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Yom Kippur 5763 - September 15, 2002
Life Vs. Terror: a 9/11 Anthology
A year should give us perspective. 365 days to cart off the debris, get our bearings, and take the first small step on the path toward understanding. Of course, none of that has occurred
A year should give us perspective. 365 days to cart off the debris, get our bearings, and take the first small step on the path toward understanding. Of course, none of that has occurred
When Heaven is Evil
You can have two religions or five or fifty and it's okay. Pray on a carpet, on your knees, standing up. Whatever. But when it comes to morality there is only one G-d
You can have two religions or five or fifty and it's okay. Pray on a carpet, on your knees, standing up. Whatever. But when it comes to morality there is only one G-d
Story
The Cantonists' Minyan
The few who survived were so emotionally and psychologically destroyed that they were never able to live normal lives. They lived together in little villages, apart from the rest of the world
The few who survived were so emotionally and psychologically destroyed that they were never able to live normal lives. They lived together in little villages, apart from the rest of the world
Voicemail
You will hear one long note, three short beeps, nine shorter beeps, and a long note. If you feel you reached us in error, this is the right place, for to err is human and to forgive is divine . . .
You will hear one long note, three short beeps, nine shorter beeps, and a long note. If you feel you reached us in error, this is the right place, for to err is human and to forgive is divine . . .
Parshah
Yom Kippur Torah Readings in a Nutshell
The "annual singularity" (achat bashanah) brought together the holiest day of the year, the loftiest soul on earth, and the holiest place in the universe
The "annual singularity" (achat bashanah) brought together the holiest day of the year, the loftiest soul on earth, and the holiest place in the universe
The Four Meanings of Sin
What is sin? The Midrash records a “panel discussion” featuring a philosopher, a prophet, the Torah and G-d.
What is sin? The Midrash records a “panel discussion” featuring a philosopher, a prophet, the Torah and G-d.
"Console, console My people," says your G-d. Speak to the heart of Jerusalem and call to her, for she has become full from her host, for her iniquity has been appeased; for she has taken from the hand of the Lord double for all her sins...
— Isaiah 40:1-2 (read on the Shabbat after Tisha B'Av)
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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