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Chai Elul 5762 - August 26, 2002
Chai Elul
"Chai Elul" - the 18th day of the month of Elul - is the birthday, in 1698, of the founder of Chassidism, Rabbi Israel Baal Shem Tov. It is also the day on which his "spiritual grandson," the founder of Chabad, Rabbi Schneur Zalman of Liadi, was born, in 1745
"Chai Elul" - the 18th day of the month of Elul - is the birthday, in 1698, of the founder of Chassidism, Rabbi Israel Baal Shem Tov. It is also the day on which his "spiritual grandson," the founder of Chabad, Rabbi Schneur Zalman of Liadi, was born, in 1745
Parshah
Nitzavim-Vayelech in a Nutshell
The diverse unity of Israel, the practicality of Torah, the future redemption, freedom of choice . . . Also: The last day of Moses’ life, the Torah is put in writing, a disheartening prediction and an encouraging promise.
The diverse unity of Israel, the practicality of Torah, the future redemption, freedom of choice . . . Also: The last day of Moses’ life, the Torah is put in writing, a disheartening prediction and an encouraging promise.
What is a Soul?
After my on-line chat with that tech-support angel, I did my research. Here's a little conversation I dug up that tells it all. Phone call from Copenhagen to Berlin, 1926...
After my on-line chat with that tech-support angel, I did my research. Here's a little conversation I dug up that tells it all. Phone call from Copenhagen to Berlin, 1926...
Story
The Man Who Crossed the River with a Kerchief
"Perhaps I can help you," said the Baal Shem Tov. On small slips of paper he wrote, in simple Yiddish, "morning prayers," "addition for Mondays and Thursdays," "for Shabbat," and inserted them in the innkeeper's siddur
"Perhaps I can help you," said the Baal Shem Tov. On small slips of paper he wrote, in simple Yiddish, "morning prayers," "addition for Mondays and Thursdays," "for Shabbat," and inserted them in the innkeeper's siddur
Parenting
Now or Later?
Raising children requires an investment of time. Regarding that, we have no choice in the matter. But we can choose when that time will be spent
Raising children requires an investment of time. Regarding that, we have no choice in the matter. But we can choose when that time will be spent
Said Rabbi Shimon ben Lakish: The days of the righteous may die, but they do not die... It does not say, "and Israel drew near to die," but "the days of Israel drew near to die" (Genesis 47:29)
— Midrash Rabbah
Print Magazine
The world is a place of constant change and unrest.
Each point in time is distinct from the point before and the point after.
Each point in space is its own world, with its own conditions and state of being.
It is a world of fragments, a perpetual rush of traffic and noise.
Look at your own life: You do so ...
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