ב"ה
Nitzavim-Vayelech 5763 - September 19, 2003
Revolution
Every hundred years or so, a person comes along and changes the way we look at ourselves and our world. But there is something that is rarer still -- someone who will tell us something that we already know
Every hundred years or so, a person comes along and changes the way we look at ourselves and our world. But there is something that is rarer still -- someone who will tell us something that we already know
Parshah
Nitzavim-Vayelech in a Nutshell
The diverse unity of Israel, the practicality of Torah, the future redemption, freedom of choice . . . Also: The last day of Moses’ life, the Torah is put in writing, a disheartening prediction and an encouraging promise.
The diverse unity of Israel, the practicality of Torah, the future redemption, freedom of choice . . . Also: The last day of Moses’ life, the Torah is put in writing, a disheartening prediction and an encouraging promise.
Story
The Baal Shem Tov’s “Echad”
“Fundraising for bribes?” objected Rabbi Baruch. “Surely the matter can be dealt with in a more elevated way. Could you not teach our Jews the ‘echad’ of my holy grandfather?”
“Fundraising for bribes?” objected Rabbi Baruch. “Surely the matter can be dealt with in a more elevated way. Could you not teach our Jews the ‘echad’ of my holy grandfather?”
Relationships
Intimacy
You're going to allow someone into that part of you that you're not so comfortable with yourself. And you don't know how the other person is going to treat it. But that's the whole meaning of a relationship
You're going to allow someone into that part of you that you're not so comfortable with yourself. And you don't know how the other person is going to treat it. But that's the whole meaning of a relationship
Chai Elul
36 aphorisms of the Baal Shem Tov, 28 teachings from Rabbi Schneur Zalman of Liadi, and more than three dozen stories and articles about these two great figures in Chassidic history, born on the 18th of Elul 305 and 258 years ago
36 aphorisms of the Baal Shem Tov, 28 teachings from Rabbi Schneur Zalman of Liadi, and more than three dozen stories and articles about these two great figures in Chassidic history, born on the 18th of Elul 305 and 258 years ago
Every single thing that a person sees or hears, is an instruction to him in his conduct in the service of G-d
— Rabbi Israel Baal Shem Tov
Print Magazine
As long as we search for G‑d by abandoning the world He has made, we can never truly find Him.
As long as we believe there is a place to escape, we cannot be liberated.
The ultimate liberation will be when we open our eyes to see that everything is here, now.
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