Dedicated by Moris and Lillian Tabacinic · In loving memory of Menachem Mendel and Shaindel Tabacinic
Imagine a symphony of uncountable instruments, each playing its unique part in harmony and counterpoint. That's our world.
We all suffer a maddening delusion of being something separate from G‑d. The delusion of “I.”
We cannot heal it, because yes, we exist, for He created us.
We cannot live with it, because this chilling notion of otherness is a denial of the truth.
But we can resolve it in the act of learning Torah. In learning Torah...
How does Jewish law approach this topic? What are the expectations, and in what circumstances can confidentiality be overridden?
Confession, as of contrition and repentance, is not always sincere. But even the most insincere confession retains a special power to put one on the right track.
Fear not afraid a sudden terror, nor the ruin of the wicked when it comes. [They may] take counsel together, and it shall come to naught; speak words, and it shall not stand; for G-d is with us.
– Proverbs 3:25; Isaiah 8:10
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(1313 BCE)
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Bombing in Cairo Jewish Quarter
(1948)
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