http://www.chabad.org/search/keyword.asp?kid=199 Newest articles written by Yaakov Brawer Copyright 2005, Chabad.org - Chabad-Lubavitch Media Center, all rights reserved. http://www.chabad.org/media/images/50/CtRx507451.gif 130 52 http://www.chabad.org Thu, 28 Jun 2001 12:00:00 EST Thu, 28 Jun 2001 12:00:00 EST http://www.chabad.org/article.asp?aid=2985 http://www.chabad.org/article.asp?aid=2985 Galut seems an impossible reality: impossible to comprehend, and impossible to overcome Thu, 28 Jun 2001 12:00:00 EST http://www.chabad.org/article.asp?aid=2954 http://www.chabad.org/article.asp?aid=2954 She scrutinized me for a few moments and suddenly her face lit up with the wonder of discovery. Her eyes grew wide and she exclaimed, "Oh my gosh! there are two of you!" Sat, 24 Dec 2005 12:00:00 EST http://www.chabad.org/article.asp?aid=1136 http://www.chabad.org/article.asp?aid=1136 It is not easy to understand how a world view that leads nowhere and ultimately explains nothing became so rooted in the human psyche Sat, 26 Nov 2005 12:00:00 EST http://www.chabad.org/article.asp?aid=3036 http://www.chabad.org/article.asp?aid=3036 Would it spoil some vast eternal plan, if I were a wealthy man? Thu, 2 Aug 2001 12:00:00 EST http://www.chabad.org/article.asp?aid=2965 http://www.chabad.org/article.asp?aid=2965 The significance of a car, indeed, the only reason for owning one, is that it moves. For someone who can visualize a car but is incapable of conceptualizing movement, the car exists without meaning or purpose. We can think of the experiences that occupy our time on this earth as letters sprinkling down on us from the Yud of G-d's four-letter name. They have emerged from the Yud and entered our lives in order to convey us upward to our long-awaited encounter with the face of G-d. Our problem is that we do not recognize the design represented by these letters, and we thus tend to misconstrue our lives as random sequences of mostly meaningless incidents. Thu, 21 Jun 2001 12:00:00 EST http://www.chabad.org/article.asp?aid=2940 http://www.chabad.org/article.asp?aid=2940 There are at least four varieties of ignorance (passive ignorance, active ignorance, essential ignorance, and enlightened ignorance) two of which are beneficial; one of these actually supersedes knowledge Wed, 30 May 2001 12:00:00 EST http://www.chabad.org/article.asp?aid=2882 http://www.chabad.org/article.asp?aid=2882 From every incident in a person's life, one can acquire profound insight into the service of the Creator. So says the holy Baal Shem Tov. Fortified by this idea, I began my descent in the morgue elevator of the Department of Anatomy and Cell Biology at McGill University Wed, 18 Apr 2001 12:00:00 EST http://www.chabad.org/article.asp?aid=2836 http://www.chabad.org/article.asp?aid=2836 He screeched to a stop and turned to look back. He saw the edge of the cliff far behind him, and began to realize that he was in major trouble. He slowly looked down and only then, when it was clear to him that he was standing on thin air, did he fall... Mon, 12 Mar 2001 12:00:00 EST http://www.chabad.org/article.asp?aid=2800 http://www.chabad.org/article.asp?aid=2800 Do not be deceived by the apparent simplicity. This diagram depicts the conceptual framework underlying all of existence Wed, 14 Feb 2001 12:00:00 EST http://www.chabad.org/article.asp?aid=2768 http://www.chabad.org/article.asp?aid=2768 The death of a thousand cuts would have been preferable. I briefly considered crawling, until I realized that everyone would be able to see me anyway. Tue, 23 Jan 2001 12:00:00 EST