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Mikeitz 5762 - December 14, 2001
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Joseph interprets a couple of royal dreams, goes from the dungeon to the throne, puts his ten brothers through the wringer, does some magic tricks with a silver goblet, and takes Benjamin hostage -- but it's all part of a vast eternal plan
Joseph interprets a couple of royal dreams, goes from the dungeon to the throne, puts his ten brothers through the wringer, does some magic tricks with a silver goblet, and takes Benjamin hostage -- but it's all part of a vast eternal plan
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The Fifth Night
"It's Chanukah, the festival of miracles!" cried Nachman. "We'll do the mitzvah the way it should be done. Not in some rusty can fished out from the garbage..."
"It's Chanukah, the festival of miracles!" cried Nachman. "We'll do the mitzvah the way it should be done. Not in some rusty can fished out from the garbage..."
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An eight-part journey into the soul of Chanukah… Tzvi Freeman's Menorah Files… Chanukah Stories…
An eight-part journey into the soul of Chanukah… Tzvi Freeman's Menorah Files… Chanukah Stories…
I Am a Soul
Like a child neglected I crouch in a large and darkened room illuminated by a single shaft of piercing light where you can find me, longing.
Like a child neglected I crouch in a large and darkened room illuminated by a single shaft of piercing light where you can find me, longing.
One who possesses understanding without wisdom is like a mighty warrior who is unarmed; one who has wisdom without understanding is like a weakling with armaments.
— Midrash
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Behind intolerance hides the most primal sense of ego, a clandestine belief that “I and my kind are the only thing that should be.”
People may give reasons for their intolerance, but the reasons are secondary. They despise others for the space they consume. Stripped to the bone, it is senseless hatred without reason.
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