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Vaeira 5769 - January 23, 2009
Living
The Rebbe’s Guidance to Presidents of the United States
Successive American administrations recognized the major role of the Rebbe in providing moral and religious direction for Jews and non-Jews worldwide, and sought his sage counsel on issues of global and local import.
Successive American administrations recognized the major role of the Rebbe in providing moral and religious direction for Jews and non-Jews worldwide, and sought his sage counsel on issues of global and local import.
Airplane in the Hudson
I must imagine, however, that more than anyone else, this was most frightening for the pilot. The knowledge that not only was his own life in his hands, but the lives of over 150 others...
I must imagine, however, that more than anyone else, this was most frightening for the pilot. The knowledge that not only was his own life in his hands, but the lives of over 150 others...
A Pillow Full of Feathers
In a small town somewhere in Eastern Europe lived a nice man with a nasty problem: he talked too much about other people . . .
In a small town somewhere in Eastern Europe lived a nice man with a nasty problem: he talked too much about other people . . .
Procrastination
It's my choice to pick a little discomfort now, in order to heal, recover, and live a happy, healthy, sane and useful life. Hands down, the choice seems much easier when put that way. It even feels quite good to make the right choices now.
It's my choice to pick a little discomfort now, in order to heal, recover, and live a happy, healthy, sane and useful life. Hands down, the choice seems much easier when put that way. It even feels quite good to make the right choices now.
Israel
Why We Care About Israel
Why do rabbis expound on Israel's military strategy? Would we heed a dentist's opinion on an engineering problem? Herein lies the crux of the perplexing nature of the "Mideast conflict"...
Why do rabbis expound on Israel's military strategy? Would we heed a dentist's opinion on an engineering problem? Herein lies the crux of the perplexing nature of the "Mideast conflict"...
How to Win This War
Were the houses in Neve Dekalim any less of a home for their families than those in Tel Aviv or Rechovot? Or is a peaceful Shabbat meal in Ashkelon or Beer Sheva any less valuable than one in Sderot?
Were the houses in Neve Dekalim any less of a home for their families than those in Tel Aviv or Rechovot? Or is a peaceful Shabbat meal in Ashkelon or Beer Sheva any less valuable than one in Sderot?
Miracles in Israel
I wonder how far we will allow today’s miracles to take us? Will we watch hundreds of rockets fall without injuring anyone and say that it is just a coincidence? Or will we allow this war change our lives?...
I wonder how far we will allow today’s miracles to take us? Will we watch hundreds of rockets fall without injuring anyone and say that it is just a coincidence? Or will we allow this war change our lives?...
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Parshah
The Parshah in a Nutshell
G-d promises to redeem the Israelites from their oppression. Moses and Aaron repeatedly demand of Pharaoh to let the nation leave. The Egyptians experience the first seven plagues: blood, frogs, lice, wild animals, pestilence, boils and hail.
G-d promises to redeem the Israelites from their oppression. Moses and Aaron repeatedly demand of Pharaoh to let the nation leave. The Egyptians experience the first seven plagues: blood, frogs, lice, wild animals, pestilence, boils and hail.
Rain, a River, Fire and Ice
On the difference between Egypt and the Holy Land, and the inner significance of the Plague of Hail
On the difference between Egypt and the Holy Land, and the inner significance of the Plague of Hail
The Greatest Miracle of All
Sticks transforming into serpents, water turning into blood, hail pellets with a core of fire . . . Why doesn’t this stuff happen today?
Sticks transforming into serpents, water turning into blood, hail pellets with a core of fire . . . Why doesn’t this stuff happen today?
The Prophetic Experience
We're both working on the same puzzle. But my daughter's knowledge flows from the picture to the fragment while my knowledge flows from the fragment to the picture....
We're both working on the same puzzle. But my daughter's knowledge flows from the picture to the fragment while my knowledge flows from the fragment to the picture....
Pharaoh as a Role Model
You have to admire that guy. One plague, two plagues, they just kept coming... But he stayed the course
You have to admire that guy. One plague, two plagues, they just kept coming... But he stayed the course
The Jewish Woman
Writing My Mother's Story
I thought of her manuscript often and with so much pain of loss I could not bear to open the manila envelope and see her writing on the pages. It lay in a drawer gathering importance, and waiting for me...
I thought of her manuscript often and with so much pain of loss I could not bear to open the manila envelope and see her writing on the pages. It lay in a drawer gathering importance, and waiting for me...
Silent Mourners
Having lost a baby makes me more aware of the miraculous nature of birth. I pray for my friends, that their pregnancies be healthy and full-term. I pray for neighbors. And I pray for myself...
Having lost a baby makes me more aware of the miraculous nature of birth. I pray for my friends, that their pregnancies be healthy and full-term. I pray for neighbors. And I pray for myself...
The Egyptian Exodus involved breaking the bonds and limitation of Egypt in order to escape it. Chassidic teaching instructs to take this one step further: to step out of worldly limitations and bounds while remaining in the world. While functioning within the world we must transcend its limitations.
— Hayom Yom, Tevet 25
Print Magazine
Some people think there is no conflict between their work and their time for study, meditation and prayer.
But, on the contrary, they complement one another:
Start your day by connecting it to Torah—the day shines and all its parts work in synchronicity.
Work honestly, carrying the morning’s inspiration in your heart—a...
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