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Vayechi 5762 - December 28, 2001
What We Are Missing
We philosophized our way to science, and then science led us through the doorway into mysticism. But we still don’t know how to live our lives.
We philosophized our way to science, and then science led us through the doorway into mysticism. But we still don’t know how to live our lives.
Parshah
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As the book of Genesis closes, the seventy souls of Jacob's family become the twelve tribes of Israel. Cosmic secrets are almost revealed. The children of Israel sink deeper into exile, but take with them the promise of pakod yifkod -- remembrance within remembrance...
Also: The three lives of Jacob; the right not to know, wine-red eyes and milk-whit teeth; life, death and reality; the beheading of Esau and the human story in twelve words
As the book of Genesis closes, the seventy souls of Jacob's family become the twelve tribes of Israel. Cosmic secrets are almost revealed. The children of Israel sink deeper into exile, but take with them the promise of pakod yifkod -- remembrance within remembrance...
Also: The three lives of Jacob; the right not to know, wine-red eyes and milk-whit teeth; life, death and reality; the beheading of Esau and the human story in twelve words
Story
A Minority View
“If your Bible says that you must follow the majority,” argued the king, “then you should forsake Judaism and believe as we do!”
“If your Bible says that you must follow the majority,” argued the king, “then you should forsake Judaism and believe as we do!”
What Was the Holy Temple in Jerusalem?
The problem with the word “temple” is that Indiana Jones got to it.
The problem with the word “temple” is that Indiana Jones got to it.
Coming Home
If Jews are neither a nation nor a religion, and do not share a common language, culture or ethnicity, what are we?
If Jews are neither a nation nor a religion, and do not share a common language, culture or ethnicity, what are we?
Our father Jacob did not die. Just as his seed lives, so does he live
— Talmud, Taanit 5a
Print Magazine
You don't learn by having faith. You learn by questioning, by challenging, by re-examining everything you've ever believed.
And yet, all this is a matter of faith
—the faith that there is a truth to be found.
It is another paradox: To truly question, you must truly have faith.
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