ב"ה
Vayeishev 5762 - December 7, 2001
Righteous Individual vs. Righteous Leader
Why was the leadership of Israel taken from Reuben and given to Judah? What does this teach us about the leaders we should choose to follow and the leadership we should display?
Why was the leadership of Israel taken from Reuben and given to Judah? What does this teach us about the leaders we should choose to follow and the leadership we should display?
Parshah
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Joseph and his brothers, Judah and Tamar, Potiphar's wife, the Butler and the Baker... There's the Biblical story, the Midrashic interpretations, and the deeper dimensions revealed by the Chassidic masters
Joseph and his brothers, Judah and Tamar, Potiphar's wife, the Butler and the Baker... There's the Biblical story, the Midrashic interpretations, and the deeper dimensions revealed by the Chassidic masters
Story
The Black Carriage
Reb Shmuel reputedly said to the Rebbe: “If you are a true Rebbe, you have nothing to fear by being arrested. If you are not, you deserve whatever they will do to you”
Reb Shmuel reputedly said to the Rebbe: “If you are a true Rebbe, you have nothing to fear by being arrested. If you are not, you deserve whatever they will do to you”
What's So Terrible About Idolatry?
I don't mean massive temples with human sacrifices. What about a civilized idolater, in the privacy of his own home? What's so terrible?
I don't mean massive temples with human sacrifices. What about a civilized idolater, in the privacy of his own home? What's so terrible?
Parenting
Getting Your Way
If I said "No" to my child for something they wanted and then changed my mind, would it come across as a weakness on my part?
If I said "No" to my child for something they wanted and then changed my mind, would it come across as a weakness on my part?
Chanukah Preview
An eight-part journey into the soul of Chanukah... Tzvi Freeman's Menorah Files... Chanukah Stories…
An eight-part journey into the soul of Chanukah... Tzvi Freeman's Menorah Files... Chanukah Stories…
Every kindness bestowed by G-d should cause a person to be exceedingly humble. For a Divine kindness means that G-d is literally bringing the person closer to Himself; and the closer a person is to G-d, the greater the humility this should evoke in him. Since "all before Him is as naught," the more "before Him" a person is, the more "as naught" should he perceive himself to be.
— Rabbi Schneur Zalman of Liadi, upon his liberation from prison
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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