ב"ה
Chanukah 5763 - Nov. 29-Dec. 7, 2002
The Lightness of Being
If you recorded every word you said for 24 hours, you'd probably find hundreds of references to light. Light, brightness, radiance -- these are the metaphors we use when we wish to speak about hope, wisdom, and goodness
If you recorded every word you said for 24 hours, you'd probably find hundreds of references to light. Light, brightness, radiance -- these are the metaphors we use when we wish to speak about hope, wisdom, and goodness
Parshah
Vayeshev in a Nutshell
Jacob makes a colored coat for his favorite son, Joseph. Joseph’s brothers are jealous; they sell him to travelling Ishmaelites, and tell Jacob he is dead. Joseph is taken to Egypt, works for Potiphar, and is thrown into jail, where he meets the baker and the butler and interprets their dreams.
Jacob makes a colored coat for his favorite son, Joseph. Joseph’s brothers are jealous; they sell him to travelling Ishmaelites, and tell Jacob he is dead. Joseph is taken to Egypt, works for Potiphar, and is thrown into jail, where he meets the baker and the butler and interprets their dreams.
Shutters and Blinds
What does light give? The details. The color and texture. The fullness and the goodness. It balances the shadows and fills in the outlines, so that the remaining darkness only adds contrast, complexity, beauty and interest to my world.
What does light give? The details. The color and texture. The fullness and the goodness. It balances the shadows and fills in the outlines, so that the remaining darkness only adds contrast, complexity, beauty and interest to my world.
Why Couldn't the Jews and Greeks Just Get Along?
The Jews and Greeks could have learned so much from each other! Instead, the extremists of both sides hit the battlefield
The Jews and Greeks could have learned so much from each other! Instead, the extremists of both sides hit the battlefield
Story
Eight Chanukah Stories
Judea, 139 BCE... Heaven, 25 Kislev, 3622 from creation... Mezhibuzh, 18th Century... France, 1942... Kharkov, 1995... Los Angeles, 2002...
Judea, 139 BCE... Heaven, 25 Kislev, 3622 from creation... Mezhibuzh, 18th Century... France, 1942... Kharkov, 1995... Los Angeles, 2002...
Eight Shades of Light
In the beginning, darkness and light were one. Then G-d separated between revealed good and concealed good, challenging us to cultivate the day and transform the night
In the beginning, darkness and light were one. Then G-d separated between revealed good and concealed good, challenging us to cultivate the day and transform the night
May the L-rd, G-d of spirits of all flesh, appoint a man over the community; who will go forth before them and come before them, who will lead them out and bring them in, so that the congregation of G-d will not be like sheep without a shepherd...
— Numbers 27:16-17
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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