ב"ה
Matot-Massei 5766 - July 21, 2006
Children of the Universe
It's easy to feel like orphans to this cold universe--to the elements, the forces and empty space that shrug indifferently at the drama of being human...
It's easy to feel like orphans to this cold universe--to the elements, the forces and empty space that shrug indifferently at the drama of being human...
Parshah
Matot-Masei in a Nutshell
Vengeance and war spoils, east and west of the Jordan, tribalism, havens for inadvertent murderers, the daughters of Tzelafchad and forty-two journeys.
Vengeance and war spoils, east and west of the Jordan, tribalism, havens for inadvertent murderers, the daughters of Tzelafchad and forty-two journeys.
Story
The Young Man Who Loved Fast Horses
"Let's say," mused the Rebbe, "that this horse can gallop 20 verst in the time it takes the average horse to go four. But should it take a wrong turn, it will go astray five times faster!"
"Let's say," mused the Rebbe, "that this horse can gallop 20 verst in the time it takes the average horse to go four. But should it take a wrong turn, it will go astray five times faster!"
All You Need is Love and a Model Airplane
My friends say the main thing is that you are in love, and everything else will fall into place. Should I believe them?
My friends say the main thing is that you are in love, and everything else will fall into place. Should I believe them?
Women
The forty-two "journeys" from Egypt to the Promised Land are replayed in the life of every individual, as the soul journeys from its descent to earth at birth to its return to its Source
— Rabbi Israel Baal Shem Tov
Print Magazine
You don't learn by having faith. You learn by questioning, by challenging, by re-examining everything you've ever believed.
And yet, all this is a matter of faith
—the faith that there is a truth to be found.
It is another paradox: To truly question, you must truly have faith.
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