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Sukkot 5762 - October 1, 2001

It Takes All Kinds

It's not just that it takes all kinds to make a people - it also takes all kinds to make a person.
Twin Towers - A Spiritual Reincarnation

Why was I witness? Can I possibly understand the purpose of death, pain and suffering? No. But I can choose to learn from it. You are a child of a living, pulsating, compassionate Creator. Do it and live it. Reincarnate the souls of those torn so rudely from us.
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The Master of Song

The room fell utterly silent. All were caught in the thrall of the melody, a melody of yearning and resolve, of ascent and retreat...
The Four Mysteries of King Solomon

Why do vacillation and hardship fuel growth? How can contradictory ideas embody a singular truth? Why does a simple physical deed elevate us to levels of holiness and G‑dliness?
And you shall take for yourselves on the first day [of Sukkot] the splendid fruit of a tree, fronds of dates, the branch of the thick-leafed tree and willows of the river.
— Leviticus 23:40
Print Magazine

Everything a human being is given comes in a finite package. Even the tablets Moses carried down from Mount Sinai were defined and bounded.

And so, when G‑d saw Moses mourning over the broken tablets, He said, “Your powers were focused when you smashed the tablets. For now you will receive a Torah you may extend wider th...