ב"ה
Eikev 5769 - August 7, 2009
Living
Perfect Game!
What is all the hoopla about?! Was it truly a "perfect" game? There were some poor pitches, some hard hit balls, and he actually needed a great play in the outfield to get through it...
What is all the hoopla about?! Was it truly a "perfect" game? There were some poor pitches, some hard hit balls, and he actually needed a great play in the outfield to get through it...
Legislating Moral Conduct
I recently attended a seminar on the Canadian Human Rights Commissions. On the whole, the event amounted to a wholesale "Let's Quash the Human Rights Commissions" extravaganza...
I recently attended a seminar on the Canadian Human Rights Commissions. On the whole, the event amounted to a wholesale "Let's Quash the Human Rights Commissions" extravaganza...
How Jacques Lipchitz Found G-d
He said an artist needs inspiration, that you have to wait for a certain thing to come down--he called it the 'holy spirit'--and for him putting on tefillin gave him his inspiration for the day...
He said an artist needs inspiration, that you have to wait for a certain thing to come down--he called it the 'holy spirit'--and for him putting on tefillin gave him his inspiration for the day...
Most Valuable Basketball Player: Most Valuable Lesson
"Everyone has their mission. No one's mission is more important than the other," states Tamir Goodman. Tamir has found his through his life-long dream: basketball.
"Everyone has their mission. No one's mission is more important than the other," states Tamir Goodman. Tamir has found his through his life-long dream: basketball.
How to Deal with a Bitter Child
If you see signs of extreme bitterness in your children you must invest time in developing their Emotional Intelligence, by teaching them to cope with deprivation in a mature way. This is an illness which must be curbed early; otherwise it devours everyone, including the victim...
If you see signs of extreme bitterness in your children you must invest time in developing their Emotional Intelligence, by teaching them to cope with deprivation in a mature way. This is an illness which must be curbed early; otherwise it devours everyone, including the victim...
Parshah
The Parshah in a Nutshell
Moses describes Israel as a land flowing with milk and honey, describes the seven kinds of produce with which the land is blessed, and warns the nation about becoming haughty in the Promised Land.
Moses describes Israel as a land flowing with milk and honey, describes the seven kinds of produce with which the land is blessed, and warns the nation about becoming haughty in the Promised Land.
The Little Things
Of course, a large number of small quantities add up to a much larger quantity. But there is also another reason why the "small details" are so important...
Of course, a large number of small quantities add up to a much larger quantity. But there is also another reason why the "small details" are so important...
Transforming our Desert
It is an axiom of Jewish faith that G-d does not perform a miracle in vain. So why this 40-year transformation of the natural order, when G-d could have simply led our ancestors directly into the Promised Land?
It is an axiom of Jewish faith that G-d does not perform a miracle in vain. So why this 40-year transformation of the natural order, when G-d could have simply led our ancestors directly into the Promised Land?
The Meaning of Making Money
If life is full of meaning, why am I spending it hustling other people for their money?
If life is full of meaning, why am I spending it hustling other people for their money?
Rocks and Diamonds
“Oh, you little boy,” said the man, resting his free hand on the little boy’s shoulder, “you don’t know what it’s like to have to schlep rocks. When you’ll be big like me, you’ll be happy with a little oven too.”
“Oh, you little boy,” said the man, resting his free hand on the little boy’s shoulder, “you don’t know what it’s like to have to schlep rocks. When you’ll be big like me, you’ll be happy with a little oven too.”
The Jewish Woman
Celebrating My Bat Mitzvah at 54
My Hebrew birth date is the 15th of Av, Tu b'Av-- a joyous occasion representing the ending of many poignant events in our history, and therefore representative of many new beginnings. To me this is indeed auspicious as there is a certain thread linking all of these events together...
My Hebrew birth date is the 15th of Av, Tu b'Av-- a joyous occasion representing the ending of many poignant events in our history, and therefore representative of many new beginnings. To me this is indeed auspicious as there is a certain thread linking all of these events together...
Finding Your Soul Mate
The more you make space within yourself for another person, the more likely you are to draw the right one to yourself...
The more you make space within yourself for another person, the more likely you are to draw the right one to yourself...
The Importance of Space
I began to "get it". My son is creating space to put new boundaries, those that will be established around his autonomy, independence and free spirit...
I began to "get it". My son is creating space to put new boundaries, those that will be established around his autonomy, independence and free spirit...
There were no greater festivals for Israel than the 15th of Av and Yom Kippur. On these days the daughters of Jerusalem would go out in borrowed linen garments (so as not to embarrass those who do not have)... and dance in the vineyards... Whoever did not have a wife would go there...
— Talmud, Taanit 26b, 31a
Print Magazine
There’s no such thing as defeat.
There’s always another chance. To believe in defeat is to believe that there is something, a certain point in time that did not come from Above.
Know that G‑d doesn’t have failures. If things appear to worsen, it is only as part of them getting better. We fall down only in order to b...
New on Chabad.org