ב"ה
Pekudei 5765 - March 11, 2005
Sixty Days of Purim
Purim, as everyone knows, falls in the month of Adar. Actually, according to the Kabbalists, it's the other way around: Adar rises in Purim...
Purim, as everyone knows, falls in the month of Adar. Actually, according to the Kabbalists, it's the other way around: Adar rises in Purim...
Parshah
Pekudei / Shekalim
The priestly garments are made. The Tabernacle is completed, and Moses erects it and anoints it with holy oil. Moses anoints Aaron and his sons (the priests) with oil. A cloud appears over the Tabernacle, signifying G-d’s presence.
The priestly garments are made. The Tabernacle is completed, and Moses erects it and anoints it with holy oil. Moses anoints Aaron and his sons (the priests) with oil. A cloud appears over the Tabernacle, signifying G-d’s presence.
Story
The Break-In
The prayer quorum the rebbe had assembled included ruffians, burglars and other types of people of ill repute...
The prayer quorum the rebbe had assembled included ruffians, burglars and other types of people of ill repute...
How Do We Know Whom To Believe?
When we find a teacher inspiring and compelling, when we are enthused by people who seem spiritual and pious, how can we be sure that they are not charismatic charlatans preying on our vulnerability for their own selfish gain?
When we find a teacher inspiring and compelling, when we are enthused by people who seem spiritual and pious, how can we be sure that they are not charismatic charlatans preying on our vulnerability for their own selfish gain?
Living
On Being a Mentsch
Consciously or sub-consciously, we all identify as "human." Does that inspire us to strive higher, to be a mentsch? Or does it allow us to relax our standards, recognizing that we're "only human"?
Consciously or sub-consciously, we all identify as "human." Does that inspire us to strive higher, to be a mentsch? Or does it allow us to relax our standards, recognizing that we're "only human"?
The Artisan
Shaping/ vessels/ of light/ ... Listening to/ that voice which speaks/ of beginnings/ and endings/ as one
Shaping/ vessels/ of light/ ... Listening to/ that voice which speaks/ of beginnings/ and endings/ as one
In a year that there are two Adars on the Jewish calendar, the 60 days of joy nullify all negative elements -- every and any cause for pain, sadness, discouragement or dejection
— The Lubavitcher Rebbe
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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