ב"ה
Eikev 5765 - August 26, 2005
Current
The Fate of Gush Katif is the Fate of New York
There are 20,000 Jews living in Berlin amongst 3.6 million Germans. Would anyone dare suggest that we should expel the Jews from Berlin because they may be a provocation to 3.6 million Germans..?
There are 20,000 Jews living in Berlin amongst 3.6 million Germans. Would anyone dare suggest that we should expel the Jews from Berlin because they may be a provocation to 3.6 million Germans..?
Parshah
Eikev in a Nutshell
Moses describes Israel as a land flowing with milk and honey, describes the seven kinds of produce with which the land is blessed, and warns the nation about becoming haughty in the Promised Land.
Moses describes Israel as a land flowing with milk and honey, describes the seven kinds of produce with which the land is blessed, and warns the nation about becoming haughty in the Promised Land.
Mama
It’s the first word a baby learns to speak. It’s the kindest word in any language. It’s the name of G‑d.
It’s the first word a baby learns to speak. It’s the kindest word in any language. It’s the name of G‑d.
Relationships
There's More to Love than Giving
As long as you are always giving without asking for anything in return, you have not allowed any space for her in your life
As long as you are always giving without asking for anything in return, you have not allowed any space for her in your life
Story
The Meeting
“Hundreds of mitzvot were about to be performed in Shchedrin! Never mind the eighteen rubles that will be raised—considering the sums of money that the yetzer hara deals with, this is a mere pittance. But the mitzvot . . . !”
“Hundreds of mitzvot were about to be performed in Shchedrin! Never mind the eighteen rubles that will be raised—considering the sums of money that the yetzer hara deals with, this is a mere pittance. But the mitzvot . . . !”
Parenting
Humpty Dumpty Should Have a Great Fall
There is no such thing as a “meaningless” nursery rhyme. If it is nonsensical, it fills up a child’s mind with nonsense
There is no such thing as a “meaningless” nursery rhyme. If it is nonsensical, it fills up a child’s mind with nonsense
Just as with the mitzva of tefillin, for example, there is a designated place for them on the head and arm, and one feels the weight of the head-tefilla and the tightness of the hand-tefilla, so too with the mitzvot of love and fear of G-d... the fulfillment of these mitzvot is that there be a bodily sensation, that the very flesh of the heart actually feel; just as, for example, [the love one feels] when one meets a truly devoted friend.
— Hayom Yom, Av 20
Print Magazine
Looking at your world from Above, all is good.
Looking at your world from within, things don’t always look so nice.
Until you connect your world below to the world above. Then the goodness flows downward without distortion.
How do you make that connection? By clinging tightly above.
By putting all your trust in G‑d.
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