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Nitzavim-Vayelech 5767 - September 7, 2007
Parshah
The Parshah in a Nutshell
The diverse unity of Israel, the practicality of Torah, the future redemption, freedom of choice . . . Also: The last day of Moses’ life, the Torah is put in writing, a disheartening prediction and an encouraging promise.
The diverse unity of Israel, the practicality of Torah, the future redemption, freedom of choice . . . Also: The last day of Moses’ life, the Torah is put in writing, a disheartening prediction and an encouraging promise.
Choose Life
Do we really need the Torah to tell us to “choose life”? Which person of sound mind would choose death?
Do we really need the Torah to tell us to “choose life”? Which person of sound mind would choose death?
Healthy Dynamic
Dynamism, movement, progress, discovery and change... Or should it be strength, security, consolidation...?
Dynamism, movement, progress, discovery and change... Or should it be strength, security, consolidation...?
Translating Truth
Every translator grapples with two conflicting aims: to faithfully convey the content of the original, and to make it understood, attractive and “natural” in its foreign enclothment. How far to go? The Rebbe sees a precedent in the first Torah scroll written by Moses.
Every translator grapples with two conflicting aims: to faithfully convey the content of the original, and to make it understood, attractive and “natural” in its foreign enclothment. How far to go? The Rebbe sees a precedent in the first Torah scroll written by Moses.
Seasons
What is Selichot?
Several days before Rosh Hashanah we begin to recite the Selichot, a series of penitential prayers and liturgy.
Several days before Rosh Hashanah we begin to recite the Selichot, a series of penitential prayers and liturgy.
Bless You!
It's the time of year that Jews bless each other with life and health, sustenance and happiness. How does the blessing thing work?
It's the time of year that Jews bless each other with life and health, sustenance and happiness. How does the blessing thing work?
Living
Labor Day
Labor Day has been around since 1882; after 129 years, perhaps it’s time to dust off the holiday, shine some light on it and figure out what it’s all about. Or, more importantly, what it can mean to us . . .
Labor Day has been around since 1882; after 129 years, perhaps it’s time to dust off the holiday, shine some light on it and figure out what it’s all about. Or, more importantly, what it can mean to us . . .
The Scrabble of Life
I'm convinced that the game of Scrabble was invented by an undercover mystic...
I'm convinced that the game of Scrabble was invented by an undercover mystic...
News
Emotional Ceremony Returns Mezuzah to Serbian Synagogue After More Than 60 Years
A pair of Chabad-Lubavitch “Roving Rabbis” presided over an emotional ceremony this week that brought together all of Novi Sad, Serbia’s Jews.
A pair of Chabad-Lubavitch “Roving Rabbis” presided over an emotional ceremony this week that brought together all of Novi Sad, Serbia’s Jews.
The Jewish Woman
Dry Bones
I seemed to spend my days ping-ponging between the cold, grueling reality of chemotherapy and an over-emotional outpouring of kindness and compassion...
I seemed to spend my days ping-ponging between the cold, grueling reality of chemotherapy and an over-emotional outpouring of kindness and compassion...
You will be gathered up, one by one, O children of Israel
— Isaiah 27:12
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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