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Vaeira 5762 - January 11, 2002
Faith and Reason
The fact that you cannot rationally understand something is no reason not to study it.
The fact that you cannot rationally understand something is no reason not to study it.
Parshah
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Blood, frogs, lice, hordes of wild animals, dying herds, boils, hail -- all to get the Jews out of Egypt and Egypt out of the Jews...
Also in Va'eira: the four expressions of redemption, Pharaoh as the ultimate frog, the difference between selfish martyrdom and true self-sacrifice, the meteorology of the soul, and Moses gets an answer (of sorts) from G-d on the ancient question of human suffering
Blood, frogs, lice, hordes of wild animals, dying herds, boils, hail -- all to get the Jews out of Egypt and Egypt out of the Jews...
Also in Va'eira: the four expressions of redemption, Pharaoh as the ultimate frog, the difference between selfish martyrdom and true self-sacrifice, the meteorology of the soul, and Moses gets an answer (of sorts) from G-d on the ancient question of human suffering
As I Sit in Darkness
We land upon foreign, distant shores, pioneers of a self born simply of our soul demanding its expansion.
We land upon foreign, distant shores, pioneers of a self born simply of our soul demanding its expansion.
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Labels Are For Shirts
Our perception of who we are is deeply influenced by the labels that other people attach to us. And when it comes from people who are important to us, these labels stick much longer
Our perception of who we are is deeply influenced by the labels that other people attach to us. And when it comes from people who are important to us, these labels stick much longer
The disciples of Rabbi Schneur Zalman of Liadi once asked him: Which is greater -- to love G‑d, or to love a fellow Jew? Replied the Rebbe: The love of G‑d and the love of a fellow are equally ingrained in the Jewish soul. G‑d loves every Jew. So to love a fellow is to love what G‑d loves, which is greater than to love Him Himself.
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True peace is not a forced truce, not a homogenization of differences, not a common ground that abandons our home territories.
True peace is the oneness that sprouts from diversity, the beauty that emerges from a panorama of colors, strokes and textures, from the harmony of many instruments each playing a unique part, n...
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