![No shortcuts in service to G-d]( "http://www.soulmazal.blogspot.com") No shortcuts in service to G-dThe sacred is in the details. It is in his attention to the detail of performing God’s command that Avraham models how we are to behave as Jews., 11/17/2019, 10:00 PM ![What goes up...]( "Flash 90") What goes up...From the pinnacle of the Tower, they planned to lay waste to Heaven., 11/3/2019, 11:06 AM ![The physical, the spiritual; the balance]( "צילום: דובר צה\"ל") The physical, the spiritual; the balanceWe forever teeter between the dual facets of our nature, seeking to impart spiritual meaning to the physical, to give honor and grace to our place in creation., 10/8/2019, 7:29 AM ![The frightening Other]( "iStock") The frightening OtherThe Stranger, fhe frightening Other and our broken promise. Should we as Jews fear being drawn into the prevailing climate of hate, of “otherness”? , 8/25/2019, 9:59 PM ![We cannot be counted]( "official photo from Israel Museum") We cannot be countedWeighing the importance of the individual against something even more important – the community. , 8/13/2019, 9:42 AM ![When it comes to Israel, G-d tells it like it is]( "iStock") When it comes to Israel, G-d tells it like it isThe impulse to create “fake news” and our vulnerability to fall victim to it, predates the evils of the last century. No matter how bleak the situation in the short term, God says we will return, we will rebuild, we will renew. We will flourish!, 7/4/2019, 12:29 PM ![Faults are thick where love is thin]( "Darryl Egnal") Faults are thick where love is thinPeace is hard. Love is harder. Why? Because it demands that we not only tolerate someone not like ourselves but that we embrace that person and hold them dear, as dearly as we hold ourselves., 6/18/2019, 8:31 AM ![Arachin: Value and worth in the balance]( "Flash90") Arachin: Value and worth in the balanceArachin speaks to the holiness inherent in the individual Jew; the “value” of his soul, as it were. Which raises the essential question, how to value such a “commodity”? How do we know if we are “worth” it?, 5/30/2019, 7:05 PM ![Affliction and grace]( "iStock") Affliction and graceThe treasure within. Remember, we do not see “the face”, we never see the full picture. It is possible that we never know what rests inside those walls., 4/12/2019, 3:09 PM ![The truth behind the mask]( "Flash 90") The truth behind the maskThe whole world is a narrow bridge, but the essence, is not to be afraid - Rav Nachman of Breslav
, 3/20/2019, 10:40 AM ![Money is like fire]( "Israel Antiquities Authority") Money is like fireIt is a challenge to reconcile the possibility of atonement being realized using worldly and possibly defiled coins. , 2/27/2019, 3:21 PM ![Shabbat Shira: Music of the spheres]( "Miri Tzachi") Shabbat Shira: Music of the spheresSong and meaning. We have always held that each element in creation is part of a magnificent symphony, not just the orbs in the heavens but also each of us. This is the power of shirah. , 1/18/2019, 1:57 PM ![Left is right, right is left]( "INN: RVR") Left is right, right is leftThis is what we want for our children and grandchildren; a level of devotion and commitment that comes from the kishkes., 12/20/2018, 2:21 PM ![Do not let Sodom into your home]( "iStock") Do not let Sodom into your homeWho could even think of allowing a child to use a computer without installing filters and safeguards. To do any less invites Sodom into one’s home., 10/21/2018, 10:14 AM ![The knock upon the door: Simchat Torah]( "Flash 90") The knock upon the door: Simchat TorahHow did it get so late so soon? Sadly, we all know too many people who come from generations of Torah scholars who do not know an aleph from an ayin. How, we wonder, could such a thing be?, 9/30/2018, 12:23 PM ![Haazinu: To remember, to forget]( "צילום: Kupat Hair") Haazinu: To remember, to forgetThe Torah never seeks the absence of something, rather the fullness of something. The Torah asks for an active state of memory through an act or a personal effort of memory., 9/20/2018, 2:38 PM ![Mercy, mercy]( "צילום: Flash 90") Mercy, mercyRachmanus (mercy), rachmanus...rodef rachmanus...Rabbi Soloveitchik explained it best., 8/5/2018, 7:38 AM ![Vaetchanan: If at first...]( "iStock") Vaetchanan: If at first...Sometimes, it is better to do some than to try and do it all. Sometimes, now is too soon., 7/26/2018, 4:37 AM ![Blind to the blessings]( "iStock") Blind to the blessingsHow easy it is to complain and ignore the blessings from the safety those very blessings confer upon us., 6/24/2018, 11:57 AM ![Fake News]( "Thinkstock") Fake NewsPropaganda by any other name...., 6/8/2018, 3:04 PM ![Each like the whole of Creation]( "Flash 90") Each like the whole of Creation“Here’s the difference between us,” explains the Israeli prime minister. “We’re using missile defense to protect our civilians, and they’re using their civilians to protect their missiles.”
- Charles Krauthammer, 5/29/2018, 3:33 PM ![Counting up, counting down]( "Istock") Counting up, counting downLag Ba'Omer marks the end of the sad customs of the period of sefira. Do we count ba'Omer or la'Omer, 5/3/2018, 2:35 AM ![How do we get to love? (Overseas)]( "Flash 90") How do we get to love? (Overseas)How do we go from seething in silence from the myriad hurts and humiliations we experience to a silence of strength and grace?, 4/26/2018, 9:12 PM ![The speaking voice]( "iStock") The speaking voiceIt is surely no coincidence that Parashat Tzav is always read during the Nisan- Pesach time of the year. Often, on Shabbat Hagadol., 3/23/2018, 12:11 PM ![Who stands behind the mask?]( "Golan Heights Winery") Who stands behind the mask?Rava said, It is one’s duty levasumei, to make oneself fragrant [with wine] on Purim until one cannot tell the difference between ‘arur Haman’ (cursed be Haman) and ‘barukh Mordekhai’ (blessed be Mordecai). Babylonian Talmud, Megillah 7b, 2/28/2018, 11:30 PM ![The children we have]( "פלאש 90") The children we haveBelieve me Rebbi, I only care about my child’s Yiddishkeit, and if he doesn’t go on the right path then I prefer that he should just die already - spoken to Harav Aaron Leib Shteinman, 1/18/2018, 5:32 PM
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