ב"ה
Bamidbar 5765 - June 3, 2005
G-d's Back
We walked past shops that looked like they'd been bombed away. Smoke was rising from the burning debris. A family looking through a heap of rubble at a place they once called home...
We walked past shops that looked like they'd been bombed away. Smoke was rising from the burning debris. A family looking through a heap of rubble at a place they once called home...
Parshah
Bamidbar in a Nutshell
Moses conducts an organized census totaling 603,550 draftable men. The tribes travel and camp in formation, and the three Levite clans dismantle, transport and reassemble the Tabernacle.
Moses conducts an organized census totaling 603,550 draftable men. The tribes travel and camp in formation, and the three Levite clans dismantle, transport and reassemble the Tabernacle.
Story
Yisroel
Yisroel stood in the doorway, cheeks and nose bright red from the cold, snow encrusting his thick brown bangs. “My mother is still not here, and I’m frozen. Can I wait inside?”
Yisroel stood in the doorway, cheeks and nose bright red from the cold, snow encrusting his thick brown bangs. “My mother is still not here, and I’m frozen. Can I wait inside?”
What Do Dreams Mean?
It was so vivid that I was sure it was real. What does my dream mean? Does it mean anything?
It was so vivid that I was sure it was real. What does my dream mean? Does it mean anything?
The Counting Paradox
A census achieves two contrary aims. By focusing on the total sum, it asks the individual to suspend his individuality; at the same time, it compels him to ask himself if he is worthy of contributing to the total...
A census achieves two contrary aims. By focusing on the total sum, it asks the individual to suspend his individuality; at the same time, it compels him to ask himself if he is worthy of contributing to the total...
The Power of Speech
In a rare show of bipartisan initiative, both Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist and Senate Democratic leader Harry M. Reid have been approached to help resolve 'Filibustering Rabbi' issue on Long Island.
In a rare show of bipartisan initiative, both Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist and Senate Democratic leader Harry M. Reid have been approached to help resolve 'Filibustering Rabbi' issue on Long Island.
A group of chassidim, followers of Rabbi Schneur Zalman of Liadi (1745-1812) were sitting at a farbrengen (chassidic gathering). The core of their discussion was this: The Rebbe has accomplished something novel--that we are not alone....
— Hayom Yom, Iyar 22
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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