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Ki Teitzei 5765 - September 16, 2005
Our Enemies, Our Selves
"Know your enemy" is often the key to knowing yourself. And knowing yourself is always the key to defeating your enemies...
"Know your enemy" is often the key to knowing yourself. And knowing yourself is always the key to defeating your enemies...
Parshah
Ki Teitzei in a Nutshell
The law of the beautiful captive and the rebellious son, the hybrid garment and the falsely accused spouse, the hungry employee and a dead brother’s wife, how to get married and when to get divorced—and sixty-six other mitzvot.
The law of the beautiful captive and the rebellious son, the hybrid garment and the falsely accused spouse, the hungry employee and a dead brother’s wife, how to get married and when to get divorced—and sixty-six other mitzvot.
Being in Time: A New Orleans Journal
There was something about the immense love that permeated the home that made it hard to believe that outside those walls, the foundation of everything around us was being ripped to shreds...
There was something about the immense love that permeated the home that made it hard to believe that outside those walls, the foundation of everything around us was being ripped to shreds...
Story
The Prayers in the Field
As soon as the holy day was over, the man rode into Mezhibuzh, despondent and heartbroken. But the Baal Shem greeted him full of joy
As soon as the holy day was over, the man rode into Mezhibuzh, despondent and heartbroken. But the Baal Shem greeted him full of joy
The Survivor's Prayer
Over this one thing
I implore You:
That my cup of gratitude
With a tear is laced
Over this one thing
I implore You:
That my cup of gratitude
With a tear is laced
Parenting
The Abandoned Baby Syndrome
A well-known rabbi once said to me, "Never write anything controversial. You'll only make enemies, and it won't help." So I hesitated to write this article...
A well-known rabbi once said to me, "Never write anything controversial. You'll only make enemies, and it won't help." So I hesitated to write this article...
Our masters taught: Love your wife as yourself, and respect her more than yourself
— Talmud, Yevamot 62b
Print Magazine
From a letter:
Even if all your complaints about your spouse are well-founded and valid—show her your love, nevertheless. Show her unconditional love.
The sages taught that all our exile is due to the sin of senseless, unwarranted hatred.
When each one of us will start with unwarranted, unconditional love in our ow...
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