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Vayigash 5766 -January 6, 2006

The Toddling Life

How often do we let out our greatest frustrations on the very people whom we care most about? A sign of love and trust, perhaps, but hurtful, nonetheless, to those closest to us
Parshah
Vayigash in a Nutshell
Joseph reveals his identity to his brothers, who are overcome with remorse. They return to Canaan and bring their father, Jacob, to be reunited with his son after 22 years. Joseph becomes wealthy, and Pharaoh gives his family the fertile land of Goshen as their own.
Story
The Road to Karlin

"Traveling to the Rebbe gives me special powers," the chassid claimed. "I can read people's thoughts."
Where Do Ethics Come From?

Should we clone people? Is there such a thing as a life not worth living? When is it correct to go to war? But the real question is: on what biases do we answer these ethical dilemmas?
The Rock and the Menorah

Did the people of Masada do the right thing? Isn't suicide a violation of the supreme commandment to cherish life? How did Masada become a story of Jewish 'heroism'?
Parenting
From Nothing To Everything

When we enter into the communication out of "nothing," then everything becomes possible...
Know the G-d of your father and worship Him with a whole heart and with a desirous soul
— I Chronicles 28:9
Print Magazine

Each generation has its role in history.

From all the generations before us we inherited a wealth of dreams: philosophy, truths, wisdom and purpose. We are tiny dwarfs standing on the shoulders of their ideas and their noble deeds.

Our generation’s mandate—and destiny—is to make the dream real.