Parshah Columnists

Guest Columnists
The Story of Your Life You are Jonah. The real you, for “Jonah”—in Kabbalistic parlance—is another name for the soul. Hence, the story of Jonah is the story of a soul’s journey here on earth. By Shais Taub 20 Comments		Dispatching the Goat There are two ways to view human life, as mutually exclusive as they are fundamental. Our existence is either a result of intention, or of accident. And the corollary follows directly: Either our lives are meaningful, or they are not... By Avi Shafran 6 Comments
Why Is Torah Law So Restrictive of Contact Between the Genders? Should any physical contact that is friendly be considered intimate? Hopefully, it should. By Manis Friedman 260 Comments		Yom Kippur (Morning) Haftarah Companion For an informed reading of Isaiah 57:14–58:14 By Mendel Dubov
Weekly Sermonette
Moral Is Normal Since there are people out there who, tragically, may have lost a leg, this would mean that the “average” person has something like 1.97 legs. But that isn’t quite “normal.” A normal person still has two legs... By Yossy Goldman 22 Comments
Parshah Messages
Temper Your Ecstasy The Yom Kippur Torah reading begins with the words: "The L-rd spoke to Moses after the death of Aaron's two sons, when they drew near before the L-rd, and they died." What bearing does this prefatory verse have on our personal Yom Kippur service? By Naftali Silberberg
Reflections on the Parshah
Community Dis-service A heightened sense of community responsibility is imperative -- but is that the highest priority? By Zalman Posner
The Freeman Files
At Onement On Yom Kippur we embrace. Our harmony is no longer a harmony of "should", but a harmony of "is". All is forgiven. At onement By Tzvi Freeman 22 Comments
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Do We Love Too Much? A love relationship can thus be compared to an electrical circuit: should the resistance fall, the circuit will “short” and burn out. By Yanki Tauber 17 Comments
Beyond Speech
On the Haftarah: Close To G‑d, One With G‑d For the Morning Yom Kippur Service, From the Teachings of the Rebbe By Yitzi Hurwitz 1 Comment