ב"ה
Matot 5765 - July 29, 2005
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Remember: The Answer to Terrorism
When we understand the root and essence of terrorism, we also understand how despite its awful power we can fight it, each and every one of us, until it is absolutely destroyed.
When we understand the root and essence of terrorism, we also understand how despite its awful power we can fight it, each and every one of us, until it is absolutely destroyed.
Parshah
Matot in a Nutshell
The laws of vow annulment, war against Midian and the allocation of spoils. Two tribes request land east of the Jordan.
The laws of vow annulment, war against Midian and the allocation of spoils. Two tribes request land east of the Jordan.
Rachel: The Epitome of Motherhood
“This was not during the rainy season, when I could claim that it was because of the mud that I did not bring her to Hebron. The roads were dry and good. Still, I buried her alongside the road to Ephrath . . .”
“This was not during the rainy season, when I could claim that it was because of the mud that I did not bring her to Hebron. The roads were dry and good. Still, I buried her alongside the road to Ephrath . . .”
Koshermentary
Join Rabbi Kadoozy and Jono as they tour a cookie dough factory and a juice factory in this wacky documentary about the production of Kosher food.
Join Rabbi Kadoozy and Jono as they tour a cookie dough factory and a juice factory in this wacky documentary about the production of Kosher food.
Story
Water and Hay
“Fools!” cried the coachman. “Do you think that I gave you to drink so that the hay you devour should be more tasty?”
“Fools!” cried the coachman. “Do you think that I gave you to drink so that the hay you devour should be more tasty?”
Why Do Mourners Recite Kaddish?
Many find it intriguing that the Kaddish makes no mention of the deceased. Kaddish speaks of G-d's greatness. What does this have to do with the one for whom I am saying Kaddish?
Many find it intriguing that the Kaddish makes no mention of the deceased. Kaddish speaks of G-d's greatness. What does this have to do with the one for whom I am saying Kaddish?
When laying siege on a city to conquer it, we do not surround it from all four sides, but only from three sides, leaving a way to escape for anyone who wishes to flee for his life. As it is written: "And they warred against Midian, as G-d commanded Moses" (Numbers 31:7)--it has been handed down by tradition that this is what G-d had commanded him.
— Maimonides' Mishneh Torah, Laws of Kings and their Wars, 6:7
Print Magazine
That force that holds electrons in their orbit and planets in theirs, explodes incessantly within the stars above and is the darkness that fills the empty space—that force is a single whole, and it is G‑d.
It is not all of G‑d. It is an expression of G‑d. All of it could disappear in a single instant, and for Him nothin...
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