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Vayigash 5762 - December 21, 2001
The Value of Life
Placing an infinite value on every human life means an utter rejection of any "scale" by which to quantify and qualify its worth.
Placing an infinite value on every human life means an utter rejection of any "scale" by which to quantify and qualify its worth.
Parshah
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Joseph finally reveals his identity; his brothers are remorseful, his father overjoyed, and all come to live in the fertile ghetto of Goshen, Egypt. Happy ending or tragic beginning?
Joseph finally reveals his identity; his brothers are remorseful, his father overjoyed, and all come to live in the fertile ghetto of Goshen, Egypt. Happy ending or tragic beginning?
Story
Do You Have a Father?
What kind of question did Joseph ask his brothers? Doesn't everybody have a father?
What kind of question did Joseph ask his brothers? Doesn't everybody have a father?
Vistas
At a certain point we have lived long enough to see that every choice we made was made in ignorance.
At a certain point we have lived long enough to see that every choice we made was made in ignorance.
Parenting
Stones and Pebbles
In our busy lives today, there is only one way to make the time for things that are important to us and that is by employing the "Jar Parable"
In our busy lives today, there is only one way to make the time for things that are important to us and that is by employing the "Jar Parable"
When a rooster has wallowed in the dust, a thousand people with a thousand combs cannot clean it; but with a single vigorous shake, the rooster can free himself of every last speck of dust
— The Chassidic masters
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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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