ב"ה
Shemot 5768 - December 28, 2007
Chassidic Thought
Am I just a Figment of Someone's Imagination?
Unpredictable + Self-Conscious = Free Choice. Bingo, we have a formula for free-choice figments!
Unpredictable + Self-Conscious = Free Choice. Bingo, we have a formula for free-choice figments!
Will My Grandchildren Be Jewish?
I have yet to meet a Jew who doesn't proudly claim, "My grandfather was a rabbi." It seems that three generations ago everyone was a rabbi!
I have yet to meet a Jew who doesn't proudly claim, "My grandfather was a rabbi." It seems that three generations ago everyone was a rabbi!
The Turkey Prince
Initially, the king and queen thought he was kidding. However, when the prince began to spend his days and nights in the chicken coop, his parents knew that serious trouble was afoot...
Initially, the king and queen thought he was kidding. However, when the prince began to spend his days and nights in the chicken coop, his parents knew that serious trouble was afoot...
Parshah
The Parshah in a Nutshell
Pharaoh enslaves the Hebrews, and orders all male babies killed. Moses is born, placed in a basket on the Nile, and discovered and raised by Batyah, Pharaoh’s daughter. Moses leaves the palace and discovers his brethren’s hardship. G‑d appears to him in a burning bush, and sends him to advocate for the Israelites’ freedom.
Pharaoh enslaves the Hebrews, and orders all male babies killed. Moses is born, placed in a basket on the Nile, and discovered and raised by Batyah, Pharaoh’s daughter. Moses leaves the palace and discovers his brethren’s hardship. G‑d appears to him in a burning bush, and sends him to advocate for the Israelites’ freedom.
Freud’s Great Freudian Slip
It appears in his last book, Moses and Monotheism, a strange work if ever there was one. It was published in 1939, by which time Freud had taken refuge in Britain . . .
It appears in his last book, Moses and Monotheism, a strange work if ever there was one. It was published in 1939, by which time Freud had taken refuge in Britain . . .
I Am
One of the first things that Moses asked G-d at the Burning Bush: They're going to ask me, "What is His name?" What is the significance of this question? And what is the meaning of G-d's elusive answer?
One of the first things that Moses asked G-d at the Burning Bush: They're going to ask me, "What is His name?" What is the significance of this question? And what is the meaning of G-d's elusive answer?
The Jewish Woman
My Grandmother, the Doctor
This was back in 1965, when women doctors were indeed a rarity, and Miss Flanagan could not conceive of them at all...
This was back in 1965, when women doctors were indeed a rarity, and Miss Flanagan could not conceive of them at all...
Dear Rebecca . . .
The following words, as painful as they might be for you to hear, are coming from a place of love. I wish that I did not have to say anything, but I feel that I have no choice...
The following words, as painful as they might be for you to hear, are coming from a place of love. I wish that I did not have to say anything, but I feel that I have no choice...
Jochebed: Planting the Seeds of Leadership
As a mother of young children, it is easy for me to lose perspective amidst the peaks and valleys of parenting. It will be years before I will see the fruits of my labor . . .
As a mother of young children, it is easy for me to lose perspective amidst the peaks and valleys of parenting. It will be years before I will see the fruits of my labor . . .
Judaism
Maimonides: His Life and Works
Rabbi Moses ben Maimon, Talmudist, Halachist, physician, philosopher and communal leader, known in the Jewish world by the acronym "Rambam" and to the world at large as "Maimonides."
Rabbi Moses ben Maimon, Talmudist, Halachist, physician, philosopher and communal leader, known in the Jewish world by the acronym "Rambam" and to the world at large as "Maimonides."
Divine Knowledge and Human Choice
If G-d "already" knows what I will do tomorrow, is not my freedom to choose nothing more than an illusion?
If G-d "already" knows what I will do tomorrow, is not my freedom to choose nothing more than an illusion?
News
Centered Around a College, Family Guides Harlem’s Jewish Renaissance
For Rabbi Shaya and Goldie Gansbourg, taking the wrong bus home opened up a world of Jewish opportunities in Harlem.
For Rabbi Shaya and Goldie Gansbourg, taking the wrong bus home opened up a world of Jewish opportunities in Harlem.
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.
Loathe positions of authority, for they bury those who hold them
— Avot d'Rabbi Natan
Print Magazine
Everyone agrees with all the wonderful advice and ethics written in the books of the sages. Everyone agrees that this is the way to run your life.
Yet each of us has our escape route, to avoid bettering our lives by changing ourselves. We ask, “Were those words truly meant for me, or perhaps for someone else in another t...
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