ב"ה
Tazria-Metzora 5766 - April 28, 2006
The Meaning of Making Money
If life is full of meaning, why am I spending it hustling other people for their money?
If life is full of meaning, why am I spending it hustling other people for their money?
Parshah
Tazria-Metzora in a Nutshell
The dynamics of birth and the covenant of circumcision, the power of speech and the plague of whiteness, contaminating blood and purifying pools of water.
The dynamics of birth and the covenant of circumcision, the power of speech and the plague of whiteness, contaminating blood and purifying pools of water.
Story
The Ruin in the Forest
Following the Baal Shem Tov’s directions, Rabbi Chaim led Moshe Meshel and the coach driver to a clearing among the trees that seemed to be a ruin of some sort, with the remnants of a number of buildings . . .
Following the Baal Shem Tov’s directions, Rabbi Chaim led Moshe Meshel and the coach driver to a clearing among the trees that seemed to be a ruin of some sort, with the remnants of a number of buildings . . .
Living
Can People Change?
G-d creates from "Nothing" because nothingness, ayin, actually means absolute, infinite possibility. And as a beings created in the image of G-d, we, too, can create "something from nothing"
G-d creates from "Nothing" because nothingness, ayin, actually means absolute, infinite possibility. And as a beings created in the image of G-d, we, too, can create "something from nothing"
What is a Shalom Zachar?
What consolation can we offer the soul? What can we answer to its cry: Why did I have to come down here?!
What consolation can we offer the soul? What can we answer to its cry: Why did I have to come down here?!
A Land Beyond Toys
Even if this life was here the whole time, if I just noticed it, then it is new...
Even if this life was here the whole time, if I just noticed it, then it is new...
Women
The Role of Women in Judaism
I wanted to celebrate the differences inherent in the sexes, rather than diminish them. To unravel the mysteries of what it meant to be a woman . . . what it meant to be a Jewish woman . . .
I wanted to celebrate the differences inherent in the sexes, rather than diminish them. To unravel the mysteries of what it meant to be a woman . . . what it meant to be a Jewish woman . . .
Rabbi [Judah HaNassi] would say: Which is the right path for man to choose for himself? Whatever is harmonious for the one who does it, and harmonious for mankind
— Ethics of the Fathers 2:1
Print Magazine
It’s G-d’s world. Everything He gives is good, the sweetest good.
But it is often a good far too great for us to understand. We imagine it is not good, because that’s the only way to make sense of it with our small minds.
Yet the truth is, He gives us all the good we can handle. If we could take more, He would g...
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