Vayechi 5768 - December 21, 2007
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How to be Humble without being a Wimp
By Tzvi Freeman
How to fly high above any challenge, smash through the most impervious obstacle, take on the entire world without flinching--and be humble about it, too! |
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Sly Arrogance
"Will I be able to do my job?" the Evil Side asked. "Will people really listen to me?"
By Yossy Gordon
"Will I be able to do my job?" the Evil Side asked. "Will people really listen to me?" |
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10 Tevet
Jerusalem Under Siege
What happened on 10 Tevet? . . . Why do we need the Holy Temple? . . . The positive aspects of a “siege mentality” . . . The Rebbe on the Holocaust . . . |
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Love in the Ice Age
A mystical vision of winter
Based on the teachings of the Lubavitcher Rebbe
If a cold and dark world mutes the light of G‑d and dulls our minds and hearts, it only accentuates the most basic and essential element of our relationship: the bond between the physical self of man and the quintessential being of G‑d. |
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Our Power Failure
An Enlightening Experience
By Catherine Roozman Weigensberg
Only moments before the lights went out, I had been pondering how I could get everyone out of their hibernation in order to spend a little time together... |
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The Parshah in a Nutshell
Vayechi - Genesis 47:28-50:26
The 70 souls of Jacob’s family become the twelve tribes of Israel. Cosmic secrets are almost revealed. The children of Israel sink deeper into exile, but take with them the promise of remembrance. |
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Dealing with Adversity
By Tali Loewenthal
What is the essence of the disagreement between Joseph and Jacob during the giving of the blessings to Joseph’s children? A lesson in how to deal with hostility in our lives today. |
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Live With Death; Die With Life
By Shimon Posner
Many act like it ain't happening. They dress the dead in tuxes and ballroom dresses and do the dead's hair and apply them with make-up. We're here to celebrate a life, they chirp, while the elephant in the room swishes his large head |
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Spirituality vs. Leadership
By Yosef Y. Jacobson
One moment of action, against nine years of prayer and fasting... |
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Life Never Ends
By Yitschak Meir Kagan
Our sages say that Jacob never died alive. What is the message to us and can we reconnect to our deceased loved ones? |
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The Right Not to Know
By Yanki Tauber
Knowledge may bring power, but absolute knowledge brings utter powerlessness |
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The Three Lives of Jacob
Based on the teachings of the Lubavitcher Rebbe
The three periods in Jacob’s life—Hebron, Haran and Egypt—as guideposts through three modes of living: how to exploit transcendent “moments of truth,” how to exhilarate in struggle, and how to exist under subjugation. |
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Chanukah News from Across the Globe
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New Torah Symbolizes New Orleans Rebirth
By Rivkah Lewin
The Jewish community in the New Orleans suburb of Metairie, La., welcomed a new Torah scroll to the Chabad Jewish Center there. The dedication honored a family’s lost parents and a community’s rebirth. |
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