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Naso

Chassidic Thought
Alef Bet

And this little boy? When he awakens, what will he see? Undoubtedly he will marvel at neat rows of colored squiggles and wonder what they are doing in his crib. He is far too young to realize what he is looking at...
Should I Pray for the Death of Terrorists?

The murder of others, even if they are the oppressors, seemingly amounts to a glorification of war... Prayer, I am told, is an act of enlightenment. Am I to pray for the brutal demise of the enemy?
What's In It for G-d?

I would like to think that if I mess up, G‑d eagerly awaits my return, and when I perform a mitzvah, G‑d is pleased. But this contradicts everything I was taught about G‑d...
The Vessel

"Go to the craftsman who made me," said the man, "and say to him: How ugly is the vessel which you have made!"
Living
Does G-d Have ADD?

With their extremely detailed brains, people with ADD are often plagued by an unattainable pursuit of perfection, which in turn, prevents them from completing almost-finished tasks, in a vicious cycle of running off to the next thing and then the next…
To Love without Limits

“We usually are given a matter of days to find a Jewish home, or the child will go to a church or some other non-Jewish situation,” says Steve Krausz of Denver, who together with his wife founded The Jewish Children’s Adoption Network (JCAN).
Thoughts of an Almost-Homeless Person

What with this and that, my roommate and I both decided it was time to move on. We have till the end of the month. Where will we go?
Ramblings of a New Dad

Take a moment to think about how many things had to go right for nothing to be wrong with our baby!
Raising a Difficult Child

Some kids are easier to raise. Others, however, can be moody, stubborn, wild, anxious, intense or otherwise challenging. Parents have to deal with their disappointment when raising this kind of child...
Parshah
Naso - Numbers 4:21-7:89
Laws of the Nazir and the wayward wife, priestly blessings and twelve identical inauguration offerings.
The Levites

Heaven or earth? The kollel or the kibbutz? We Jews have been debating the issue for as long as we have been a people
Individual and Community

Each day the Prince of one of the Tribes brought a magnificent gift to G‑d. But for each Prince although the gift was exactly the same, the symbolic meaning was different...
The Hiding Wife

It is a “descent for the sake of ascent,” a crisis in the marriage which ultimately deepens and enhances it by unearthing deep wells of loyalty and commitment which remain untapped in an unchallenged relationship.
Tasting Life’s Bitter Waters

You are married, or intensely committed, to a vision, a goal, a dream. Then along comes life . . .
I see it, but not now; I behold it, but it is not near. There shall shoot forth a star out of Jacob, and a scepter shall rise out of Israel, and shall smite the corners of Moab, and rule all the children of Seth
— Balaam, prophesying on Moshiach, Numbers 24:17
Print Magazine

As long as we search for G‑d by abandoning the world He has made, we can never truly find Him.

As long as we believe there is a place to escape, we cannot be liberated.

The ultimate liberation will be when we open our eyes to see that everything is here, now.

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