Massei 5768 - August 1, 2008 |
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When Tragedy Strikes
By Nechemia Schusterman
Is it a message from G‑d, calling us all to take heed, or are the tradedies that strike our lives just random events? |
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In Treatment For 40 Years
By Yisrael Pinson
I guess I would have sided with the Jews who wanted to stay in the desert... |
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Yellow Presents
By Devorah Tzuf
"When I was about three years old, the war broke out. I was too young to know why things were so hard, but old enough to know that every egg and every piece of fruit was a real treasure." |
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What Can I Do about My Bad Luck?
By Chaya Sarah Silberberg
Is it possible for someone to have bad luck? I am a college graduate, a learned man, but cannot seem to make any money... |
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Why Does Judaism Forbid Tattoos?
By Baruch S. Davidson
The human body is G‑d's creation, and it is therefore unbefitting to mutilate G‑d's handiwork... |
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Why Are Men Always Complaining About Their Marriages?
By Tzvi Freeman
I dream of one day having a wife, a loving relationship and children. But almost all the married men I know complain about their marriages. Is marriage really as bad as all those grumbling husbands say it is? |
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The Story of a Life
By Michal Evenari
I was born Christel Eckern in a little town in northern Germany in 1934, to devoutly Christian parents who received me as a gift from G‑d. What they could not see was that G‑d had given me a Jewish soul |
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Flames by Day
By Tzippora Price
My personal mourning mingles with the mourning of centuries, with the loss of our Temple, a physical house in which to receive the presence of G‑d. Grief layers upon grief... |
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Rachel
By Rafaella Levine
Rachel jumped before Him/ Her long silence done/ To tell her story for the first time |
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The Parshah in a Nutshell
The forty-two journeys in the journey of life, havens for inadvertent murderers, and marriage partners for the daughters of Tzelafchad -- plus what it all means according to sages and mystics from Moses to today |
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Journeys
By Zalman Posner
Our forty-year desert sojourn is a metaphor for our long national history of wandering. It also infuses us with hope and purpose. |
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A Kabbalist's Guide to Hieroglyphics
By Boruch Cohen
This thing about the Jews were "wandering" through the desert is a misconception. They were no more wandering through the desert than a spelling-bee champion wanders through the alphabet |
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How Many Roads Must A Man Stumble Down?
By Elisha Greenbaum
The answer is easy: 42. It's the question that's s more difficult to ascertain |
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A Slumber and a Headache
Based on the teachings of the Lubavitcher Rebbe
Three aspects of tzimtzum |
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Phases Of Freedom
By Tali Loewenthal
Are we searching for freedom? Then the Torah will help us in our search... |
