ב"ה
Tishah B'Av 5769 - July 30, 2009
Seasons
Mourning What Is Missing
Why do the Jewish people continue to mourn and weep year after year? Isn't there such a thing as live and let go? Be happy with the moment and forget the past?
Why do the Jewish people continue to mourn and weep year after year? Isn't there such a thing as live and let go? Be happy with the moment and forget the past?
Why We Mourn
Why the obsession over an ancient Jerusalemite structure? Does the lack of a Holy Temple leave any of us feeling a gaping hole in our lives?
Why the obsession over an ancient Jerusalemite structure? Does the lack of a Holy Temple leave any of us feeling a gaping hole in our lives?
A Rose Among the Thorns
Another violent blow landed on my other cheek. “You are still praying?” the Blockelteste asked. Her face was crimson, contorted from fury, her eyes bloodshot. A sudden Jewish pride arose within me, like a pillar of smoke rising from a chimney . . .
Another violent blow landed on my other cheek. “You are still praying?” the Blockelteste asked. Her face was crimson, contorted from fury, her eyes bloodshot. A sudden Jewish pride arose within me, like a pillar of smoke rising from a chimney . . .
Living
Sorry Doctors
Simply put, the doctors decided to start owning up to their mistakes. The upshot? They're saving lots of time and money.
Simply put, the doctors decided to start owning up to their mistakes. The upshot? They're saving lots of time and money.
On Schindler's List: Leon Leyson's Story of Survival
When the Nazis invaded Poland, Leon Leyson was ten years old. He recalls, "Suddenly, I lost my most basic rights. I was hungry and frightened all the time."
When the Nazis invaded Poland, Leon Leyson was ten years old. He recalls, "Suddenly, I lost my most basic rights. I was hungry and frightened all the time."
Life in a Bleak World--Is There Hope?
The world seems to be going through significant turmoil. How can we sleep peacefully in our beds at night with such storms brewing outside our front doors?
The world seems to be going through significant turmoil. How can we sleep peacefully in our beds at night with such storms brewing outside our front doors?
One Letter. One Life.
Our site receives hundreds of letters each week. Among the questions we received recently, one stood out: "I became pregnant a few weeks ago… I already have several small children, and I cannot care for another baby… Can I pray to G‑d to terminate the pregnancy?"
Our site receives hundreds of letters each week. Among the questions we received recently, one stood out: "I became pregnant a few weeks ago… I already have several small children, and I cannot care for another baby… Can I pray to G‑d to terminate the pregnancy?"
How Much Effort Have You Invested in Your Marriage?
I have seen the worst marriages--marriages characterized by many years of dysfunctional and abusive behaviors--change. Here are eight key steps necessary for positive change....
I have seen the worst marriages--marriages characterized by many years of dysfunctional and abusive behaviors--change. Here are eight key steps necessary for positive change....
Family Meals Full of Frustration
My wife maintains that family meals is one of the foundations of strong family life. However, our nightly reality is anything but a contented family catching up on the day's events. These dinners are a nightly exercise in frustration...
My wife maintains that family meals is one of the foundations of strong family life. However, our nightly reality is anything but a contented family catching up on the day's events. These dinners are a nightly exercise in frustration...
The Jewish Woman
Starting a Jewish Settlement in Israel
With each long stretch of uninhabited, barren land we passed, interrupted only by an occasional primitive Bedouin village or a lone, wandering donkey or sheep, I was feeling that in every sense of the phrase, I had gone too far...
With each long stretch of uninhabited, barren land we passed, interrupted only by an occasional primitive Bedouin village or a lone, wandering donkey or sheep, I was feeling that in every sense of the phrase, I had gone too far...
Hatred at the Supermarket
She comes closer; her finger is waving inches from my face. "I can tell," she rants, "from your hair covering and your necklace (a Star of David) you're not an American..."
She comes closer; her finger is waving inches from my face. "I can tell," she rants, "from your hair covering and your necklace (a Star of David) you're not an American..."
Parshah
The Parshah in a Nutshell
In which Moses implores G‑d, describes the Exodus and the giving of the Torah, predicts Israel’s abandonment and return to G‑d, and summarizes the fundamentals of the Jewish faith.
In which Moses implores G‑d, describes the Exodus and the giving of the Torah, predicts Israel’s abandonment and return to G‑d, and summarizes the fundamentals of the Jewish faith.
The Inexistence of the Universe
Twice Moses states in our Parshah that "there is none else"--that nothing exists aside from G-d. Are these just words, or do they mean something that we can understand?
Twice Moses states in our Parshah that "there is none else"--that nothing exists aside from G-d. Are these just words, or do they mean something that we can understand?
Being Alive to the Full
"And you who cleave to G-d, are all alive today" (Deuteronomy 4:4). To "cleave" means to join together, to be one. How can this word apply to the relationship of a tiny human being and boundless, eternal G-d?
"And you who cleave to G-d, are all alive today" (Deuteronomy 4:4). To "cleave" means to join together, to be one. How can this word apply to the relationship of a tiny human being and boundless, eternal G-d?
To Study Our Children
How often are we left unmoved by a truth because we are self-consciously aware of the ramifications of accepting such truths?
How often are we left unmoved by a truth because we are self-consciously aware of the ramifications of accepting such truths?
Rabbi Elazar of Bartosa would say: Give Him what is His, for you, and whatever is yours, are His. As David says (I Chronicles 29:14): "For everything comes from You, and from Your own hand we give to You..."
— Ethics of the Fathers 3:7
Print Magazine
G‑d doesn’t need you to report on the dirt in His world.
He sent you here to search out the jewels hidden in the mud, clean them and polish them until they shine.
And when you bring them to Him, the angels make a crown of them for Him, saying, “Look what Your children have made for You out of the mud!”
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