ב"ה
Passover 5768 - April 19-27, 2008
Seasons
Living the Story
Nothing is more real than the story. G‑d cherished the story so much, He built a world in which it would unfold...
Nothing is more real than the story. G‑d cherished the story so much, He built a world in which it would unfold...
Between Fire and Ice
Will the Messianic redemption be a cataclysmic event akin to the Exodus, or a natural process? That seemingly depends on us...
Will the Messianic redemption be a cataclysmic event akin to the Exodus, or a natural process? That seemingly depends on us...
The Jewish Woman
Boxing With Pharaoh
“You take on way too much.” Jab. “You can hardly cope with what you have.” Jab-jab. “You’re hanging by a thread, Girlfriend.” Uppercut. “You are failing.” Ouch . . .
“You take on way too much.” Jab. “You can hardly cope with what you have.” Jab-jab. “You’re hanging by a thread, Girlfriend.” Uppercut. “You are failing.” Ouch . . .
Free Yourself
This skirt has always managed to come with me, from home to home and move to move. I hadn't been able to give it away in the past. It represented the size that I used to be, the size that I tell myself I'll be again...
This skirt has always managed to come with me, from home to home and move to move. I hadn't been able to give it away in the past. It represented the size that I used to be, the size that I tell myself I'll be again...
Report from the Campaign Trail
Last month, columnist Judy Gruen announced her candidacy for President of the United States. This month, she reports from the campaign trail...
Last month, columnist Judy Gruen announced her candidacy for President of the United States. This month, she reports from the campaign trail...
Who Am I?
I was child, grandchild, student, fiancé, wife, mother, graduate student, secretary, avid reader, sometime painter, counselor, teacher, volunteer, home owner… and now, widow. The list of the roles I play has become shorter and shorter
I was child, grandchild, student, fiancé, wife, mother, graduate student, secretary, avid reader, sometime painter, counselor, teacher, volunteer, home owner… and now, widow. The list of the roles I play has become shorter and shorter
Parshah
Torah Readings
Out of Egypt... the Paschal Lamb... appointments in time... leaven and matzah... the Song at the Sea... a Messianic prophecy... a synopsis of the Passover Torah readings...
Out of Egypt... the Paschal Lamb... appointments in time... leaven and matzah... the Song at the Sea... a Messianic prophecy... a synopsis of the Passover Torah readings...
Living
Fall-Outs
She is my three-year-old in one of the ordinary and countless stumbles of her little every day life. But don't we all fall? And don't we yearn for an empathetic embrace, a hug or a word of encouragement?
She is my three-year-old in one of the ordinary and countless stumbles of her little every day life. But don't we all fall? And don't we yearn for an empathetic embrace, a hug or a word of encouragement?
Help! My Child is Lying to Me
Lately I've been catching my child making up stories and telling lies. When I confront him, he just gets upset and denies it. It's gotten to the point that I really don't trust him with anything he tells me.
Lately I've been catching my child making up stories and telling lies. When I confront him, he just gets upset and denies it. It's gotten to the point that I really don't trust him with anything he tells me.
The Rebbe
On Science and Its Truths
The whole Torah-versus-science "problem", the Rebbe maintained, is based on a popular misconception as to what science is
The whole Torah-versus-science "problem", the Rebbe maintained, is based on a popular misconception as to what science is
The Venture Capitalist
A Rebbe has mastered his personal mission. He then turns his attention to infusing the undercapitalized startups of the generation, pumping spiritual capital into the corner stores...
A Rebbe has mastered his personal mission. He then turns his attention to infusing the undercapitalized startups of the generation, pumping spiritual capital into the corner stores...
Jewish Holidays
Leaving Egypt for Good
From that moment, there was no longer any force in the world powerful enough to keep a Jew from connecting with G‑d. No force in the world. But inside the Jew—that's a different story...
From that moment, there was no longer any force in the world powerful enough to keep a Jew from connecting with G‑d. No force in the world. But inside the Jew—that's a different story...
Minister for the Defense
It was the afternoon before Passover, and Rabbi Levi Yitzchak was wandering through the streets of the Jewish quarter seeking out local smugglers . . .
It was the afternoon before Passover, and Rabbi Levi Yitzchak was wandering through the streets of the Jewish quarter seeking out local smugglers . . .
From the time that I was a child attending cheder,
and even before, there began to take form in my mind a picture of the future
redemption--the redemption of Israel from its last exile, a redemption such as
would explicate the suffering, the decrees and the massacres of galut.
— From a letter by the Lubavitcher Rebbe
Print Magazine
Look deeply within each person you encounter, no matter how brilliant or dull, refined or crude, righteous or wicked you judge this person to be.
Beyond their clothes, beyond their skin, beyond their behavior, beyond their words.
Beyond the emotions they show, the personality in which they dress, past whatever masks the...
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