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Shemini 5768 - March 28, 2008
Living
Black Leather Straps
I started to pray every day in the only way one can do such a thing: religiously.
I started to pray every day in the only way one can do such a thing: religiously.
Mommies Never Cry
"Big people," my 3-year-old asserted with conviction, "know that when they want something, they should just ask their Mommies and they will get it..."
"Big people," my 3-year-old asserted with conviction, "know that when they want something, they should just ask their Mommies and they will get it..."
How to Say "NO" with a "Yes"
A parent can easily say "no" 200-300 times a day to a young child. A child can become so inured to the pain that he stops listening...
A parent can easily say "no" 200-300 times a day to a young child. A child can become so inured to the pain that he stops listening...
Chassidic Thought
How Can One Love an Unknowable G‑d?
My father-in-law put it in his typical engineer terminology, "By now, I have figured out which buttons to push. But I still have no idea how it works"
My father-in-law put it in his typical engineer terminology, "By now, I have figured out which buttons to push. But I still have no idea how it works"
What Can I Do About My Ego?
Fighting your ego is like trying to think about nothing: the harder you try, the further you get from your goal
Fighting your ego is like trying to think about nothing: the harder you try, the further you get from your goal
The Jewish Woman
A Jewish Mother for President
The nominee of the Maven Party ("Opinion Over Experience") throws her hat into the ring
The nominee of the Maven Party ("Opinion Over Experience") throws her hat into the ring
Parshah
The Parshah in a Nutshell
G-d specifies which animals are kosher and which are not, as well as the laws of ritual purity. The priests begin their service, but two of Aaron’s sons die while offering incense.
G-d specifies which animals are kosher and which are not, as well as the laws of ritual purity. The priests begin their service, but two of Aaron’s sons die while offering incense.
Do We Love Too Much?
A love relationship can thus be compared to an electrical circuit: should the resistance fall, the circuit will “short” and burn out.
A love relationship can thus be compared to an electrical circuit: should the resistance fall, the circuit will “short” and burn out.
And Aaron Was Silent . . .
The power to be silent at certain moments of life and of history is an important strength.
The power to be silent at certain moments of life and of history is an important strength.
Earthen Vessels
There is an interesting distinction made in Jewish law between different types of utensils.
There is an interesting distinction made in Jewish law between different types of utensils.
On the Essence of Circumstance
Moses and Aaron disagree: truth confronts benevolence, temporality challenges eternity, and absolutism concedes to conditionality.
Moses and Aaron disagree: truth confronts benevolence, temporality challenges eternity, and absolutism concedes to conditionality.
Audio Classes
Torah vs. Science
A discussion of the apparent contradictions between Torah and science and the relationship between them.
A discussion of the apparent contradictions between Torah and science and the relationship between them.
Kabbalah on Family Connections
With scientific breakthroughs in deciphering DNA, we can now better appreciate how we are molded in the image of our parents and ancestors. Does the same apply to our souls?
With scientific breakthroughs in deciphering DNA, we can now better appreciate how we are molded in the image of our parents and ancestors. Does the same apply to our souls?
The Identifying Signs for Kosher Species
The Torah prescribes which animal species are kosher by requiring them to have specific identifying signs. What is the significance of these particular kosher signs?
The Torah prescribes which animal species are kosher by requiring them to have specific identifying signs. What is the significance of these particular kosher signs?
Holocaust Ethics
A discussion with university students probing the fundamental values of society; like how it’s possible for advanced Nazi Germany to have had such a pervasive breakdown of basic morals and ethics.
A discussion with university students probing the fundamental values of society; like how it’s possible for advanced Nazi Germany to have had such a pervasive breakdown of basic morals and ethics.
In youth, one learns to talk; in maturity, one learns to be silent. This is man's problem: that he learns to talk before he learns to be silent.
— Rabbi Nachman of Breslav
Print Magazine
The sages say that all is in the hands of heaven except for the awe of heaven.
Which puts all the power in your hands.
Because if there is no awe of heaven, heaven is bankrupt. It owns nothing—not you, not your world, not anything at all.
That being so, the greatest power you have is your ability to surrender the delus...
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