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Ki Tavo 5766 - September 8, 2006

Quantum Repentance

Imagine if you could turn your very worst liabilities into your most precious assets--using both cutting edge science and state-of-the-art religion, i.e., Judaism
Parshah
Ki Tavo in a Nutshell
Gratitude and tithes and rebuke. Moses lists the blessings the Jewish nation will receive if they follow G-d’s ways, and the bad things that will befall them if they stray.
Story
A Story About a Prince

"Tell us a story, Grandpa!" begged the children. "Tell us a story about a prince..."
Pestered By Angels

It's not too often that an angel drops by for a cup of tea and a chat, or that one discovers a heavenly being hovering impatiently in the waiting room...
Living
Don’t Tell Me to Cheer Up

If I am going through a hard time, I don’t want someone to tell me to be cheerful—I want someone to understand why I am miserable.
Women
The Red Carpet

It is an event intended to celebrate skill, capability, and creativity. So why does it end up as just another big fashion show...?
You have selected the L‑rd this day, to be your G‑d, and to walk in His ways, and to observe His statutes, His commandments and His ordinances, and to obey Him . . . And G‑d has selected you this day to be His treasured people, as He has promised you . . .
— Deuteronomy 26:17–18
Print Magazine

Esau said, “I have a lot.”

Jacob said, “I have all.” As in “all I need.”

Esau had a family of six. They were called “six souls.” Plural.

Jacob had a family of seventy. They were called “seventy soul.” Singular.

Esau lived in a granular, tossed-together, fragmented world in which he collected a lot of things ...

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