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Vayechi 5768 - December 21, 2007
Living
How to be Humble Without Being a Wimp
How to fly high above any challenge, smash through the most impervious obstacle, take on the entire world without flinching--and be humble about it, too!
How to fly high above any challenge, smash through the most impervious obstacle, take on the entire world without flinching--and be humble about it, too!
Sly Arrogance
“Will I be able to do my job?” the Evil Side asked. “Will people really listen to me?”
“Will I be able to do my job?” the Evil Side asked. “Will people really listen to me?”
Seasons
Asarah B'Tevet (Tevet 10) 2025
On Asarah B'Tevet, the 10th day of the Jewish month of Tevet, in the year 3336 from Creation (425 BCE), the armies of the Babylonian emperor Nebuchadnezzar laid siege to Jerusalem. Asarah B'Tevet is observed as a day of fasting, mourning and repentance.
On Asarah B'Tevet, the 10th day of the Jewish month of Tevet, in the year 3336 from Creation (425 BCE), the armies of the Babylonian emperor Nebuchadnezzar laid siege to Jerusalem. Asarah B'Tevet is observed as a day of fasting, mourning and repentance.
Love in the Ice Age
If a cold and dark world mutes the light of G‑d and dulls our minds and hearts, it only accentuates the most basic and essential element of our relationship: the bond between the physical self of man and the quintessential being of G‑d.
If a cold and dark world mutes the light of G‑d and dulls our minds and hearts, it only accentuates the most basic and essential element of our relationship: the bond between the physical self of man and the quintessential being of G‑d.
The Jewish Woman
Our Power Failure
Only moments before the lights went out, I had been pondering how I could get everyone out of their hibernation in order to spend a little time together...
Only moments before the lights went out, I had been pondering how I could get everyone out of their hibernation in order to spend a little time together...
Parshah
The Parshah in a Nutshell
Jacob blesses each of his sons before his passing. He is buried in the Cave of Machpelah in the Holy Land. Joseph dies at age 110, and asks his descendants to bury his remains in the Holy Land. This comes to pass only years later, upon the exodus from Egypt.
Jacob blesses each of his sons before his passing. He is buried in the Cave of Machpelah in the Holy Land. Joseph dies at age 110, and asks his descendants to bury his remains in the Holy Land. This comes to pass only years later, upon the exodus from Egypt.
Dealing with Adversity
What is the essence of the disagreement between Joseph and Jacob during the giving of the blessings to Joseph’s children? A lesson in how to deal with hostility in our lives today.
What is the essence of the disagreement between Joseph and Jacob during the giving of the blessings to Joseph’s children? A lesson in how to deal with hostility in our lives today.
Live With Death; Die With Life
Many act like it ain't happening. They dress the dead in tuxes and ballroom dresses and do the dead's hair and apply them with make-up. We're here to celebrate a life, they chirp, while the elephant in the room swishes his large head
Many act like it ain't happening. They dress the dead in tuxes and ballroom dresses and do the dead's hair and apply them with make-up. We're here to celebrate a life, they chirp, while the elephant in the room swishes his large head
Life Never Ends
Our sages say that Jacob never died alive. What is the message to us and can we reconnect to our deceased loved ones?
Our sages say that Jacob never died alive. What is the message to us and can we reconnect to our deceased loved ones?
The Three Lives of Jacob
The three periods in Jacob’s life—Hebron, Haran and Egypt—as guideposts through three modes of living: how to exploit transcendent “moments of truth,” how to exhilarate in struggle, and how to exist under subjugation.
The three periods in Jacob’s life—Hebron, Haran and Egypt—as guideposts through three modes of living: how to exploit transcendent “moments of truth,” how to exhilarate in struggle, and how to exist under subjugation.
New Torah Symbolizes New Orleans Rebirth
The Jewish community in the New Orleans suburb of Metairie, La., welcomed a new Torah scroll to the Chabad Jewish Center there. The dedication honored a family’s lost parents and a community’s rebirth.
The Jewish community in the New Orleans suburb of Metairie, La., welcomed a new Torah scroll to the Chabad Jewish Center there. The dedication honored a family’s lost parents and a community’s rebirth.
A kindness done to the dead is a true kindness, for one does not expect a favor in return
— Rashi's commentary on Genesis 47:30
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Sometimes you look at yourself in the mirror and you feel unqualified. You know yourself, your failures and your faults, and you don't feel like you could be a model for others.
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