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Ki-Teitzei 5763 - September 5, 2003
Going and Coming
We are all warriors, for we each harbor the conviction that we were born to make a difference
We are all warriors, for we each harbor the conviction that we were born to make a difference
Parshah
Ki Teitzei in a Nutshell
The law of the beautiful captive and the rebellious son, the hungry employee and a dead brother's wife, how to get married and when to get divorced -- and 68 other mitzvot
The law of the beautiful captive and the rebellious son, the hungry employee and a dead brother's wife, how to get married and when to get divorced -- and 68 other mitzvot
A Father's Blessing
"Daddy," I cried, gulping down the large lump that was forming in my throat. "We don't want your blessing tomorrow. We want it after the surgery, for many years to come!"
"Daddy," I cried, gulping down the large lump that was forming in my throat. "We don't want your blessing tomorrow. We want it after the surgery, for many years to come!"
The Kabbalah of Communication
Try an experiment. Open a book and read a few pages. Now do the exercise with another book, but this time, do so with the intention of sharing the information with a specific person
Try an experiment. Open a book and read a few pages. Now do the exercise with another book, but this time, do so with the intention of sharing the information with a specific person
Story
The Needy and the Needed
The Rebbe sat in a state of d'veikut for a long while. Then lifted his head and said with great feeling: "You speak of all that you need. But you say nothing of what you are are needed for"
The Rebbe sat in a state of d'veikut for a long while. Then lifted his head and said with great feeling: "You speak of all that you need. But you say nothing of what you are are needed for"
Better a sinful person who knows that he has sinned, than a righteous person who knows that he is righteous
— The "Seer of Lublin", Chassidic master Rabbi Yaakov Yitzchak Horowitz
Print Magazine
Noah was a tzadik, a very great man. He saved the entire world. But he didn't approach Abraham's greatness.
When G‑d told Noah to build an ark before the world would be destroyed, Noah built an ark.
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