| Devarim 5761 - July 27, 2001 |
When (and How) to be Sad
A man is dancing at the wedding of his only child. He's a good dancer, but
never before, and never again in his lifetime, will his dancing attain the grace
and expressiveness it now displays. In fact, all his talents, capabilities and
qualities are currently at their zenith: put a brush in his hand, and he'll
paint you a picture which exacts the utmost of his artistic potential.
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Devarim
Deuteronomy 1:1-3:22
Torah Reading for Week of July 22-28, 2001
Moses begins his "repetition of the Torah" to the assembled Children of Israel. For thirty-seven days, from the 1st of Shevat to the day of his passing on Adar 7, he reviews the events that occurred and laws that were given in the course of their 40-year journey from Egypt to Sinai to the Promised Land....
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The Expensive Blessing
The Chassid was by no means a wealthy man. Already, the extended
traveling had cut deep into his resources. What to
do? Eventually he decided that he just could not meet the
Karliner Rebbe’s demand. He respectfully took leave of the Rebbe and
departed for home, but in his heart he felt resentful: how could a tzaddik request so much money for a blessing?
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The Grammar of Love
In the book of Proverbs King Solomon declares: "He who has found a woman has found good." Yet in the 7th chapter of Ecclesiastes he states, "And I find more bitter than death the woman."
The grammatical differences between these two verses explain the conflicting images of woman they convey: Are you searching for love in the present, or in your past? Are you looking for your soulmate or are you looking for yourself?
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Are human beings the only conscious beings in the universe?
What does Jewish tradition say about life in outer space?
Dr. Velvl Greene, a biologist enlisted by NASA in their project to
determine if there was life on Mars, asked the Lubavitcher Rebbe privately if
this was something he should be doing.
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Ramblings about Stress and Love
What is stress if not the feeling that life is too much? And what is love if not a merging with the other, creating a larger body, a more expansive being, an entity of sufficient resilience to contain and absorb the too much of life?
The other thing - the inexplicable thing - is that the love begins to attract the resources necessary to actually deal with the physical problem or problems that cause the stress. Somehow this happens. At least in my life it does, and my gut tells me that it’s a universal experience. (Ooowah, now we’re entering into the world of magic, hey-what?)
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