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Chayei Sarah 5762 - November 9, 2001

The Emissaries

What do you do if you have a vision, and are determined to see that vision implemented in the life of every man, woman and child on the face of the earth?
Parshah
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A bit about death, a lot about marriage and the art of storytelling. Also: sages and commentators ponder the significance of 400 shekels, 10 camels, two bracelets and a ring, a third wife and six more sons, and Chassidic masters discourse on life after death, a disappearing bridegroom and the return of Hagar.
Story
Blintzes

"Blintzes," he muttered to himself as he turned and continued home.
Love at First Sight: Five Biblical Examples

In five instances, the Torah describes the phe-nomenon of love at first sight: in the love of Adam for Eve, of Rebecca for Isaac, of Jacob for Rachel, of David for Abigail, and of David for Bathsheba. These five, in their historical order, are descending examples of how the intensity of love at first sight can be focused into mature, rooted love.
Sorrow's Song

Need sorrow be pain, or does pain only come from resisting the flow of sorrow?
As a rose among the thorns, so is my beloved among the maidens.
— Song of Songs 2:2
Print Magazine

Everything a human being is given comes in a finite package. Even the tablets Moses carried down from Mount Sinai were defined and bounded.

And so, when G‑d saw Moses mourning over the broken tablets, He said, “Your powers were focused when you smashed the tablets. For now you will receive a Torah you may extend wider th...

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