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The Kitchen or the Library?
By Yanki Tauber
"My design for A New Home for the New Millennium may seem revolutionary," explained the architect, "but only because we have drifted away from the home's initial, primal function..."
Spirituality » Short Insights » By Yanki Tauber » The Kitchen or the Library?
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Mizbe'ach Ha'Chitzon - The Great Altar
This Altar served a variety of uses. The top was used to burn the various sacrifices. The walls were used for the sprinkling the blood of certain sacrifices.
Jewish Holidays » The Three Weeks » The Holy Temple » Tour the Holy Temple » Mizbe'ach Ha'Chitzon - The Great Altar
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Acharei
Based on the teachings of the Lubavitcher Rebbe, Rabbi Menachem M. Schneerson
Close, Closer, Closest According to the interpretation of the Or HaChayim, the Torah portion of Acharei beginsVayikra 16:1. as follows: “G-d spoke to Moshe [of] the death of Aharon’s two sons [Nadav and Avihu], who drew so close to G-d that they died.” ...
Spirituality » Contemporary Works » The Chassidic Dimension » Volume 4 » Vayikra » Acharei
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The Outdoor Altar
Based on the teachings of the Lubavitcher Rebbe
Spiritual gluttony is no less selfish than the physical sort, and one who focuses solely on self-realization and self-fulfillment -- be it in the most positive and lofty sense -- is turning his Holy Temple inside out
Parshah » Vayikra - Leviticus » Tzav » Chassidic Masters » The Outdoor Altar
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The Continual Fire
Based on the teachings of the Lubavitcher Rebbe
In his Likkutei Torah Rabbi Schneur Zalman of Liadi explains that the altar represents the heart. Corresponding to the two altars of the Sanctuary, the outer and the inner, are the outer and inner levels of the heart, its surface personality and its ...
Parshah » Vayikra - Leviticus » Tzav » Chassidic Masters » The Continual Fire
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Tzav
Based on the teachings of the Lubavitcher Rebbe, Rabbi Menachem M. Schneerson
Constant Fire Rashi, in discussing the Torah portion of Tzav, quotes the words:Vayikra 6:6. “A constant fire shall burn upon the altar; it shall not be extinguished,” and explains that “the fire about which the verse states ‘constant’ (i.e., the fire ...
Spirituality » Contemporary Works » The Chassidic Dimension » Volume 3 » Vayikra » Tzav
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Altars of the Self
By Shaul Yosef Leiter
The altars in the Tabernacle teach us about "inner" and "outer" service.
Kabbalah Online » Weekly Torah » Archives » Shemot - Exodus » Tetzave » Ascent Lights » Altars of the Self
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Three Chambers
By Yanki Tauber
Imagine a house with three rooms: a large room where the bulk of your time is spent; a smaller chamber where precious occasions of the spirit are enjoyed; and a rarely visited sanctum that is the absolute center of your life
Spirituality » Short Insights » By Yanki Tauber » Three Chambers
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