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Pinchas 5763 - July 18, 2003

The Extremist

The extremist makes us feel uncomfortable, because he makes hypocrites of us all: if we all acted on what we believed in, we'd all be extremists...
Parshah
Pinchas in a Nutshell
Pinchas is rewarded for his zealotry. Another census, the laws of inheritance, and the division of the Land of Israel. Moses appoints Joshua as his successor.
A Different Kind of Darkness

In light we are dissolved, overcome by a reality leaves no room for doubt or fear or curiosity, nor need for courage, flexibility, or interpretation. And so, benevolently, the light that once filled the world contracted to make space for you
Story
A Tanya for Professor Wheeler

The universe, in the words of some who would speak for it, says, "I am a giant machine. I supply the space and time for your existence. You are an unimportant bit of matter located in an unimportant galaxy." How shall we reply?
Parenting
Does Your Child Want to Go to School?

"Why is it that the parents whom I most need to speak with don't show up at meetings, while those whose children are doing fine come to every parent/teacher night?" My response was that her question is in fact the answer
Destruction & Renewal
A Three Weeks anthology
The pinch... good grief... Shabbat of vision... the hidden ark... the destruction... the intimate estrangement... regret... cholent...
Behold, I will send you Elijah the Prophet, before the coming of the great and awesome day of G-d. And he will return the hearts of fathers to children, and the hearts of children to their fathers
— Malachi 3:23-24
Print Magazine

There are those who say that before we do any mitzvah, we must first understand why it needs to be done. Why else were we given a mind?

There are others who say we must just obey with simple faith. How else can we bond with One who is entirely beyond our understanding?

Abraham did both. He began with absolute faith,...

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