Pinchas 5769 - July 10, 2009 |
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Love Breaks Barriers
By Tali Loewenthal
Pinchas steps forward with a spear, apparently breaking the Jewish rules of careful trial, evidence and judgment... What contemporary lesson does his deed hold for us? |
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A Bridge to Somewhere
By Eliezer Shemtov and Dr. "Mario Grinberg"
The "experiment" that I have in mind consists of trying to fulfill a precept that is purely "religious" in order to see what happens. If the results prove my hypothesis right... |
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The Living Orphan
as told to Avraham Elya Plotkin
They commanded Father to dress and come with them. Father came to my small bed, bent down and gave me a kiss, long and painful. Tears – big ones, hot ones, blazing ones – rolled off his cheek and onto my forehead. |
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Being Real
by Sara Debbie Gutfreund
On Shabbat morning I would sit beside my grandmother in synagogue, and the exhaustion of the week would melt as we prayed. But as soon as Shabbat ended I would go back to my struggle to create a picture perfect life instead of a real one... |
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What I Learned In Nursery School... Yesterday
by Sarah Isseroff Abenaim
My heart swelled. I empathized with her awkwardness, her inability to casually approach the group and join the activity-- having existed as an outsider myself on many an occasion... |
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The Parshah in a Nutshell
The connection between zealotry, peace and priesthood; between numbers and souls, lots and plots, women and land; between Moses' sun and Joshua's moon; and then there are all those offerings -- daily, weekly, monthly, seasonal... |
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Opinions? Pro or Con?
By Baruch Epstein
Confronted with Phinehas' heroism, the people felt challenged: Why hadn't any of them stepped up as Phinehas had? Why hadn't they objected and acted with bravery? |
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Is Everything OK?
By Yossy Goldman
I have serious reservations as to whether Dale Carnegie would use Pinchas as a role model for How to Win Friends and Influence People. And I'm definitely not suggesting that we root out all sinners by putting a spear through them. What, then, is the message of Pinchas for our time? |
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How To Take the Law Into Your Own Hands
By Yanki Tauber
I was feeling quite satisfied over how I had handled the situation, when I discovered The Three Fundamental Rules on How To Take The Law Into Your Own Hands. That nipped my career as an outlaw in the bud. Though it was fun while it lasted. |
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The Female Estate
By Chana Weisberg
Traditionally, the linear, male method of "conquering the land" has been perceived as superior and more effective. But the daughters of Tzelafchad realized that there will come a time when humanity will evolve to a more feminine mode of conquest... |
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Life in Three Dimensions
Based on the teachings of the Lubavitcher Rebbe
"Portion", "lot" and "inheritance" in our relationship with the Land, in the daily choices of life, and in our our
identity as G-d's "Chosen People" |
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Alone with Little Moses
By Herbert Weiner
Again the buzzer sounded, but the Rebbe indicated that I needn't hurry. I turned to my central question: how could the Rebbe assume responsibility for giving advice to his Hasidim on medical problems or business affairs, especially when he knew that his advice was binding? |
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