Bereishit 5770 - October 16, 2009
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A Universal Question
By Manis Friedman
What is the most intelligent question regarding the world’s origin? |
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The Shema: A Meditation in Four Parts
By Tzvi Freeman
Imagining creation, the metaphor of speech, the essential secret, and going back out into the world |
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Who Stole My Cookies?
By Chana Weisberg
A fresh batch of delicious--but forbidden--cookies... A few mischievous and hungry children... Is the combination of these two ingredients a recipe for disaster? Or a precious lesson in the baking...? |
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The Subway Man
A Stick Figure Vignette
By Dovid Taub
Someone who thinks he's G-d -- on a New York City subway (where else?) |
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Rabbi Gordon Live
Daily Parshah and Tanya Class
This daily class, streamed live from Encino, California, studies the day’s section of the weekly Torah portion. The class is followed by the study of a brief section of Tanya, the foundational text of chassidic philosophy. |
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The Parshah in a Nutshell
Bereishit - Genesis 1:1-6:8
The first man, the first sleep, the first marriage, the first sin, the first suit of clothes, the first childbirth, the first war... If it's going to happen in the story of man, it's in the first Parshah of the book of Genesis |
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Imperfect Perfection
By Mendel Kalmenson
Did G-d create a perfect world, or an imperfect one? That depends whether it's Shabbat or not. |
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Created to Lead
Aping is for monkeys
By Naftali Silberberg
Are we natural leaders or followers? Humans or apes? Adam was created peerless in order to answer this very question. |
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The Doctrine of Perpetual Creation
What does it mean, and what does it mean to us...
By Yanki Tauber
Aside from stimulating our minds and inspiring our mystic wonder, what are the practical ramifications of the truth that G‑d is creating the world anew every moment of time? |
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G‑d's Business
Was Adam and Eve's sin part of "the plan"?
Based on the teachings of the Lubavitcher Rebbe
Was Adam and Eve's sin part of "the plan"? |
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The Adam Files
The poor angel was almost hysterical. "Our job was software. How were we upposed to know that the hardware was mud?"
By Tzvi Freeman
"Look," he tried. The poor angel was almost hysterical. "Our job was software. How were we supposed to know that the hardware was to be made from mud? We pleaded with The Engineer to find a more fitting encasement for such an ultimate being than this gray meat patty..." |
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A Celestial Impact
By Lazer Gurkow
Is it worthwhile to crash a $79-million satellite into the moon in order to perhaps uncover a single droplet of water? |
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The Guru Jew
A spiritual journey from a Himalayan enclave to the Old City of Jerusalem
By Miriam Karp
Off to find the ultimate, Gil was soon on a plane headed to the guru's ashram in central South India. Though he devoted himself with zeal to the Hindu teachings, long years of deep meditation "brought me no joy, just a stronger desire to find the Eternal." |
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The Road to Happiness in Marriage
By Daniel Schonbuch
Of course, the way to build emotional equity in marriage is to make as many deposits as possible. Every time you tell your spouse that you appreciate them, and their actions, you are building more emotional wealth... |
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Winning Attitudes
Dealing with a problem-prone child
By Mirish Kiszner
Dealing with a problem-prone child |
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Life Out of the Box
By Chana Weisberg
Sure, it's essential to a focus on your priorities. But life is fluid and full of curves–changes, stages, and junctures. Take spirituality and connecting to G‑d. I would call that a real "big rock"... |
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R. Levi Yitzchak's 'Atah Horeitah'
By Elisha Greenbaum
Finally, in a dramatic denouement, Levi Yitzchak placed the tallit firmly back in its place, and announced; "If you're a chassid and a scholar, then you lead the prayers!" and stalked back to his seat near the side wall of the synagogue... |
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Ten Stories of Rabbi Levi Yitzchak of Berditchev
The 200th anniversary of his passing -- 1809-2009
Tishrei 24 (this year, Tuesday, October 13) marks 200 years from the passing of chassidic master Rabbi Levi Yitzchak of Berditchev (1740-1809), known as the great "advocate" of his people before the Heavenly Throne... |
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Shabbat: An Island in Time
Tranquility. Awareness. Jewish identity. Family . . .
Shabbat: the island of time that defines the Jew’s week. The rituals, the practices, the do’s, and the don’ts of the Jewish Sabbath—and how you can experience it all for yourself. |
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