ב"ה
Matot-Massei 5764 - July 16, 2004
My Body and Me
There was no longer this "prison" or "vessel" or "garment" of the body. There was no longer soul and body as separate entities. What I was experiencing was in contradiction with all the language that I'd read and heard through the years
There was no longer this "prison" or "vessel" or "garment" of the body. There was no longer soul and body as separate entities. What I was experiencing was in contradiction with all the language that I'd read and heard through the years
Parshah
Matot-Masei in a Nutshell
Vengeance and war spoils, east and west of the Jordan, tribalism, havens for inadvertent murderers, the daughters of Tzelafchad and forty-two journeys.
Vengeance and war spoils, east and west of the Jordan, tribalism, havens for inadvertent murderers, the daughters of Tzelafchad and forty-two journeys.
Living
Pushka Power
There are, of course, other ways to give charity. What's so special about the pushkah? Several things: more action, transformed space, elevated time...
There are, of course, other ways to give charity. What's so special about the pushkah? Several things: more action, transformed space, elevated time...
A Seed in Earth's Womb
Where was the explosion of beauty, color and taste before the seed became the fruit? Within the seed's simple exterior lays enormous potential, far beyond the molecular explanation. The seed houses the spiritual shape of things to come
Where was the explosion of beauty, color and taste before the seed became the fruit? Within the seed's simple exterior lays enormous potential, far beyond the molecular explanation. The seed houses the spiritual shape of things to come
Story
The Lawsuit
One Friday afternoon, a man knocked on the door of Rabbi Yizchak Aizik, rabbi of Vitebsk. “I have a din Torah (a matter of litigation),” he said. “I request that you hear my case . . .”
One Friday afternoon, a man knocked on the door of Rabbi Yizchak Aizik, rabbi of Vitebsk. “I have a din Torah (a matter of litigation),” he said. “I request that you hear my case . . .”
G-d is the ultimate oneness, and everything G-dly in our world bears the stamp of His unity. All evil derives from the distortion of this oneness by the veil of divisiveness in which G-d shrouds His creation.
— Rabbi Sholom DovBer of Lubavitch
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.”
Here’...
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