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Shlach 5764 - June 11, 2004
Beating the Odds
They determine who will die, and when. They control the weather, the stock market, and whose car will spring a flat tire during rush hour. Powerful things, the Odds
They determine who will die, and when. They control the weather, the stock market, and whose car will spring a flat tire during rush hour. Powerful things, the Odds
Parshah
Shelach in a Nutshell
The twelve spies return with giant fruit, frightening the Jewish people, who complain and receive a severe punishment. Laws of challah and tzitzit. A man publically desecrates Shabbat, and is put to death.
The twelve spies return with giant fruit, frightening the Jewish people, who complain and receive a severe punishment. Laws of challah and tzitzit. A man publically desecrates Shabbat, and is put to death.
The Angel Files
What is a soul? I asked a couple of angels, a psychiatrist, a physicist and a guru, and this is what they told me...
What is a soul? I asked a couple of angels, a psychiatrist, a physicist and a guru, and this is what they told me...
The Caretaker
He'll arrive at dawn, just as my morning coffee begins to percolate. Long after it has grown dark outdoors I’ll observe his familiar figure, as lights throughout the building systematically switch on, tracking his progress from room to room
He'll arrive at dawn, just as my morning coffee begins to percolate. Long after it has grown dark outdoors I’ll observe his familiar figure, as lights throughout the building systematically switch on, tracking his progress from room to room
Parenting
Excuses
"I get porridge for breakfast," complained the yeshivah student, "porridge for lunch and porridge for dinner." To which his friend student responded: "I get excuses. From porridge one can live; from excuses a body can die!"
"I get porridge for breakfast," complained the yeshivah student, "porridge for lunch and porridge for dinner." To which his friend student responded: "I get excuses. From porridge one can live; from excuses a body can die!"
Story
Pride
"The one," said the Baal Shem Tov, "who knows the answer to the question, 'How can one overcome the pride in one's heart?' -- he is the man who can guide you in your service of the Almighty"
"The one," said the Baal Shem Tov, "who knows the answer to the question, 'How can one overcome the pride in one's heart?' -- he is the man who can guide you in your service of the Almighty"
They hung it from two poles, each with two men at each end; thus it required eight men to carry the cluster of grapes. One man carried a fig, and one a pomegranate
— Rashi on Numbers 13:23, describing how the Spies brought back the fruit of the Land of Canaan
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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