ב"ה
Shemini 5765 - April 1, 2005
Can a Person Be “Good” Without Being Spiritual?
Is it better to keep Shabbat and eat only kosher but be unkind and dishonest, or to be a good person who is not as observant?
Is it better to keep Shabbat and eat only kosher but be unkind and dishonest, or to be a good person who is not as observant?
Parshah
Shemini / Parah
The eighth dimension... The death of Nadav and Avihu: 14 reasons, and a mystical explanation... Truth vs. Peace... What is morality? ... What to eat and when not to get drunk... and a calf called death and its mother
The eighth dimension... The death of Nadav and Avihu: 14 reasons, and a mystical explanation... Truth vs. Peace... What is morality? ... What to eat and when not to get drunk... and a calf called death and its mother
From One World to the Next
She was so beautiful as she lay there on her back, perfectly still. I cradled her head in my arms as we washed her face. Her skin was smooth and her limbs remarkably flexible . . .
She was so beautiful as she lay there on her back, perfectly still. I cradled her head in my arms as we washed her face. Her skin was smooth and her limbs remarkably flexible . . .
Jewish Grandchildren
My aim here is not to engage directly in arguments about the Torah's view of homosexuality, or feminism, or the problems of singles in the Jewish community. Rather, these questions have raised for me a deeper, underlying question: Beyond the usual platitudes, why is the family so important in Judaism?
My aim here is not to engage directly in arguments about the Torah's view of homosexuality, or feminism, or the problems of singles in the Jewish community. Rather, these questions have raised for me a deeper, underlying question: Beyond the usual platitudes, why is the family so important in Judaism?
Story
A Rock
"I stand here and wonder," mused the Chasssidic master, "how such a small rock could puff itself up till it became such a big mountain!"
"I stand here and wonder," mused the Chasssidic master, "how such a small rock could puff itself up till it became such a big mountain!"
Current
Human Being
Ours is a culture, after all, where human worth is often measured by the capacity to impersonate a character or to accurately hit, kick or throw a ball... things that may no longer be possible in the confines of a hospital bed under tangles of tubes and monitors
Ours is a culture, after all, where human worth is often measured by the capacity to impersonate a character or to accurately hit, kick or throw a ball... things that may no longer be possible in the confines of a hospital bed under tangles of tubes and monitors
Parenting
"Respect for Others Means Children Too"
They say that actions speak louder than words; but words can also be actions...
They say that actions speak louder than words; but words can also be actions...
Said Rabbi Yossi: May it be my lot to be counted among those who are accused of something of which they are innocent
— Talmud, Moed Katan 18b
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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