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Shavuot 5769 - May 28, 2009
Holidays
The Angels and Us
At that moment the angels understood what it means to be human and to have to deal with the challenges that we deal with. It took them a hundred and something years to recover from it...
At that moment the angels understood what it means to be human and to have to deal with the challenges that we deal with. It took them a hundred and something years to recover from it...
How Do We Know the Torah Is Real?
I could believe the world was real. But was it possible to know it? What had to be added to that belief in order to convert it into knowledge?
I could believe the world was real. But was it possible to know it? What had to be added to that belief in order to convert it into knowledge?
Saved by the Coffee Cups
Suddenly he heard his name called. “Ya, Matzliach! You’re just the man I want! His Majesty sent me out to buy a set of antique coffee cups. I have no idea where to get them . . .”
Suddenly he heard his name called. “Ya, Matzliach! You’re just the man I want! His Majesty sent me out to buy a set of antique coffee cups. I have no idea where to get them . . .”
Living
An Ode to My Little Brother
Little brothers are so handy. When they are very small they can give you a massage by walking on your back. Then they get a little bigger, and soon, they are arm-rest size.
Little brothers are so handy. When they are very small they can give you a massage by walking on your back. Then they get a little bigger, and soon, they are arm-rest size.
I am a Metaphor
All the experiences I've gone through, from every time I've exercised, to the wedding, to my class in the Old City have all been metaphors. They are channels to Truth.
All the experiences I've gone through, from every time I've exercised, to the wedding, to my class in the Old City have all been metaphors. They are channels to Truth.
A Bridge to Somewhere
An American Chabad rabbi working in Uruguay to "activate souls," and a well established doctor, self proclaimed atheist from the interior of Argentina, explore their Jewishnesss, establishing a line of communication that not only transcends their differences but feeds off them…
An American Chabad rabbi working in Uruguay to "activate souls," and a well established doctor, self proclaimed atheist from the interior of Argentina, explore their Jewishnesss, establishing a line of communication that not only transcends their differences but feeds off them…
It's not enough to love G-d; you should also make that G-d should love you
— Rabbi Moshe of Kubrin
Print Magazine
Intellect is inadequate because not all things can be explained. Intellect needs faith.
Faith is impotent because it remains forever obscure. Faith needs intellect.
But they are opposites, as contradictory as yes and no:
Faith accepts; Intellect questions.
Faith surrenders; Intellect struggles.
Miraculously, ther...
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