Vayishlach 5769 - December 12, 2008
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Birthing Light
Illuminating the Month of Kislev
By Shimona Tzukernik
I once birthed a woman through a mental breakdown much as a midwife would deliver a baby. Our time together began as a simple conversation... |
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Two Words
An Encounter with Chabad in Moscow
By Chana (Jenny) Weisberg
Judaism, in Russian eyes, is less like a religion, and more like a chronic, debilitating disease that they sincerely wish I could be cured of sometime very soon... |
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The Parshah in a Nutshell
Vayishlach - Genesis 32:4-36:43
Jacob’s confrontation with Esau, the long journey to Seir, 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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The Cup is Half Full
Parshat Vayishlach
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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Flight or Fight
By Yossy Goldman
Just because 4,000 years ago one of my ancestors had a hip dislocated, I need to forgo a good rump steak? |
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A Woman’s Persuasion
By Naftali Silberberg
Where Abraham, Isaac and Jacob failed, a young girl could have succeeded |
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Old Age, Old Wine
By Shimon Posner
Capturing youth is canning wine, at best |
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Double Identity
Based on the teachings of the Lubavitcher Rebbe
"No longer shall your name be called Jacob," said Esau's angel. "No longer shall your name be called Jacob," G-d reiterated. Yet the Torah continues to call him Jacob... |
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In the Wake of Mumbai
By Mendy Herson
Pain packs a punch, and it has an intensity that's waiting to be channeled |
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Fighting Terrorism With Mitzvot?
By Yisroel Cotlar
You're telling us that what we need is to light symbolic candles and do a mitzvah? We're talking about a very real threat to our people! We're talking survival of the fittest! Get real... |
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Anshel Rothschild's Secret Room
"I am sorry," said Anshel to the Emperor. "This is the one room in my home that I cannot show you."
By Yitzchak Cohen
"I am sorry," said Anshel. "This is the one room in the palace that I cannot show you." |
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Terror: A Jewish Response
By Shlomo Yaffe
How do we view tragedy? What does the wisdom of the Torah suggest our responses be? |
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Fallen Angels
by Moshe Kravitsky
Tell me how do we say goodbye to the angels that have fallen from our life. And how do we say goodbye to the angels that have flown away at night… |
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In Stormy Times…
By Mendel Kaplan
An analysis of the inner workings of Halachah and the incredible stories of faith under fire; the untold heroic saga of Jewish observance during the Holocaust. |
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Parshah Insight: Vayishlach
By J. Immanuel Schochet
A five minute weekly Torah insight based on the wellsprings of Torah and Chassidut |
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