ב"ה
Tisha B'av 5765 - August 14, 2005
Current
A Mission of Discovery
We strap a rocket on our back. A fiery blast of passion frees us of earth's seemingly irresistible gravity. Yet the fulfillment of our mission depends on a successful landing...
We strap a rocket on our back. A fiery blast of passion frees us of earth's seemingly irresistible gravity. Yet the fulfillment of our mission depends on a successful landing...
Parshah
Devarim in a Nutshell
For thirty-seven days Moses talks: recalling, reminding, rebuking, warning, promising; about the revelation at Sinai and their journeys through the desert, about spies and wars and victories and the Land, and what it’s like to serve as a leader of G‑d’s chosen people.
For thirty-seven days Moses talks: recalling, reminding, rebuking, warning, promising; about the revelation at Sinai and their journeys through the desert, about spies and wars and victories and the Land, and what it’s like to serve as a leader of G‑d’s chosen people.
Story
The Laughter of Rabbi Akiva
When they reached the Temple Mount, they saw a fox emerging from the place of the Holy of Holies. The others started weeping; Rabbi Akiva laughed...
When they reached the Temple Mount, they saw a fox emerging from the place of the Holy of Holies. The others started weeping; Rabbi Akiva laughed...
Relationships
The Marriage Counselor
"She constantly criticizes me . Nothing I do for her is ever good enough. She has no respect for me and no gratitude for all that I provide for her. Where is the trust and loyalty she pledged when we married?"
"She constantly criticizes me . Nothing I do for her is ever good enough. She has no respect for me and no gratitude for all that I provide for her. Where is the trust and loyalty she pledged when we married?"
The Fallen Sparks of Tohu
The very core of reality is G-d’s shattered dream, waiting for us to pick up the pieces.
The very core of reality is G-d’s shattered dream, waiting for us to pick up the pieces.
Current
Manna Bashing
They called the wonder-food "despicable." They claimed they could not stomach its "unnaturalness," that their bodies could not contain the miracle gift within its boundaries...
They called the wonder-food "despicable." They claimed they could not stomach its "unnaturalness," that their bodies could not contain the miracle gift within its boundaries...
No matter how much effort is exerted, no one can earn one cent more than G‑d has ordained that one shall earn. One must do what is necessary, but one must remember that all one’s work is but an accessory. The main thing is G‑d’s blessing, and that blessing is earned by observing G‑d’s commands: praying with a minyan, observing Shabbat in the best way, meticulous observance of kosher, and having children instructed by pious teachers.
— Rabbi Yosef Yitzchak of Lubavitch (Hayom Yom for 4 Av)
Print Magazine
It all began with an unbounded light
that filled all and left no room for a world to be.
Then that light was withheld
so that the world might be created in the resulting void.
Then the world was created,
with the purpose of returning to that original state of light
—yet to remain a world.
That is something greater ...
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