ב"ה
Re'eh 5766 - August 18, 2006
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The View from Below
“Rebbe, I don’t understand,” the disciple asked. “When you were here, your prayers protected us. But now that you are in heaven—and your spiritual power is even greater—all these terrible things are happening . . .”
“Rebbe, I don’t understand,” the disciple asked. “When you were here, your prayers protected us. But now that you are in heaven—and your spiritual power is even greater—all these terrible things are happening . . .”
Parshah
Re’eh in a Nutshell
About two mountains, from which blessings and curses are announced; a home for G‑d, and the difference between holiness and chosenness; meat, blood, false prophets, idolaters, kosher signs, tithes, pilgrimages, and the special Jewish idea of charity.
About two mountains, from which blessings and curses are announced; a home for G‑d, and the difference between holiness and chosenness; meat, blood, false prophets, idolaters, kosher signs, tithes, pilgrimages, and the special Jewish idea of charity.
How Faith Saved the Atheist
A medical resident--we called her "Dr. Death"--chased us down the hallway. "Your husband wants to die," she told my mother, again.
A medical resident--we called her "Dr. Death"--chased us down the hallway. "Your husband wants to die," she told my mother, again.
Tending the Garden
I'm often asked: Where are the feminine voices in Jewish history, the feminine role models? Why are they not leading the way?
I'm often asked: Where are the feminine voices in Jewish history, the feminine role models? Why are they not leading the way?
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On the Frontline (a photo gallery)
Chabad-Lubavitch Rabbis have been praying with soldiers, donning Tefillin with them, encouraging them, chatting with them, bringing them cold drinks and refreshments, and even making evening barbeques...
Chabad-Lubavitch Rabbis have been praying with soldiers, donning Tefillin with them, encouraging them, chatting with them, bringing them cold drinks and refreshments, and even making evening barbeques...
Freedom of choice has been granted to every man...
This is a fundamental principle and a pillar of the Torah and its commandments. For if G-d were to decree that a person be righteous or wicked; of if there were to exist something in the very essence of a person's nature which would compel him toward a specific path, a specific conviction, a specific character trait or a specific deed... What place would the entire Torah have? And by what measure of justice would G-d punish the wicked and reward the righteous?
— Mishneh Torah, Laws of Repentance 5:1-3
Print Magazine
True peace is not a forced truce, not a homogenization of differences, not a common ground that abandons our home territories.
True peace is the oneness that sprouts from diversity, the beauty that emerges from a panorama of colors, strokes and textures, from the harmony of many instruments each playing a unique part, n...
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