Vayeitzei 5769 - Decenber 5, 2008 |
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UPDATE: Mumbai-Based Rabbi and Wife Killed in Terrorist Attacks
By Joshua Runyan and Motti Seligson
Rabbi Gavriel and Rivka Holtzberg, the beloved directors of Chabad-Lubavitch of Mumbai, were killed during one of the worst terrorist attacks to strike India in recent memory. |
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Where did all our prayers go?
By Tzvi Freeman
I was praying for Rabbi and Mrs. Holtzberg and all the other Jewish people in Mumbai asking for G‑d to help them. Why didn't He listen to me and the many others who prayed to him and asked for their lives to be saved? |
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Broken But Not Crushed
By Chana Weisberg
We are left with questions--heavy, unbearable and haunting questions. But if we succumb to doubt, pain and immobility, we give greater power to the evil around us... |
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I'm Telling You Child, You Are a Gentile
By Mirish Kiszner
Tonica Marlow couldn't take her eyes off the rabbi or the Torah scroll he held in his hand. What am I doing here? She kept asking herself. So many times, she had promised herself never to come here again and yet, here she was again... |
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What Is Wrong With People?
By Yisrael Pinson
Do you ever think to yourself: What in the world is wrong with people? Aren't they getting what I'm getting? Aren't they feeling what I'm feeling? |
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The Rebbe Who Saved a Village
Editor's note: In light of the recent tragedy which struck the Chabad-Lubavitch community, we find the following account, penned more than fifty years ago, particularly poignant--and most relevant |
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The Economics of Divorce
By Naftali Silberberg
Here's perhaps one of the most unfortunate side effects of this financial crunch: It seems that many couples are opting to remain married instead of divorcing—they simply can't afford to divorce... |
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Midnight Ironing
By Ann Goldberg
It's two o'clock in the morning and I need matchsticks to prop open my eyes. I'm sitting in the kitchen next to the ironing board trying hard to remain awake, listening out for sounds of Martin's arrival home... |
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The Parshah in a Nutshell
There's a dream to point the way and a dream to summon us back, and angels to send us off and angels greet us on our return. It's the story of Jacob's journey to Charan, and the story of every soul that visits this earth |
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Angels
By Jay Litvin
I met them in my car. There were maybe 10,000 or so of them hovering about. Some looked like Walt Disney cartoon angels, others were straight out of store window displays or greeting cards. Some looked like the plaster angels I used to buy in a Mexican market |
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Love at First Sight: Five Biblical Examples
By Yitzchak Ginsburgh
In five instances, the Torah describes the phenomenon of love at first sight: in the love of Adam for Eve, of Rebecca for Isaac, of Jacob for Rachel, of David for Abigail, and of David for Bathsheba. These five, in their historical order, are descending examples of how the intensity of love at first sight can be focused into mature, rooted love |
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Somewhere Between Spirituality and Religion
By Yanki Tauber
The question is not really do we have it, but what exactly is it. Is it a self-improvement thing, like a
woodworking class or a therapy session? Is it a duty, like obeying the law of the land and going to work in the morning? |
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Why Jews Nosh
By Elana Mizrahi
I know what she wants; she wants me to nurse her, she wants me to kiss her and comfort her...It's like her way of "checking in" to make sure that I'm still there and that I love her... |
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Add Light
By Sara Esther Crispe
We cannot change what has happened. But we can determine how we react to this tragedy. Please think about what you can do to bring more light to this darkness. Please share below what you are doing in memory of the Mumbai victims and for Gavriel and Rivka... |
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The Sticker Trade
By Tzippora Price
A child's world may seem simple, but it is where the complex task of forging an inner value system takes place... |
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