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Ki Teitzei 5764 - August 27, 2004
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The Sporting Life
The world is the ball and you and I are the players. Our aim is to get the world to its goal. There will be people trying to prevent us from doing so. Don't let that stop you...
The world is the ball and you and I are the players. Our aim is to get the world to its goal. There will be people trying to prevent us from doing so. Don't let that stop you...
Parshah
Ki Teitzei in a Nutshell
The law of the beautiful captive and the rebellious son, the hybrid garment and the falsely accused spouse, the hungry employee and a dead brother’s wife, how to get married and when to get divorced—and sixty-six other mitzvot.
The law of the beautiful captive and the rebellious son, the hybrid garment and the falsely accused spouse, the hungry employee and a dead brother’s wife, how to get married and when to get divorced—and sixty-six other mitzvot.
Remember Me Forever
I look at these pictures again and again. Some are already discolored, some withered with age. The victims are mainly in their early 20's.
I look at these pictures again and again. Some are already discolored, some withered with age. The victims are mainly in their early 20's.
The High Holiday Anthem
The festivals of the High Holiday season pluck every string of our being, from introspection to commitment to solemnity to joy. The key to these diverse experiences is the opening line of Psalm 27: “G‑d is my light.”
The festivals of the High Holiday season pluck every string of our being, from introspection to commitment to solemnity to joy. The key to these diverse experiences is the opening line of Psalm 27: “G‑d is my light.”
Story
Horses
“Have you ever noticed,” remarked the Rebbe, “how a horse paws angrily at the water with his hooves when it’s led to a stream to drink? Why do you think he does this?”
“Have you ever noticed,” remarked the Rebbe, “how a horse paws angrily at the water with his hooves when it’s led to a stream to drink? Why do you think he does this?”
Certain opportunities and potentials are so lofty that they cannot be accessed by the conscious self and they can only come about "by mistake." An example of this is the mitzvah of "shchinah" (Deuteronomy 24:19) which can only be fulfilled by forgetting
— The Chassidic Masters
Print Magazine
Creativity is an exercise in paradox.
On the one hand, creativity is the artist’s expression of self.
Yet, on the other hand, the artist must remove himself from his art, with discipline and with skill, so that his creation will appear real, as though it has a life of its own.
Creation of a universe from the void ...
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