ב"ה
Metzora 5765 - April 15, 2005
Free Work
The denial of Judaism to a Jew is the equivalent of dumping a fish onto the beach; it might give the impression of independent existence, might even flop around for a while in an uninhibited manner, but you call that living?
The denial of Judaism to a Jew is the equivalent of dumping a fish onto the beach; it might give the impression of independent existence, might even flop around for a while in an uninhibited manner, but you call that living?
Parshah
Metzora in a Nutshell
The purification process for people and homes struck by tzaraat (commonly translated as “leprosy”), a spiritual malady.
The purification process for people and homes struck by tzaraat (commonly translated as “leprosy”), a spiritual malady.
The Man Who Changed his Life after Reading his Obituary
It's not very often that a person gets to see, printed in a newspaper, how he will be remembered after his death. One man did, and what he saw horrified him...
It's not very often that a person gets to see, printed in a newspaper, how he will be remembered after his death. One man did, and what he saw horrified him...
Current
Religion and Science
"Religion is an attempt to understand the purpose and meaning of our universe. Science is an attempt to understand how our universe works. Well, if there's a purpose and meaning, that must have something to do with how it works..."
"Religion is an attempt to understand the purpose and meaning of our universe. Science is an attempt to understand how our universe works. Well, if there's a purpose and meaning, that must have something to do with how it works..."
Living
Three Words to Watch Out For
Here are three words to look out for: If, Try and But. Spot them in your language and you’ve been caught red-handed being an unrepentant self-skeptic...
Here are three words to look out for: If, Try and But. Spot them in your language and you’ve been caught red-handed being an unrepentant self-skeptic...
Story
Many Paths
The chassidic sage Rabbi Dov Ber of Radoschitz once asked his teacher and master, the famed "Seer of Lublin" about the right path to the service of G-d...
The chassidic sage Rabbi Dov Ber of Radoschitz once asked his teacher and master, the famed "Seer of Lublin" about the right path to the service of G-d...
What I Learned from Michael Schiavo
Imagine that the story had been in the reverse--that the parents wanted to remove the feeding tube and the husband was the one who insisted that he would take care of her and keep her alive. Realistic?
Imagine that the story had been in the reverse--that the parents wanted to remove the feeding tube and the husband was the one who insisted that he would take care of her and keep her alive. Realistic?
Between coldness and heresy stands an extremely thin wall. For it is written: "G-d is a consuming fire"--G-dliness is a blazing flame.
— Rabbi Sholom DovBer of Lubavitch
Print Magazine
Intellect is inadequate because not all things can be explained. Intellect needs faith.
Faith is impotent because it remains forever obscure. Faith needs intellect.
But they are opposites, as contradictory as yes and no:
Faith accepts; Intellect questions.
Faith surrenders; Intellect struggles.
Miraculously, ther...
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