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Devarim 5766 - July 28, 2006

To Be a Body

Imagine a person trapped under a collapsed building. There is a small fissure in the rubble--just large enough to allow him to extend his hand to his rescuers. We are that hand
Parshah
Devarim in a Nutshell
For thirty-seven days Moses talks: recalling, reminding, rebuking, warning, promising; about the revelation at Sinai and their journeys through the desert, about spies and wars and victories and the Land, and what it’s like to serve as a leader of G‑d’s chosen people.
The Bris

Why can't they just allow us our little strip of land and leave us alone?
Story
The Rabbi and the Cow

There was a rabbi, a very good and pious man, who wanted to see justice in the world . . .
Current
Fearing Our Own Strength

Israel will fight back until Hamas and Hezbollah accept a cease fire, at least for the time being. Yet that is exactly what we must fear...
Our Dialogue With G-d

The second level emerges when Torah becomes not just an acquisition of knowledge and a subject-object encounter—an “I” facing “it”—but a personal meeting place, an “I” facing “you,” or better yet, a “we” relationship . . .
Current
Lubavitch Rabbis Help Wounded, Bereaved Families In Israel Crisis

As three members of the Mor family of Safed were released from the hospital Sunday, one question crossed Rabbi Menachem Kutner's mind: Where would they go?
The people of Israel comprise a single body
— Rabbi Schneur Zalman of Liadi
Print Magazine

The month before Rosh Hashanah, taught Rabbi Schneur Zalman of Liadi, is a precious month. For thirty days, you can find the Ultimate King awaiting you outside the city, on a rustic path that winds through an empty meadow.

What’s the advantage of meeting the King in a meadow?

Because when you meet the King in His palace...

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