ב"ה
Behar 5765 - May 20, 2005
Reflections on the New Beep
The cat and her mistress are both after the mice. There's a significant difference, however: while the woman of the house would be glad if the mice would disappear forever, the cat would be devastated
The cat and her mistress are both after the mice. There's a significant difference, however: while the woman of the house would be glad if the mice would disappear forever, the cat would be devastated
Parshah
Behar in a Nutshell
Introduction of the Sabbatical and Jubilee years. Also laws regarding sale of land, and the prohibitions against fraud and usury.
Introduction of the Sabbatical and Jubilee years. Also laws regarding sale of land, and the prohibitions against fraud and usury.
Story
Who's Bigger?
Am I bigger because I'm big, or because you're smaller? A lesson involving a ditch, a ladder and two sons of a chassidic rebbe
Am I bigger because I'm big, or because you're smaller? A lesson involving a ditch, a ladder and two sons of a chassidic rebbe
Journeys
I did not want to be myself. I did not want to become independent. I wanted to remain enfolded in your warmth, listening to the comforting rhythmic beating of your heart...
I did not want to be myself. I did not want to become independent. I wanted to remain enfolded in your warmth, listening to the comforting rhythmic beating of your heart...
Hope in Katmandu
The cruel irony of the two photos: in one, the German chancellor with his arm around a 75-year-old Buchenwald survivor; in the second, an Israeli soldier arresting a demonstrator burning tires on the Jerusalem-Tel Aviv highway
The cruel irony of the two photos: in one, the German chancellor with his arm around a 75-year-old Buchenwald survivor; in the second, an Israeli soldier arresting a demonstrator burning tires on the Jerusalem-Tel Aviv highway
Will I Be the Next Runaway Bride?
I'm getting married in a couple of months, but I'm riddled with doubts: Have I made the right decision? How can I know for sure? Some nights I just lie awake wondering...
I'm getting married in a couple of months, but I'm riddled with doubts: Have I made the right decision? How can I know for sure? Some nights I just lie awake wondering...
If there is no Torah, there is no common decency; if there is no common decency, there is no Torah. If there is no wisdom, there is no fear of G-d; if there is no fear of G-d, there is no wisdom. If there is no applied knowledge, there is no analytical knowledge; if there is no analytical knowledge, there is no applied knowledge. If there is no flour, there is no Torah; if there is no Torah, there is no flour.
— Ethics of the Fathers 3:17
Print Magazine
What does fasting on Yom Kippur achieve?
That even our physical bodies can feel the precious closeness of this day.
Yom Kippur is such a holy day, the body receives life from fasting.
Likutei Torah, Song of Songs, 14b
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