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Re'eh 5763 - August 22, 2003

Current
Blackout

People in New York are speaking about the eerie silence around us. I wonder which is more eerie: the sound of air conditioners and subways or the sound of our souls?
Juice

It's as if you would ask the Creator, a billion times a second, "Seeing what's become of it, would you do it all over again?"
Parshah
Re’eh in a Nutshell
About two mountains, from which blessings and curses are announced; a home for G‑d, and the difference between holiness and chosenness; meat, blood, false prophets, idolaters, kosher signs, tithes, pilgrimages, and the special Jewish idea of charity.
Dance of Love

There was an undercurrent of raw emotion in the large room. Entranced, I watched the circle of dancers and the smiling onlookers who clapped along.
Story
Tainted Soup

Ettel burst into tears as soon as she entered the famous scholar's room. She had nine sons, eight of whom were both dedicated and successful in their Torah studies. But she was upset about Moshe-Noach, her fifteen-year-old
On Humility

He was a world-famous figure, I was an anonymous student from 3000 miles away. Quickly it became clear to me that he believed in me more than I believed in myself
The Eye of the Soul

"Blessing" is a very important word. So is "Curse", "You" and "Today". But the most important word in the sentence is the three-letter verb that opens the parshah: "See"
According to the pain is the gain
— Ethics of the Fathers 5:21
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When you build a new house, you must make a fence for your roof. (Deut. 22:8)

The Torah speaks quite literally about a new house. But it’s also providing a paradigm for all forms of growth.

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