ב"ה
Matot-Massei 5764 - July 16, 2004
My Body and Me
There was no longer this "prison" or "vessel" or "garment" of the body. There was no longer soul and body as separate entities. What I was experiencing was in contradiction with all the language that I'd read and heard through the years
There was no longer this "prison" or "vessel" or "garment" of the body. There was no longer soul and body as separate entities. What I was experiencing was in contradiction with all the language that I'd read and heard through the years
Parshah
Matot-Masei in a Nutshell
Vengeance and war spoils, east and west of the Jordan, tribalism, havens for inadvertent murderers, the daughters of Tzelafchad and forty-two journeys.
Vengeance and war spoils, east and west of the Jordan, tribalism, havens for inadvertent murderers, the daughters of Tzelafchad and forty-two journeys.
Living
Pushka Power
There are, of course, other ways to give charity. What's so special about the pushkah? Several things: more action, transformed space, elevated time...
There are, of course, other ways to give charity. What's so special about the pushkah? Several things: more action, transformed space, elevated time...
A Seed in Earth's Womb
Where was the explosion of beauty, color and taste before the seed became the fruit? Within the seed's simple exterior lays enormous potential, far beyond the molecular explanation. The seed houses the spiritual shape of things to come
Where was the explosion of beauty, color and taste before the seed became the fruit? Within the seed's simple exterior lays enormous potential, far beyond the molecular explanation. The seed houses the spiritual shape of things to come
Story
The Lawsuit
One Friday afternoon, a man knocked on the door of Rabbi Yizchak Aizik, rabbi of Vitebsk. “I have a din Torah (a matter of litigation),” he said. “I request that you hear my case . . .”
One Friday afternoon, a man knocked on the door of Rabbi Yizchak Aizik, rabbi of Vitebsk. “I have a din Torah (a matter of litigation),” he said. “I request that you hear my case . . .”
Rabbi Tarfon would say: The day is short, the work is much, the workers are lazy, the reward is great, and the Master is pressing... He would also say: It is not incumbent upon you to finish the task, but neither are you free to absolve yourself from it...
— Ethics of the Fathers 2:15-16
Print Magazine
The sound of the shofar
is not the cry of a human voice.
It is the howl of an animal’s horn.
It is a cry so primal, so raw,
that the mind ceases to ponder,
the heart suspends its throb.
With the fury of a beast pent up in its cage,
the naked essence of the soul bursts out,
howling, ripping through heaven’s c...
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