ב"ה
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
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.
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.
Story
The Rabbi and the Cow
There was a rabbi, a very good and pious man, who wanted to see justice in the world . . .
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...
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 . . .
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?
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?
When you approach the battle, the kohen shall come near, and speak to the people. And he shall say to them: "Hear, O Israel, today you are approaching the battle against your enemies. Let your hearts not be faint; you shall not be afraid, and you shall not be alarmed, and you shall not be terrified because of them. For the L-rd, your G-d, is the One Who goes with you, to fight for you against your enemies, to save you..."
— Deuteronomy 20:2-4
Print Magazine
Animals do not gaze in wonder at the stars and angels are confined to the realm of the spirit, but the human being is G‑d’s bridge between heaven and earth.
Our bodies are formed from the dust; our souls are of the essence of G‑d. We alone can look at a physical world and see spiritual life and beauty. We who are beyon...
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