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Tazria 5763 - April 4, 2003

Blood and Tears

"But why did they have to kill each other?" I asked in 3rd grade history class. "Why did they have to go to war? If everyone knew what would happen, why couldn't they all just stay alive?"
Parshah
Tazria in a Nutshell
Post-childbirth ritual purification, and tzaraat (“leprosy”), a spiritual affliction.
What Is Time?

The very substance of the cosmos continually oscillates between a state of being and not-being. This oscillation, say the chassidic masters, is the primal source of Time.
Living
Pushing Buttons

Men love toys. So, it was no surprise to me when my husband returned home one day with the latest gadget, claiming it was vital for the enhancement of the quality of our life
Who Invented the Synagogue?

Is it true that there is no mention of the synagogue in the Torah? It’s hard to imagine “Judaism”—at least as we know it today—without synagogues!
On Shabbat eve, G-d imparts an additional soul to the person, and at Shabbat's end, He takes it away
— Talmud, Beitza 16a
Print Magazine

Creativity is an exercise in paradox.

On the one hand, creativity is the artist’s expression of self.

Yet, on the other hand, the artist must remove himself from his art, with discipline and with skill, so that his creation will appear real, as though it has a life of its own.

Creation of a universe from the void ...

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