ב"ה
Metzora 5763 - April 11, 2003
It’s OK to Be a Hypocrite
The church has recently announced that "G-d is against war, always." The Belgians are the planet's guardians of human rights, and France has decided that Americans have no business crossing oceans to fight other people's wars
The church has recently announced that "G-d is against war, always." The Belgians are the planet's guardians of human rights, and France has decided that Americans have no business crossing oceans to fight other people's wars
Parshah
Metzora in a Nutshell
The purification process for people and homes struck by tzaraat (commonly translated as “leprosy”), a spiritual malady.
The purification process for people and homes struck by tzaraat (commonly translated as “leprosy”), a spiritual malady.
Current
Is There Anyone Who Knows Where All This Is Leading?
We've had Nostradamus up to our noses, Bible Codes out of our ears, and every brand of pundit and prophet. Is there anyone out there with some bona fide inside information that'll help me sleep better at night?
We've had Nostradamus up to our noses, Bible Codes out of our ears, and every brand of pundit and prophet. Is there anyone out there with some bona fide inside information that'll help me sleep better at night?
It's In Your Hands
I wanted to create something beautiful, something perfect, and now it was ruined. But I neglected to consider one important question: Whose party is this, anyway?
I wanted to create something beautiful, something perfect, and now it was ruined. But I neglected to consider one important question: Whose party is this, anyway?
Parenting
Talk Less
We often hear parents say, "I told you a thousand times not to fight!" or, "I told you a million times not to exaggerate!" Perhaps that's the problem
We often hear parents say, "I told you a thousand times not to fight!" or, "I told you a million times not to exaggerate!" Perhaps that's the problem
The Rebbe
The Rebbe: Rabbi Menachem Mendel Schneerson
Essays, insights and letters, stories and first-person accounts, and an online biography celebrating the 101st anniversary of birth of the Lubavitcher Rebbe, Rabbi Menachem Mendel Schneerson
Essays, insights and letters, stories and first-person accounts, and an online biography celebrating the 101st anniversary of birth of the Lubavitcher Rebbe, Rabbi Menachem Mendel Schneerson
Why did the Torah ordain that the uncleanness of menstruation should continue for seven days? Because being in constant contact with his wife, a man might develop an apathy towards her. The Torah, therefore, said: Let her be unclean for seven days, in order that she shall be beloved by her husband as at the time that she first entered into the bridal chamber
— Talmud, Niddah 31a
Print Magazine
In the month of Elul, the month before Rosh Hashanah, a signal goes out to every Jewish soul that it is time to return to the palace that is home.
It is a signal both subtle and loud.
Subtle, because it does not awaken even those who are closest—every soul must awaken itself. Loud, because it reaches those who have been...
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