ב"ה
Bamidbar 5768 - May 30, 2008
Living
The Ultimate Jewish Traveler
Jews have always been travelers; but no Jew ventured as far as Dr. Jeffrey Hoffman. The tall, graying, gentle professor of Aerospace Engineering left the planet, and ventured into space.
Jews have always been travelers; but no Jew ventured as far as Dr. Jeffrey Hoffman. The tall, graying, gentle professor of Aerospace Engineering left the planet, and ventured into space.
Taking the Lead
Apparently, our use of language - our stories, our beliefs, our attitudes, our complaints and fears - actually shapes our future
Apparently, our use of language - our stories, our beliefs, our attitudes, our complaints and fears - actually shapes our future
Chassidic Thought
The Master of Song
The room fell utterly silent. All were caught in the thrall of the melody, a melody of yearning and resolve, of ascent and retreat...
The room fell utterly silent. All were caught in the thrall of the melody, a melody of yearning and resolve, of ascent and retreat...
A Childish G‑d
Intelligent people make the best of the intelligible, subjecting reality to their reality of things. The believer digs deeper
Intelligent people make the best of the intelligible, subjecting reality to their reality of things. The believer digs deeper
Parshah
The Parshah in a Nutshell
Moses conducts an organized census totaling 603,550 draftable men. The tribes travel and camp in formation, and the three Levite clans dismantle, transport and reassemble the Tabernacle.
Moses conducts an organized census totaling 603,550 draftable men. The tribes travel and camp in formation, and the three Levite clans dismantle, transport and reassemble the Tabernacle.
In the Desert
In the desert there are no office buildings or factories. So if you lived in the desert, chances are you wouldn't have a job. There'd be no boss bossing you, and no underlings under you
In the desert there are no office buildings or factories. So if you lived in the desert, chances are you wouldn't have a job. There'd be no boss bossing you, and no underlings under you
Numbers and Stars
To us on earth, looking with the unaided eye and perhaps not thinking too much about the matter, the stars seem tiny and insignificant. Yet each is a powerful and unique force.
To us on earth, looking with the unaided eye and perhaps not thinking too much about the matter, the stars seem tiny and insignificant. Yet each is a powerful and unique force.
Census Takers
Where I live, it happens once every five years. They come knocking on your door asking for your completed census form. Who are these people and what do they do the other 59 months?
Where I live, it happens once every five years. They come knocking on your door asking for your completed census form. Who are these people and what do they do the other 59 months?
The Jewish Woman
A Letter of Love
In this world of instant gratification, instant marriages, instant divorces – in fact instant everything one can possibly imagine – here, right beside me, is proof that time is the ultimate test of love...
In this world of instant gratification, instant marriages, instant divorces – in fact instant everything one can possibly imagine – here, right beside me, is proof that time is the ultimate test of love...
In the Mourning Light
I don't have patience for the rivers of apple juice flowing across the dining room table, and when the lock on the front door finally breaks, locking me out of my apartment at dinnertime with three starving children, I feel like sitting down on the floor and crying with them. I don't, of course, because I'm the mom...
I don't have patience for the rivers of apple juice flowing across the dining room table, and when the lock on the front door finally breaks, locking me out of my apartment at dinnertime with three starving children, I feel like sitting down on the floor and crying with them. I don't, of course, because I'm the mom...
G-d, through His individual Providence, gives each and every person the ability to bring the Supernal Will from the potential state to the actual by fulfilling the mitzvot and strengthening Judaism and our holy Torah at all times in every place. All depends solely upon the person making the effort.
— Hayom Yom, Iyar 21
Print Magazine
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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