ב"ה
Va'etchanan 5765 - August 19, 2005
Galut, 2005
Today, Jewish soldiers shatter Jewish hearts (both others' and their own) while Arabs dance in a CNN Special Report from the Gaza Strip
Today, Jewish soldiers shatter Jewish hearts (both others' and their own) while Arabs dance in a CNN Special Report from the Gaza Strip
Parshah
Va’etchanan in a Nutshell
In which Moses implores G‑d, describes the Exodus and the giving of the Torah, predicts Israel’s abandonment and return to G‑d, and summarizes the fundamentals of the Jewish faith.
In which Moses implores G‑d, describes the Exodus and the giving of the Torah, predicts Israel’s abandonment and return to G‑d, and summarizes the fundamentals of the Jewish faith.
Da'at
Why do we become a bar mitzvah at adolescence? Because something dramatic happens to our minds at this time: A sort of awakening, a consciousness, a realization that "I exist"
Why do we become a bar mitzvah at adolescence? Because something dramatic happens to our minds at this time: A sort of awakening, a consciousness, a realization that "I exist"
Story
Nothing Else
"It's considered perfectly natural," Reb Binyomin defended himself, "if one's mind wanders off to the Leipzig Fair during prayer; so what's so terrible if a thought about the unity of G-d infiltrates the mind while doing business?"
"It's considered perfectly natural," Reb Binyomin defended himself, "if one's mind wanders off to the Leipzig Fair during prayer; so what's so terrible if a thought about the unity of G-d infiltrates the mind while doing business?"
Current
Picking a Judge: A Few Supreme Questions
Is he a liberal or a conservative? What's her position on issue X? ... Or should we be asking an entirely different set of questions?
Is he a liberal or a conservative? What's her position on issue X? ... Or should we be asking an entirely different set of questions?
Living
Consoling Mourners
How is comparing the loss of a loved one to the destruction of Jerusalem by the Romans two thousand years ago supposed to make me feel any better?
How is comparing the loss of a loved one to the destruction of Jerusalem by the Romans two thousand years ago supposed to make me feel any better?
The 15th of Av: Love and Rebirth
Our sages proclaimed the 15th of Av as one of the happiest days of the year, when Jewish maidens would go out to dance, hoping to attract fitting suitors.
Our sages proclaimed the 15th of Av as one of the happiest days of the year, when Jewish maidens would go out to dance, hoping to attract fitting suitors.
There were no greater festivals for Israel than the 15th of Av and Yom Kippur. On these days the daughters of Jerusalem would go out in borrowed linen garments (so as not to embarrass those who do not have)... and dance in the vineyards... Whoever did not have a wife would go there...
— Talmud, Taanit 26b, 31a
Print Magazine
Within every love, there is fear: The fear of separation from that which you love.
A child fears separation from her parents, a lover from his beloved, the body fears separation from the soul, and the soul from its Source Above.
So what do you love? Look at your worries and you will know. If you seethe in worry over you...
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