Vayishlach 5768 - November 23, 2007 |
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Time Times Seven
By Naftali Silberberg
If making kiddush and listening to the shofar enhances our relationship with G‑d -- as we believe all mitzvot do -- why the strict time limitation? Is it not the thought, and the desire to connect, that count more than all else? |
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Life in Fragments
By Chana Weisberg
We don't see the connection between events in our lives. We view others as separate from ourselves. The past is a "memory" and there is no concept or vision of a future. Just like my 2-year-old daughter... |
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The Nineteen-Year Marriage
By Yanki Tauber
The easiest thing to do would be to get a divorce and follow one path through life, but Jews are notorious for their refusal to accept the easier solution |
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Meditations on Time
By Tzvi Freeman
It began and it will end and then it will be no more. Each breath, each tick, each beat of the heart comes only once; none will ever repeat itself precisely. Every instant of life is a raw but precious stone, beckoning... |
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The Speed of Light
Based on the teachings of the Lubavitcher Rebbe
What is time? And if we understood what time is--and what are the "windows" of timelessness within our existence--what practical difference would this make in our lives? |
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The Parshah in a Nutshell
Jacob's confrontation with Esau, the long journey to Se'ir, the abduction of Dinah, Reuben's sin, the eight
primordial kings of Edom -- and what it all means according to sages and mystics from Moses to today |
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Why Does Esau Hate Jacob?
By Yanki Tauber
Evil exists because it is so much more powerful than good. Is there lover in the world who loves with the intensity that a hater hates? Is there a light as bright as darkness is black? Has there ever been an act of kindness unleashed with the force and ferocity contained in an act of cruelty? |
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Gift, Prayer and Battle
By Tali Loewenthal
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Actual Angels
By Dovi Scheiner
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Jacob's Lament
By Yossy Goldman
Jacob's declaration -- "I sojourned with Laban, but did not learn from his evil ways" -- should not be understood as a boast but rather as a lament. Jacob is bemoaning the fact that he did not learn to do good the way Laban did evil... |
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Outgoing Woman
Based on the teachings of the Lubavitcher Rebbe
The classical interpretation is that Leah and Dinah's behavior is being condemned as unbecoming the Jewish woman's virtue of "innerness." But a careful analysis of the source texts shows the very opposite to be the case... |
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Handicaps
By Jill Pincus
As a child I believed I sang very well, and this assumption was never threatened until I auditioned for my junior high-school choir... |
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The Cup is Half Full
By Stacey Goldman
A man with tens of millions, the owner of several homes around the world and a private jet, related wistfully of a colleague who built his own landing strip... |
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Insights of a Senior Citizen
By Catherine Roozman Weigensberg
My journey has often been marked by sharp, uneven pebbles, other times lined with blooming flowers; the wisdom I have acquired along the way may be useful to some of you... |
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Powerful Melodies Engage Three Generations in Jewish Song
By Dovid Zaklikowski
The Friedman family of Crown Heights has branched out all over the world, taking the music of their patriarch’s Bobover roots with them. |
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Lubavitch Lay Leaders Gather in New York for Their Own Conference
By Goldy Cohen
Hundreds of Chabad House supporters held a one-day gathering in conjunction with the International Conference of Chabad-Lubavitch Emissaries. |
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