in Jerusalem he made the windows narrow within and wide without, so that its light should emanate to the outside and illuminate the world
— Midrash Tanchuma, Behaalotecha 2




Staying Above

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