Chukat 5768 - July 4, 2008 |
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The Fat Cell Conondrum
By Naftali Silberberg
It turns out that you're stuck with the number of fat cells you have acquired by about age twenty. Even extreme weight-loss strategies do not reduce that number. Spiritually, we're built that way too... |
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Journey to the Wilderness
By Rochmy Ollech
What would it be like to live in complete harmony with nature in its purest form? This past winter, David Wakil, a pilot by profession, fulfilled that vision when he traveled from his city of residence in Sydney, Australia to Antarctica... |
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A Bad Scene
By Sara Chana Radcliffe
Suddenly 17-yearold Ethan was shouting and lashing out at his brother. He then stomped furiously out of the house, slamming the front door behind him... |
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At My Friend's Wedding
By Mordechai Lightstone
The other night one of my dearest friends was married. He had looked past his personal inhibitions, I had remained imprisoned by mine. |
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Can G‑d Create a Rock That's Too Heavy for Him to Lift?
By Tzvi Freeman
You see a ray of light from the sun shining in through your window. "Where did you come from?" you ask. It answers, of course, that it came from the sun. So you ask it, "Let me see what you look like as you are in your source within the sun..." |
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What Are Angels?
By Baruch S. Davidson
There are ten types: Chayot Hakodesh, Ophanim, Erelim, Chashmalim, Seraphim, Malachim, Elokim, Bene Elokim, Cheruvim, and Ishim--ranked according to the degree of their understanding of G‑d. |
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The Power of a Niggun
By A. Sheleg
Someone lit a lamp. People squinted at each other in the sudden light, and then to their shock and surprise they noticed a new face among them... |
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The Parshah in a Nutshell
About the Red heifer (and her son), two kinds of water (life-bearing and strife-bearing), the passing of Miriam, Aaron's death by "divine kiss", a brass serpent pointing heavenward, a song to a well and a battle with giants... |
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Life Without Bumps
Based on the teachings of the Lubavitcher Rebbe
There must be important and less important things, primary and secondary goals, severe and less severe setbacks. But no less crucial are the moments and experiences that bring us in touch with the underlying singularity of our existence... |
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Waters of Strife
By Yanki Tauber
A common denominator in all the explanations of the "Waters of Strife" incident is the implication that whatever the problem was, that wasn't really the problem. Basically, G-d is getting Moses on a technicality |
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The Congresswoman and the Rebbe
By Dovid Zaklikowski
She was the first African-American woman elected to Congress, but a race-driven politics shunted her off to a minor sub-committee where it was assumed that she could have little influence. Then Shirley Chisholm met with the Rebbe... |
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Children with Special Needs - A Correspondence
Correspondence of the Rebbe and Dr. Robert Wilkes, at the time director of the Child Development Center at the Coney Island Hospital |
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When the Rebbe Asked for a Birthday Present
Correspondence by Rabbi Menachem M. Schneerson, The Lubavitcher Rebbe
The Rebbe requests a birthday gift from business tycoon David Chase. A lively correspondence ensues. |
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The Eternal Jew
Pamela lit the Menorah for the first time that Hannukah, a little Menorah that Mrs. Shaffer brought us. And then she continued lighting her candle for the Sabbath every Friday. Without fail, ever... |
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The Rebbe's Children
By Diane Abrams
The Rebbe himself had no children, yet he gave so many people blessings for children. Who are the Rebbe's children? |
