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Shabbat Hagadol 5767 - March 30, 2007
Judaism
The Power of the Deed
Perhaps the wildest, craziest and most outrageous thing the Rebbe did was to launch a mitzvah campaign...
Perhaps the wildest, craziest and most outrageous thing the Rebbe did was to launch a mitzvah campaign...
Living
Nothing Really Matters
The need for a "moment of silence" to give context and meaning to the school day; a time for our children to reflect on the 'why' of their learning, rather than just the how
The need for a "moment of silence" to give context and meaning to the school day; a time for our children to reflect on the 'why' of their learning, rather than just the how
The Feast a seder story
First we drank a glass of wine. Then we ate a bit of parsley. Then they started talking, and talking, and talking…
First we drank a glass of wine. Then we ate a bit of parsley. Then they started talking, and talking, and talking…
More to Love than Giving
As long as you are always giving without asking for anything in return, you have not allowed any space for her in your life
As long as you are always giving without asking for anything in return, you have not allowed any space for her in your life
The Jewish Woman
Making Pearls
What bothers me most is that everything is changing. Everything's just so . . . indefinite. My life, my job, my children. Congress, Israel and the Middle East...
What bothers me most is that everything is changing. Everything's just so . . . indefinite. My life, my job, my children. Congress, Israel and the Middle East...
I finally meet a guy who doesn't treat me like dirt, and he's boring...
I want to find someone that I can spend my life with, but I seem to end up with guys that treat me like dirt. Then, finally, I met a guy who treated me like a queen but I just wasn’t attracted to him...
I want to find someone that I can spend my life with, but I seem to end up with guys that treat me like dirt. Then, finally, I met a guy who treated me like a queen but I just wasn’t attracted to him...
Parshah
The Parshah in a Nutshell
The fire on the altar must remain burning at all times. Moses instructs Aaron and his sons (the priests) which parts of which sacrifices they are to eat, and which must be burned entirely. The priests spend seven days inside the Tabernacle, during which time they are initiated into their service.
The fire on the altar must remain burning at all times. Moses instructs Aaron and his sons (the priests) which parts of which sacrifices they are to eat, and which must be burned entirely. The priests spend seven days inside the Tabernacle, during which time they are initiated into their service.
The Outdoor Altar
Spiritual gluttony is no less selfish than the physical sort, and one who focuses solely on self-realization and self-fulfillment -- be it in the most positive and lofty sense -- is turning his Holy Temple inside out
Spiritual gluttony is no less selfish than the physical sort, and one who focuses solely on self-realization and self-fulfillment -- be it in the most positive and lofty sense -- is turning his Holy Temple inside out
Give a Little Push
The stone was too big for him to move by himself and he could not afford to hire laborers to help him to move it. He saw a vision in which G-d told him: Push it with your little finger...
The stone was too big for him to move by himself and he could not afford to hire laborers to help him to move it. He saw a vision in which G-d told him: Push it with your little finger...
Thank You Kindly
The thanksgiving offering was brought to thank G‑d for only four occurrences. Interestingly, they all are connected to the Exodus from Egypt.
The thanksgiving offering was brought to thank G‑d for only four occurrences. Interestingly, they all are connected to the Exodus from Egypt.
Although a fire descended from heaven upon the Altar, it is a mitzvah to add to it a humanly produced fire
— Talmud, Eruvin 63a
Print Magazine
It’s G-d’s world. Everything He gives is good, the sweetest good.
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.
Yet the truth is, He gives us all the good we can handle. If we could take more, He would g...
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