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Emor 5766 - May 12, 5766
What Do I Do If I Don't Believe?
If your faith in G-d is not enough to get you out of bed in the morning, what about G-d's faith in you?
If your faith in G-d is not enough to get you out of bed in the morning, what about G-d's faith in you?
Parshah
Emor in a Nutshell
Laws specific to the Temple priests, festivals on the Jewish calendar, the menorah and the showbread. Penalties for murder, assault and destruction, followed by an execution.
Laws specific to the Temple priests, festivals on the Jewish calendar, the menorah and the showbread. Penalties for murder, assault and destruction, followed by an execution.
Four Completed Lives
There was Ari, 15, who used to say that "life was too short to waste on anger." Noah, 6, was extra nice to children who had trouble making friends. Adira, 5, was strong-willed and carefree. Natan, 4, had Down syndrome and loved to play guitar and sing...
There was Ari, 15, who used to say that "life was too short to waste on anger." Noah, 6, was extra nice to children who had trouble making friends. Adira, 5, was strong-willed and carefree. Natan, 4, had Down syndrome and loved to play guitar and sing...
Party Time
Jono and Gefilte Fish stand in front of a backdrop and say stuff. For five minutes. It’s funny—trust me.
Jono and Gefilte Fish stand in front of a backdrop and say stuff. For five minutes. It’s funny—trust me.
The Art of Passionate Disagreement
For truth to be upheld, it is fundamental that human beings do not live in intellectual isolation, only hearing views that reinforce their own...
For truth to be upheld, it is fundamental that human beings do not live in intellectual isolation, only hearing views that reinforce their own...
Story
The Caving Walls of the Study Hall
Said Rabbi Eliezer: "If the law is as I say, then may the walls of the house of study prove it!" The walls began to fall in. Rabbi Joshua rebuked them. "If Torah scholars are debating a point of Jewish law, what are your qualifications to intervene...?"
Said Rabbi Eliezer: "If the law is as I say, then may the walls of the house of study prove it!" The walls began to fall in. Rabbi Joshua rebuked them. "If Torah scholars are debating a point of Jewish law, what are your qualifications to intervene...?"
Catching Up With Ourselves
Over the past century we have experienced a great leap forward of technological progress. Now it's time to catch up with ourselves...
Over the past century we have experienced a great leap forward of technological progress. Now it's time to catch up with ourselves...
The Second Passover
When a person’s contact with death evokes in him a striving for life he would never have mustered without that experience, then the contact with death is transformed into a more intense involvement with life.
When a person’s contact with death evokes in him a striving for life he would never have mustered without that experience, then the contact with death is transformed into a more intense involvement with life.
Women
Chana's Prayer
Could we be pregnant with our barrenness? What brings us to gestate barrenness? Does barrenness give birth to something, does it abort? What part of us is it really, and how do we nurture it and why?
Could we be pregnant with our barrenness? What brings us to gestate barrenness? Does barrenness give birth to something, does it abort? What part of us is it really, and how do we nurture it and why?
Who is wise? One who learns from every man. Who is strong? One who overpowers his inclinations. Who is rich? One who is satisfied with his lot. Who is honorable? One who honors his fellows.
— Ethics of the Fathers 4:1
Print Magazine
There are those who say that before we do any mitzvah, we must first understand why it needs to be done. Why else were we given a mind?
There are others who say we must just obey with simple faith. How else can we bond with One who is entirely beyond our understanding?
Abraham did both. He began with absolute faith,...
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