ב"ה
Ki Tisa 5768 - February 22, 2008
Living
Is G-d Really Running the World?
How do we reconcile our religious belief in Divine Providence with the mechanistic world we seem to live in?
How do we reconcile our religious belief in Divine Providence with the mechanistic world we seem to live in?
The Girl from Auschwitz
When the Russian Army approached Auschwitz in 1945, the Nazis evacuated the death camp. More than 15,000 are estimated to have died on this march...
When the Russian Army approached Auschwitz in 1945, the Nazis evacuated the death camp. More than 15,000 are estimated to have died on this march...
Where Death Meets Life
Talk about surreal. On a recent Thursday evening, just before midnight, an elderly woman passed away, a few minutes after the "seven blessings" were said concluding the wedding of her grandson, the son of her youngest child...
Talk about surreal. On a recent Thursday evening, just before midnight, an elderly woman passed away, a few minutes after the "seven blessings" were said concluding the wedding of her grandson, the son of her youngest child...
Questions
Are Women Second-Class Citizens in Traditional Judaism?
How can you honestly claim that Orthodox Judaism has any respect for women, with all the religious manipulation on the part of men that keeps them content as second-class citizens within a third-world mentality?
How can you honestly claim that Orthodox Judaism has any respect for women, with all the religious manipulation on the part of men that keeps them content as second-class citizens within a third-world mentality?
My Husband Doesn't Want Children
My husband and I have a wonderful relationship and love each other dearly, but there is one issue that we cannot solve. I desperately want children and he doesn't...
My husband and I have a wonderful relationship and love each other dearly, but there is one issue that we cannot solve. I desperately want children and he doesn't...
Parshah
The Parshah in a Nutshell
The Jews are counted, instructions are given for the remaining holy vessels, and two architects are chosen to direct the Tabernacle’s construction. When Moses doesn’t return on time, the people create and worship a golden calf. Moses breaks the two tablets, returns to heaven, and descends with two new tablets.
The Jews are counted, instructions are given for the remaining holy vessels, and two architects are chosen to direct the Tabernacle’s construction. When Moses doesn’t return on time, the people create and worship a golden calf. Moses breaks the two tablets, returns to heaven, and descends with two new tablets.
Why Keep the Broken Pieces?
Aren't the the broken tablets symbol of our crime and punishment? Why stockpile a souvenir of the depravity to which we sank in the holiest chamber of the holiest edifice on earth?
Aren't the the broken tablets symbol of our crime and punishment? Why stockpile a souvenir of the depravity to which we sank in the holiest chamber of the holiest edifice on earth?
Holiness in Disguise
Not everything which seems holy is in fact so; and not everything which appears to be mundane is in fact unholy...
Not everything which seems holy is in fact so; and not everything which appears to be mundane is in fact unholy...
The Lost Cause Scenario
Much is made of Abraham’s valiant efforts to save the city of Sodom, how he went to battle with G‑d on behalf of these very sinful people. But something about the story just doesn’t add up . . .
Much is made of Abraham’s valiant efforts to save the city of Sodom, how he went to battle with G‑d on behalf of these very sinful people. But something about the story just doesn’t add up . . .
Two Equal Tablets
What is the primary concern of the religious person -- man-to-man relations or a focus on the Divine?
What is the primary concern of the religious person -- man-to-man relations or a focus on the Divine?
Kobe, Brooklyn and Egypt
"My face you shall not see," if you look forward, in the present, you won't see Me. But, "I will show you my back," by looking back you will see that I was there all along...
"My face you shall not see," if you look forward, in the present, you won't see Me. But, "I will show you my back," by looking back you will see that I was there all along...
Where is Life's “Undo” Function?
I've said it many times and let me repeat: The Master of the Universe not only talks to Himself, He talks to figments of His holy imagination. Not only that, those figments of His holy imagination talk back to Him. And He listens...
I've said it many times and let me repeat: The Master of the Universe not only talks to Himself, He talks to figments of His holy imagination. Not only that, those figments of His holy imagination talk back to Him. And He listens...
Sin and Sanctity
Which came first, the Tabernacle or the Golden Calf? There are three different interpretations regarding the sequence of these events among the Commentaries. The Rebbe analyzes these opinions, the deeper concepts behind them, and how all three are applicable to our lives
Which came first, the Tabernacle or the Golden Calf? There are three different interpretations regarding the sequence of these events among the Commentaries. The Rebbe analyzes these opinions, the deeper concepts behind them, and how all three are applicable to our lives
The Jewish Woman
Sneakers, Shots . . . and Skirts
They call themselves the BCA Skirts. BCA – for Beth Chana Academy, a private Orthodox Jewish school in Orange, Connecticut. And Skirts for the traditional long dress the girls wear off the court...and on
They call themselves the BCA Skirts. BCA – for Beth Chana Academy, a private Orthodox Jewish school in Orange, Connecticut. And Skirts for the traditional long dress the girls wear off the court...and on
Being Mommy and Daddy
She sat back down to finish her homework and was seemingly on the road to recovery. But that is when the real tears began to fall and her body began to heave. I knew why instantly...
She sat back down to finish her homework and was seemingly on the road to recovery. But that is when the real tears began to fall and her body began to heave. I knew why instantly...
She Kneads Her Needs Away
I did not care if my finished loaves would come out heavy and crumbly. It didn't matter -- I still had some praying to do...
I did not care if my finished loaves would come out heavy and crumbly. It didn't matter -- I still had some praying to do...
You will see My back; but My face will not be seen.
— Exodus 33:23
Print Magazine
As you treat others here below, so you are treated above.
Perhaps someone once tried to tell you about the ugly deeds of another.
You really wanted to hear. But you knew that’s not right. Gossip is a form of murder, and you did not wish to be an accomplice.
Mustering all your moral strength, you quietly responded, “I...
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