ב"ה
Shemini 5764 - April 16, 2004
Jump!
When you walk or run, your change of place derives from your prior position. One foot leaves the ground, while the other remains planted there to provide the forward impetus. But when you jump, both feet leave the ground...
When you walk or run, your change of place derives from your prior position. One foot leaves the ground, while the other remains planted there to provide the forward impetus. But when you jump, both feet leave the ground...
Parshah
Torah Readings for the Latter Days of Passover
Out of Egypt... the Paschal Lamb... to see and to be seen... appointments in time... leaven and matzah... the Song at the Sea... a Messianic prophesy…
Out of Egypt... the Paschal Lamb... to see and to be seen... appointments in time... leaven and matzah... the Song at the Sea... a Messianic prophesy…
Shemini in a Nutshell
G-d specifies which animals are kosher and which are not, as well as the laws of ritual purity. The priests begin their service, but two of Aaron’s sons die while offering incense.
G-d specifies which animals are kosher and which are not, as well as the laws of ritual purity. The priests begin their service, but two of Aaron’s sons die while offering incense.
Parenting
Silent Messages
"I'm trying to recall some of my earliest childhood memories of my father," said my husband. "But I have none. My mind is blank..."
"I'm trying to recall some of my earliest childhood memories of my father," said my husband. "But I have none. My mind is blank..."
Story
Expert Advice
"Rebbe" said the businessman, "it's a different world here, in America. The neighborhood I live in... our friends... it just won't be right..."
"Rebbe" said the businessman, "it's a different world here, in America. The neighborhood I live in... our friends... it just won't be right..."
The Geometry of Freedom
The problem with most revolutions is that they are true revolutions -- revolve a full 360 degrees and the same ingrained patterns reassert themselves...
The problem with most revolutions is that they are true revolutions -- revolve a full 360 degrees and the same ingrained patterns reassert themselves...
Ethics of the Fathers: Chapter One
Moses received the Torah from Sinai and gave it over to Joshua. Joshua gave it over to the Elders, the Elders to the Prophets, and the Prophets gave it over to the Men of the Great Assembly. They would say three things: Be cautious in judgement; establish many pupils; make a safety fence around the Torah...
Moses received the Torah from Sinai and gave it over to Joshua. Joshua gave it over to the Elders, the Elders to the Prophets, and the Prophets gave it over to the Men of the Great Assembly. They would say three things: Be cautious in judgement; establish many pupils; make a safety fence around the Torah...
On the first days of Passover, we remember and relive the past. On the latter days of Passover, we remember and pre-live the future.
— The Lubavitcher Rebbe
Print Magazine
True peace is not a forced truce, not a homogenization of differences, not a common ground that abandons our home territories.
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