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Vayishlach 5762 - November 30, 2001
Parshah
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Jacob's confrontation with Esau, the rape of Dinah, Reuben's sin, the eight primordial kings of Edom -- and what it all means according to sages and mystics from Moses to today
Jacob's confrontation with Esau, the rape of Dinah, Reuben's sin, the eight primordial kings of Edom -- and what it all means according to sages and mystics from Moses to today
Parenting
It Is His Turn
This assuredness of his rightness, of his necessity, of his essentiality, of his indispensability, of his inevitability, of his potential and his destiny
This assuredness of his rightness, of his necessity, of his essentiality, of his indispensability, of his inevitability, of his potential and his destiny
Story
The Mystery of the Second Suit
"Go back to your shop," advised the Rebbe. "Remove all the stitches in this garment, and reassemble it exactly how you sewed it before"
"Go back to your shop," advised the Rebbe. "Remove all the stitches in this garment, and reassemble it exactly how you sewed it before"
What Is a Soul (Neshamah)?
A soul is Divine energy, a little piece of G-d within you. Your inner identity, your raison d'être
A soul is Divine energy, a little piece of G-d within you. Your inner identity, your raison d'être
There are three places regarding which the nations of the world cannot accuse Israel and say, "You have stolen them." The Machpeilah Cave in Hebron, as it is written (Genesis 23:16): "And Abraham weighed to Ephron the silver." The Temple Mount in Jerusalem: "So David gave to Ornan for the place six hundred shekels of gold" (I Chronicles 21:25). And Joseph's tomb in Shechem: "And [Jacob] bought the piece of land for a hundred kesitah" (Genesis 33:19).
— Midrash Rabbah
Print Magazine
Looking at your world from Above, all is good.
Looking at your world from within, things don’t always look so nice.
Until you connect your world below to the world above. Then the goodness flows downward without distortion.
How do you make that connection? By clinging tightly above.
By putting all your trust in G‑d.
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