ב"ה
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 . . .
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.
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?
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 . . .
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
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?
Since all the wars of history were caused by religion, wouldn't the world be better off without it?
We are "day workers." Day means light. Our work is to illuminate, to enlighten the world with the light of the Torah.
— Hayom Yom, Tevet 29
Print Magazine
The mandate of the whole of Creation is stated almost immediately.
They translate it as “Let there be light.”
But it is better translated as, “It should be light.”
Meaning that all the world—even the darkness—should become a source of light and wisdom.
And that mandate He put in our hands.
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