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Re'eh 5764 - August 13, 2004

The One Dollar Life

Open your wallet. Take out a single dollar bill. Place it on the table in front of you. Take a long, contemplative look at it. In many ways, this is the most spiritual thing you own
Parshah
Re’eh in a Nutshell
About two mountains, from which blessings and curses are announced; a home for G‑d, and the difference between holiness and chosenness; meat, blood, false prophets, idolaters, kosher signs, tithes, pilgrimages, and the special Jewish idea of charity.
Story
The Girl with the Gold Watch

Betsheva's father had taken all possible precautions to hide the illegal factory, covering its entrance with large planks of wood. But the approaching footsteps sounded like they knew where they were headed...
Living
Moshiach: Why Now?

Some people think Judaism is all about tradition. It's not. It's about making a whole new world
Parenting
Communication That Gets Results

Real change can only happen if we are prepared to give up our old set of beliefs about the other person
G-d acquired five acquisitions in His world: the Torah is one aquisition, the heavens and the earth is one aquisition, Abraham is one aquisition, the people of Israel is one aquisition, and the Holy Temple is one aquisition
— Ethics of Fathers, 6:10
Print Magazine

Due to the limitations of your reality, some of your best friends can enter only incognito.

In fact, the really big ones sometimes sneak in disguised as ugly monsters and vicious enemies. Otherwise, the guards at the gate would never permit them entry.

These are the events optimists call “blessings in disguise.”

Here’...