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Toldot 5767 - November 24, 2006
Living
Personal Distraction Accessory
It's the paradox of modern life: we're connected all the time, so were never connected to this moment in time... We're speaking of the PDA - the Personal Distraction Accessory
It's the paradox of modern life: we're connected all the time, so were never connected to this moment in time... We're speaking of the PDA - the Personal Distraction Accessory
Parshah
Toldot in a Nutshell
After 20 childless years, Rebecca bears twins: Esau and Jacob. Esau prefers hunting; Jacob prefers Torah study. Esau sells his birthright to Jacob for a bowl of red lentil soup. Jacob deceives his father for his blessing, and flees to escape Esau’s wrath.
After 20 childless years, Rebecca bears twins: Esau and Jacob. Esau prefers hunting; Jacob prefers Torah study. Esau sells his birthright to Jacob for a bowl of red lentil soup. Jacob deceives his father for his blessing, and flees to escape Esau’s wrath.
Bus Number 43
Is Nature a sleek bus that makes random stops? Or is the itinerary determined by our input and effort? Perhaps the bus driver ignores individuals but looks for a convenient crowd to smile upon?
Is Nature a sleek bus that makes random stops? Or is the itinerary determined by our input and effort? Perhaps the bus driver ignores individuals but looks for a convenient crowd to smile upon?
Story
The Seven-Day Wonder
The Baal Shem Tov passed his handkerchief over the boy's face and commanded, "Give us a word of Torah..."
The Baal Shem Tov passed his handkerchief over the boy's face and commanded, "Give us a word of Torah..."
Parenting
The Book or the Blade?
I myself am lucky to be alive. I remember going to pay a house visit on a family in my congregation and being attacked by their young son who had an AK-47
I myself am lucky to be alive. I remember going to pay a house visit on a family in my congregation and being attacked by their young son who had an AK-47
Women
How Rebecca Learned to Fly
Some of us thrive as a result of a challenging environment—our struggles refine our characters and make us even greater people. And sometimes, no matter what we do, we cannot seem to rise above the circumstances of our birth . . .
Some of us thrive as a result of a challenging environment—our struggles refine our characters and make us even greater people. And sometimes, no matter what we do, we cannot seem to rise above the circumstances of our birth . . .
Abraham fulfilled the entire Torah - before it was given
— Talmud, Yoma 28b
Print Magazine
Yom Kippur is a day of forgiveness for those who return.
But then, every day is a day of forgiveness for those who return.
Yet Yom Kippur is an entirely different story.
Because on any other day when a soul returns, her misdeeds are discarded.
On Yom Kippur, when a soul returns, she is held in tight embrace.
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