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Ki Tavo 5762 - August 23, 2002

Timed Out

A child's feelings of failure, the crumbling of a little girl's self-image, are not worth the gain of the skill. Every mother knows this. And that's when I wonder about You, G-d...
Parshah
Ki Tavo in a Nutshell
Gratitude and tithes and rebuke. Moses lists the blessings the Jewish nation will receive if they follow G-d’s ways, and the bad things that will befall them if they stray.
Ki Tavo in a Nutshell
Gratitude and tithes and rebuke. Moses lists the blessings the Jewish nation will receive if they follow G-d’s ways, and the bad things that will befall them if they stray.
What Is A Soul?

A mystified spiritual seeker breaks though to the celestial Internet and chats with an angel. Turns out that the spiritual being is just as mystified about what is a body
Story
"Only Mine..."

"Take these and run to Umschlagplatz. Run! Tell the kapos that your daughter is among the captured. This is an unwritten law among us -- no snatching of policemen's children"
Parenting
The Difference Between Anger and Hate

"You don't love me. If you loved me you would allow me to..." Children are experts in making us feel guilty. The trick is to understand what they're really saying
When my father reads "The Rebuke" (the harsh punishments described in Deuteronomy 28), I don't hear curses
— Rabbi DovBer of Lubavitch (son of Rabbi Schneur Zalman of Liadi)
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Pessimism comes with a thousand arguments. Maybe you don’t deserve to be saved from the mess you’ve gotten into. Maybe you deserve punishment, G‑d forbid. Maybe the only way to save your soul is through a dark tunnel.

That’s not called trust. Trust means you have not a shade of doubt that He will deliver—no matter who yo...

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