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Bo 5766 - February 3, 2006

L’chaim to Chutzpah!

Imagine coming home one day, taking the beloved idiot box and throwing it out the window. Now, picture doing that when you work for the networks, and your boss came over to watch the news with you . . .
Parshah
Bo in a Nutshell
G-d commands the first mitzvah: the calendar. The final three plagues are visited about the Egyptians: locusts, darkness and death of the firstborn. Pharaoh finally cracks and sends the Jewish people running. The holiday of Passover and the Passover offering are introduced.
Four Ways to Use Your Head

Is there really such a thing as "theoretical knowledge," or is it just a theory?
Story
The Two Watchmen

Once there was a king who had a beautiful orchard with splendid figs. He appointed two watchmen for his orchard: one watchman was lame, and the other one was blind . . .
Living
Brain Control

Our stomachs are, in a way, smarter than our brains...
Who Needs Religion, If It's the Cause of So Much Violence?

Since all the wars of history were caused by religion, wouldn't the world be better off without it?
The soul has three garments: thought, speech and action
— Tanya
Print Magazine

More than Rosh Hashanah is about the One Above, it is about us below.
He created the world. But we drive it to its destiny.

That is why it is called “the beginning of Your works”—even though it is not the anniversary of the creation of the universe, but of the human being. It is the true beginning, as all of time begins ...

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