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Bamidbar 5765 - June 3, 2005

G-d's Back

We walked past shops that looked like they'd been bombed away. Smoke was rising from the burning debris. A family looking through a heap of rubble at a place they once called home...
Parshah
Bamidbar in a Nutshell
Moses conducts an organized census totaling 603,550 draftable men. The tribes travel and camp in formation, and the three Levite clans dismantle, transport and reassemble the Tabernacle.
Story
Yisroel

Yisroel stood in the doorway, cheeks and nose bright red from the cold, snow encrusting his thick brown bangs. “My mother is still not here, and I’m frozen. Can I wait inside?”
What Do Dreams Mean?

It was so vivid that I was sure it was real. What does my dream mean? Does it mean anything?
The Counting Paradox

A census achieves two contrary aims. By focusing on the total sum, it asks the individual to suspend his individuality; at the same time, it compels him to ask himself if he is worthy of contributing to the total...
The Power of Speech

In a rare show of bipartisan initiative, both Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist and Senate Democratic leader Harry M. Reid have been approached to help resolve 'Filibustering Rabbi' issue on Long Island.
A group of chassidim, followers of Rabbi Schneur Zalman of Liadi (1745-1812) were sitting at a farbrengen (chassidic gathering). The core of their discussion was this: The Rebbe has accomplished something novel--that we are not alone....
— Hayom Yom, Iyar 22
Print Magazine

G‑d is not just big—He is infinite.

If He were only big, then those things that are small would be further from Him, and those things that are big would be closer.

But to the Infinite, big and small, far and near are irrelevant terms.

Nothing is too small for His concern; no place is too far that He cannot be found ...

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