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Vayeishev 5765 - December 3, 2004
What Is a Chassid?
A chassid is a mystic. A chassid is pious. A chassid is joyous. A chassid is selfless. A chassid is a revolutionary. What is the common denominator of all these traits? That a chassid lives life from the inside.
A chassid is a mystic. A chassid is pious. A chassid is joyous. A chassid is selfless. A chassid is a revolutionary. What is the common denominator of all these traits? That a chassid lives life from the inside.
Parshah
Vayeshev in a Nutshell
Jacob makes a colored coat for his favorite son, Joseph. Joseph’s brothers are jealous; they sell him to travelling Ishmaelites, and tell Jacob he is dead. Joseph is taken to Egypt, works for Potiphar, and is thrown into jail, where he meets the baker and the butler and interprets their dreams.
Jacob makes a colored coat for his favorite son, Joseph. Joseph’s brothers are jealous; they sell him to travelling Ishmaelites, and tell Jacob he is dead. Joseph is taken to Egypt, works for Potiphar, and is thrown into jail, where he meets the baker and the butler and interprets their dreams.
The End of the World
It was back to basics. Actually, it was back to much less than basics. It was back to virtually nothing...
It was back to basics. Actually, it was back to much less than basics. It was back to virtually nothing...
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Burning Ice
The Baal Shem Tov loved light. So his disciples always made sure to have many candles burning whenever they expected their master...
The Baal Shem Tov loved light. So his disciples always made sure to have many candles burning whenever they expected their master...
The Ultimate Editor
Every life has one: the power-that-be who guards the mandate of the publication, decides which articles will see the light of day, and suggests/insists on the changes to be made in the content and wording
Every life has one: the power-that-be who guards the mandate of the publication, decides which articles will see the light of day, and suggests/insists on the changes to be made in the content and wording
Rabbi Arrested for Pro-Settlement Activity
The year: 1798. The person: a leading figure in the newly-established Chassidic movement. The crime: supporting Jewish settlement in the land of Israel
The year: 1798. The person: a leading figure in the newly-established Chassidic movement. The crime: supporting Jewish settlement in the land of Israel
G-d wants the heart
— Talmud, Sanhedrin 106b
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But it is often a good far too great for us to understand. We imagine it is not good, because that’s the only way to make sense of it with our small minds.
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