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Purim 5768 - March 21, 2008
Living
Heads or Tails?
I held up the heavy rusted tail, and presented it to the sixth grade class. It was in excellent condition with all its fins, and with the screw still attached at the end...
I held up the heavy rusted tail, and presented it to the sixth grade class. It was in excellent condition with all its fins, and with the screw still attached at the end...
Reb Sender the Tea Merchant
He schemed to denounce Reb Sender's supplier to the authorities. The tea would then be confiscated and Reb Sender would have to bear the loss...
He schemed to denounce Reb Sender's supplier to the authorities. The tea would then be confiscated and Reb Sender would have to bear the loss...
Escape From Berdichev
Velvel Averbuch, now 84, was 14 when Soviet policemen discovered a secret Chasidic gathering he participated in with classmates of an underground Jewish school. Today, he lives in Brooklyn, N.Y.
Velvel Averbuch, now 84, was 14 when Soviet policemen discovered a secret Chasidic gathering he participated in with classmates of an underground Jewish school. Today, he lives in Brooklyn, N.Y.
Chassidic Thought
Do Women Have Something to Hide?
Why does Judaism tell women to keep their bodies covered? Is there something shameful or evil about a woman’s body?
Why does Judaism tell women to keep their bodies covered? Is there something shameful or evil about a woman’s body?
The Illogical Holiday
The Jews were illogical. G-d was illogical. The only one who acted logically was... Haman. No wonder on Purim we try to suspend logic!
The Jews were illogical. G-d was illogical. The only one who acted logically was... Haman. No wonder on Purim we try to suspend logic!
The Jewish Woman
Parshah
The Parshah in a Nutshell
The fire on the altar must remain burning at all times. Moses instructs Aaron and his sons (the priests) which parts of which sacrifices they are to eat, and which must be burned entirely. The priests spend seven days inside the Tabernacle, during which time they are initiated into their service.
The fire on the altar must remain burning at all times. Moses instructs Aaron and his sons (the priests) which parts of which sacrifices they are to eat, and which must be burned entirely. The priests spend seven days inside the Tabernacle, during which time they are initiated into their service.
Making the Connection
What is the Torah? A book of laws? But what are these laws? Commands from infinite G‑d to infinitesimal man? The answer is in the two meanings of the name of our parshah, Tzav.
What is the Torah? A book of laws? But what are these laws? Commands from infinite G‑d to infinitesimal man? The answer is in the two meanings of the name of our parshah, Tzav.
Give a Little Push
The stone was too big for him to move by himself and he could not afford to hire laborers to help him to move it. He saw a vision in which G-d told him: Push it with your little finger...
The stone was too big for him to move by himself and he could not afford to hire laborers to help him to move it. He saw a vision in which G-d told him: Push it with your little finger...
Audio Classes
What Does G-d Want?
What is the vast eternal purpose for which G-d creates the world? We are taught that there are two components to its fulfillment: to give G-d a voice in his world by making it more G-dly, and. to reach a state where-in the primary pleasure in life is closeness to G-d.
What is the vast eternal purpose for which G-d creates the world? We are taught that there are two components to its fulfillment: to give G-d a voice in his world by making it more G-dly, and. to reach a state where-in the primary pleasure in life is closeness to G-d.
Permission to be (really) Happy
Purim is a festival of boundless joy, but being happy doesn’t always come so naturally. How do we achieve real Simcha—true happiness?
Purim is a festival of boundless joy, but being happy doesn’t always come so naturally. How do we achieve real Simcha—true happiness?
But Mordechai would not kneel or bow
— Esther 3:2
Print Magazine
For hundreds of years, perhaps since the beginning of Creation, a piece of the world has been waiting for your soul to purify and repair it.
And your soul, from the time it was first emanated and conceived, waited above to descend to this world and carry out that mission.
And your footsteps were guided to reach th...
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