ב"ה
Balak 5764 - July 2, 2004
The Crouching Lion
The details differ (a tiger raised in a Brooklyn apartment, a circus lion losing it in the ring) but the basic story is the same: a large cat "suddenly" sheds its domesticated persona and... well, you don't want to be in its way when that happens
The details differ (a tiger raised in a Brooklyn apartment, a circus lion losing it in the ring) but the basic story is the same: a large cat "suddenly" sheds its domesticated persona and... well, you don't want to be in its way when that happens
Parshah
Balak in a Nutshell
Balak sends Balaam to curse the Jews. His talking donkey tries to stop him, to no avail. Each time he opens his mouth, Balaam ends up blessing the nation instead.
Balak sends Balaam to curse the Jews. His talking donkey tries to stop him, to no avail. Each time he opens his mouth, Balaam ends up blessing the nation instead.
Story
An Innkeeper from Vohlyn
"What can I do?" replied the innkeeper. "This is my livelihood. There is nothing for me to do in the city."
"How many Jewish households are there in the city?" I asked
"What can I do?" replied the innkeeper. "This is my livelihood. There is nothing for me to do in the city."
"How many Jewish households are there in the city?" I asked
The Merging of Two Souls
I am having my hair done, my nails, my makeup. But within, I am in a completely different world. My focus is on the new life I am about to embark upon. I keep his picture in my mind, his words in my heart, and his being engraved in my soul. It is my wedding day.
I am having my hair done, my nails, my makeup. But within, I am in a completely different world. My focus is on the new life I am about to embark upon. I keep his picture in my mind, his words in my heart, and his being engraved in my soul. It is my wedding day.
Parenting
School Conferences
“I present the material, but your child doesn’t seem to get it . . . Have you considered private tutoring?” Why do I get the impression that everyone—the child, the parents, the home environment—is to blame, except for the teacher?
“I present the material, but your child doesn’t seem to get it . . . Have you considered private tutoring?” Why do I get the impression that everyone—the child, the parents, the home environment—is to blame, except for the teacher?
Not only myself did G-d redeem on this day... but also every one who goes by the name "Israel"
— The sixth Lubavitcher Rebbe, Rabbi Yosef Yitzchak Schneersohn, in a letter written for the first anniversary of his release from Soviet imprisonment in 1927
Print Magazine
Due to the limitations of your reality, some of your best friends can enter only incognito.
In fact, the really big ones sometimes sneak in disguised as ugly monsters and vicious enemies. Otherwise, the guards at the gate would never permit them entry.
These are the events optimists call “blessings in disguise.”
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