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Metzora 5768 - April 11, 2008
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Schwartz, the Wicked Son
What gets me about Schwartz is that he ain't stupid. He has brains, but all he does with them is tickle his own brains. Schwartz' brain stands outside life peering in, like a surgeon examining a cadaver...
What gets me about Schwartz is that he ain't stupid. He has brains, but all he does with them is tickle his own brains. Schwartz' brain stands outside life peering in, like a surgeon examining a cadaver...
Surviving Passover in the Siberian Gulag
The head of the camp's "political division" asked me if I was still abstaining from working on Sabbaths and not eating the meals served from the camp kitchen. Then she asked, "What is matza?"
The head of the camp's "political division" asked me if I was still abstaining from working on Sabbaths and not eating the meals served from the camp kitchen. Then she asked, "What is matza?"
The Escape Hatch
You're trapped in your life. Whichever way you turn, you encounter walls -- unshakable habits, antagonistic colleagues, elusive desires. There is a way out, but you're too big to squeeze through
You're trapped in your life. Whichever way you turn, you encounter walls -- unshakable habits, antagonistic colleagues, elusive desires. There is a way out, but you're too big to squeeze through
The Jewish Woman
Esther Tauby
For Esther Tauby listening is a way of life. Her own tragic experiences of losing two children have enabled her to reach out to others in distress...
For Esther Tauby listening is a way of life. Her own tragic experiences of losing two children have enabled her to reach out to others in distress...
Don't Passover the Tough Ones
I told my son about how -- as if in an over-the-top horror movie -- the television screen showed another plane hitting the Pentagon. The Pentagon... the place Nancy's husband Scott had gone to work that bright, clear morning...
I told my son about how -- as if in an over-the-top horror movie -- the television screen showed another plane hitting the Pentagon. The Pentagon... the place Nancy's husband Scott had gone to work that bright, clear morning...
Parshah
The Parshah in a Nutshell
The purification process for people and homes struck by tzaraat (commonly translated as “leprosy”), a spiritual malady.
The purification process for people and homes struck by tzaraat (commonly translated as “leprosy”), a spiritual malady.
The Monthly Marriage
Marriages need separations. Sometimes a couple will get into arguments and be angry at each other just for the sake of creating a distance so that husband and wife can feel like they’re coming together . . . But there’s a better way.
Marriages need separations. Sometimes a couple will get into arguments and be angry at each other just for the sake of creating a distance so that husband and wife can feel like they’re coming together . . . But there’s a better way.
But It's True...
How often people justify malicious gossip with the explanation that the slander is true?
How often people justify malicious gossip with the explanation that the slander is true?
Clouds, Curses and Concealed Compassion
Does every cloud really have a silver lining? Is there a blessing in disguise inside every curse?
Does every cloud really have a silver lining? Is there a blessing in disguise inside every curse?
Living
Is He Dead Yet?
No matter what side of the organ donor argument you are on, when you read Zach Dunlap's story you will probably take a step back—to contemplate
No matter what side of the organ donor argument you are on, when you read Zach Dunlap's story you will probably take a step back—to contemplate
Bedtime Troubles
As the late afternoon arrives, I already tense up for the long struggle ahead. My kids hate going to sleep...
As the late afternoon arrives, I already tense up for the long struggle ahead. My kids hate going to sleep...
Falling in Love... or Climbing in Love?
Many young people raise fears about making the commitment to marry. "How will I know that this is the right person, the perfect person, the person who is truly the other half of my soul? And even if I meet such a person, how do I know that our mutual attraction will last over time?"
Many young people raise fears about making the commitment to marry. "How will I know that this is the right person, the perfect person, the person who is truly the other half of my soul? And even if I meet such a person, how do I know that our mutual attraction will last over time?"
May it be Your will... that if I, Your servant, am from the tribe of ___ whose section of the Nasi I have read today in Your Torah, may all the holy sparks and holy illuminations that are included within the holiness of this tribe shine upon me, to grant me understanding and intelligence in Your Torah and my awe of You, to do Your will all the days of my life....
— Prayer recited after reading the "Nasi of the Day" on the first 13 days of Nissan
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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