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Tisha B'av 5765 - August 14, 2005

Current
A Mission of Discovery

We strap a rocket on our back. A fiery blast of passion frees us of earth's seemingly irresistible gravity. Yet the fulfillment of our mission depends on a successful landing...
Parshah
Devarim in a Nutshell
For thirty-seven days Moses talks: recalling, reminding, rebuking, warning, promising; about the revelation at Sinai and their journeys through the desert, about spies and wars and victories and the Land, and what it’s like to serve as a leader of G‑d’s chosen people.
Story
The Laughter of Rabbi Akiva

When they reached the Temple Mount, they saw a fox emerging from the place of the Holy of Holies. The others started weeping; Rabbi Akiva laughed...
Relationships
The Marriage Counselor

"She constantly criticizes me . Nothing I do for her is ever good enough. She has no respect for me and no gratitude for all that I provide for her. Where is the trust and loyalty she pledged when we married?"
Our Wall

As builders go, King Solomon had a sentimental streak....
The Fallen Sparks of Tohu

The very core of reality is G-d’s shattered dream, waiting for us to pick up the pieces.
Current
Manna Bashing

They called the wonder-food "despicable." They claimed they could not stomach its "unnaturalness," that their bodies could not contain the miracle gift within its boundaries...
Turn away from evil and do good; seek peace and pursue it
— Psalms 34:15
Print Magazine

True peace is not a forced truce, not a homogenization of differences, not a common ground that abandons our home territories.

True peace is the oneness that sprouts from diversity, the beauty that emerges from a panorama of colors, strokes and textures, from the harmony of many instruments each playing a unique part, n...

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