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Shoftim 5766 - August 25, 2006
The Third Marriage
What did Moses feel ascending Mount Sinai for the third time, on the early morning of the 1st of Elul, 3,308 years ago?
What did Moses feel ascending Mount Sinai for the third time, on the early morning of the 1st of Elul, 3,308 years ago?
Parshah
Shoftim in a Nutshell
“Justice”—the very concept is said to be a Jewish contribution to the world. A glance at this week’s Parshah (equality before the law, due process, protection of criminals from vigilante vengeance, curbs on the behavior of kings, rules and ethics in warfare . . . ) shows why.
“Justice”—the very concept is said to be a Jewish contribution to the world. A glance at this week’s Parshah (equality before the law, due process, protection of criminals from vigilante vengeance, curbs on the behavior of kings, rules and ethics in warfare . . . ) shows why.
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They All Prayed...
Chabad brought prayer to the army bases and the streets of Israel, distributed hundreds of thousands of Psalms, lit Shabbat candles with IDF units, and united Jews with letters in Torah scrolls...
Chabad brought prayer to the army bases and the streets of Israel, distributed hundreds of thousands of Psalms, lit Shabbat candles with IDF units, and united Jews with letters in Torah scrolls...
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A Whiff of Purity
I suddenly had an extremely rich and inspiring thought... I imagine that this is because a Jew once prayed minchah at that spot
I suddenly had an extremely rich and inspiring thought... I imagine that this is because a Jew once prayed minchah at that spot
Thirteen Attributes of Mercy
A History of Elul... A Haven in Time... Month of the Bride... I and My Beloved... How to grant a blessing... The King in the Field... all about Elul -- the month that G-d feels closer to us and we feel closer to Him
A History of Elul... A Haven in Time... Month of the Bride... I and My Beloved... How to grant a blessing... The King in the Field... all about Elul -- the month that G-d feels closer to us and we feel closer to Him
Yerachmiel: Lessons From Our Baby's Life
We don’t know why G-d does anything. But I am sure that He heard our prayers and tears, and watched with amazement at how all these little people ran around frantically to save a life...
We don’t know why G-d does anything. But I am sure that He heard our prayers and tears, and watched with amazement at how all these little people ran around frantically to save a life...
Though summer still lingered and the day was bright and sunny, there was a change in the air.
One smelled already the Elul-scent; a teshuvah-wind was blowing. Everyone grew more serious,
more thoughtful... All awaited the call of the shofar, the first blast that would announce the
opening of the gates of the month of mercy
— Rabbi Yosef Yitzchak Schneersohn, describing the Shabbat before Elul in the town of Lubavitch
Print Magazine
Naturally, we think of the Jewish people as a conglomerate of many Jews. But the Baal Shem Tov saw the Jewish people as a single, indivisible whole.
Think of a geometrical point. A point is indivisible, but not because it is too hard, too big, or too small to cut up. A point simply has no area to be divided. That’...
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