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Chai Elul 5766 - September 11, 2006

Current
Life Vs. Terror: a 9/11 Anthology
Wanton hatred, wanton love... A soldier's boots... When heaven is evil... Life after terror... Nine, eleven and ten... The burning palace... Transcending fear... Should we hate them?
Parshah
Nitzavim-Vayelech in a Nutshell
The diverse unity of Israel, the practicality of Torah, the future redemption, freedom of choice . . . Also: The last day of Moses’ life, the Torah is put in writing, a disheartening prediction and an encouraging promise.
Story
The Singing Heart

The Baal Shem Tov told them to shut their eyes and not open them until he tells them to. Then he placed his right hand on the shoulder of the disciple to his right, and his left on the disciple sitting there. The circle was closed . . .
Parenting
Your Child, Your Tree

When you come to think of it, a child needs the very same things a tree does in order to grow: "earth," "water," "sun" and "air"
What is Death?

How can we understand and explain the process of dying? How can we clarify the nature of life after death? A chassidic scholar reflects on the tragic loss of his young child
Living
My New Pair of Glasses

How would life be if we simply explained its occurrences in a positive way?
A little bit of light dispels a lot of darkness
— Rabbi Schneur Zalman of Liadi
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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