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Rosh Hashanah 5765 - September 15, 2004
The G-d Business
It's not for the money -- I had plenty of that before I started. And I'm not the kind of person need to be "doing something" to feel complete. So why am I doing this?
It's not for the money -- I had plenty of that before I started. And I'm not the kind of person need to be "doing something" to feel complete. So why am I doing this?
Birthing
It is painful, exciting, scary, unbelievable. There is no turning back. We were created to create, and it is time...
It is painful, exciting, scary, unbelievable. There is no turning back. We were created to create, and it is time...
If You Could Be G‑d for One Week, What Would You Do?
Who would you help? What punishments would you mete out? How would you handle this awesome responsibility?
Who would you help? What punishments would you mete out? How would you handle this awesome responsibility?
Story
The Fireman
Once it happened that a lad from a small village came to town for the first time. Suddenly he heard the sound of a bugle. He asked people what it meant...
Once it happened that a lad from a small village came to town for the first time. Suddenly he heard the sound of a bugle. He asked people what it meant...
Parenting
Are Your Children Afraid of Terrorism?
When children understand why we were created and why we are in this world, they become less anxious about the “what ifs” and more focused on to living each day to its fullest.
When children understand why we were created and why we are in this world, they become less anxious about the “what ifs” and more focused on to living each day to its fullest.
High Holiday: a Rosh Hashanah Anthology
The Cry of the Shofar: Two Chassidic Parables... Sweet: A Divine Revelation... The 48-hour Brain... Cooking the Year... The Waking of Creation...
The Cry of the Shofar: Two Chassidic Parables... Sweet: A Divine Revelation... The 48-hour Brain... Cooking the Year... The Waking of Creation...
Parshah
Rosh Hashanah Torah Readings in a Nutshell
Remembrance and laughter, banishment and benevolence, seven sheep and a well, the ultimate sacrifice and the origin of Jerusalem.
Remembrance and laughter, banishment and benevolence, seven sheep and a well, the ultimate sacrifice and the origin of Jerusalem.
Haazinu in a Nutshell
Moses’ song to the Jews before his passing. G‑d instructs Moses to climb Mount Nebo, from which he will view the Promised Land.
Moses’ song to the Jews before his passing. G‑d instructs Moses to climb Mount Nebo, from which he will view the Promised Land.
Although the blowing the Shofar is a divine decree, there is a hint within it, as if to say, "Wake up, sleepers, from your sleep, awaken from your slumber! Examine your actions, return in teshuvah, and remember your Creator..."
— Maimonides (Mishneh Torah, Laws of Teshuvah 3:4)
Print Magazine
Sometimes you look at yourself in the mirror and you feel unqualified. You know yourself, your failures and your faults, and you don't feel like you could be a model for others.
You say, "I should teach others? I should provide guidance?!"
So we tell you, “Yes. Because that is your place upon this planet: We live in a...
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