ב"ה
Matot 5768 - July 25, 2008
Living
When Do We Stop Believing?
She's only seven years old, and the doctors say she has lost her battle with cystic fibrosis, that she will live only a few more weeks. But for some reason, nobody has stopped praying...
She's only seven years old, and the doctors say she has lost her battle with cystic fibrosis, that she will live only a few more weeks. But for some reason, nobody has stopped praying...
Help! I Don't Want to Turn Into My Father!
Sure, there are all those events that happened, the weather, geography, DNA. But we are the ones to string them together with meaning and direction. There is no story to life, until we tell it...
Sure, there are all those events that happened, the weather, geography, DNA. But we are the ones to string them together with meaning and direction. There is no story to life, until we tell it...
Back on Track
They'd married less than a year ago, following seven months of story-book courtship. It was a match made in Heaven. Hell, I heard him mutter...
They'd married less than a year ago, following seven months of story-book courtship. It was a match made in Heaven. Hell, I heard him mutter...
The $499 Dilemma
His cousin has one, his friends have it, but we have no intention of buying him one. How will I explain it to him?
His cousin has one, his friends have it, but we have no intention of buying him one. How will I explain it to him?
Seasons
Tammuz—Time for Transformation
Without a doubt, we have experienced tremendous hardship and pain throughout our history—more so, perhaps, than other nations. But Jewish history is anything but tragic . . .
Without a doubt, we have experienced tremendous hardship and pain throughout our history—more so, perhaps, than other nations. But Jewish history is anything but tragic . . .
The Unintentional Intentional Sin
A sin can only be rectified if the guilty person recognizes his guilt. We suffer most from our "unknown" mistakes.
A sin can only be rectified if the guilty person recognizes his guilt. We suffer most from our "unknown" mistakes.
Parshah
The Parshah in a Nutshell
The laws of vow annulment, war against Midian and the allocation of spoils. Two tribes request land east of the Jordan.
The laws of vow annulment, war against Midian and the allocation of spoils. Two tribes request land east of the Jordan.
Twelve Sticks
The stick, it can be said, is a piece of tree that has paid the price of leaving home. The stick, it can also be said, is one who has reaped the rewards of leaving home . . .
The stick, it can be said, is a piece of tree that has paid the price of leaving home. The stick, it can also be said, is one who has reaped the rewards of leaving home . . .
The Moses Within
The battle against Midian described in the Torah is a crucial struggle which continues in our own time...
The battle against Midian described in the Torah is a crucial struggle which continues in our own time...
Priorities and Price Tags
A fellow who somehow got himself locked in a department store over a holiday weekend decided to vent his frustrations by swapping price tags on the merchandise....
A fellow who somehow got himself locked in a department store over a holiday weekend decided to vent his frustrations by swapping price tags on the merchandise....
Balancing the Spiritual and the Practical
Sometimes the question is raised whether the Torah scholar is “escaping” from the real world.
Sometimes the question is raised whether the Torah scholar is “escaping” from the real world.
The Betrothed
The laws governing the annulment of vows distinguishes between an arus ('betrothed") and a baal ("husband"). On a deeper level, these laws describe two modes of spiritual life
The laws governing the annulment of vows distinguishes between an arus ('betrothed") and a baal ("husband"). On a deeper level, these laws describe two modes of spiritual life
I am asleep, but my heart is awake
— Song of Songs 5:2
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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