by Osher Chaim Levene | Feb 19, 2004 | Beginner
People just don’t like creepy-crawlies. You only have to observe the instinctive recoiling in horror engendered by people while in the company of insects. To put it mildly, I was less than thrilled as a large, uninvited crane fly unleashed itself invading my...
by Hadassah Johnson | Feb 19, 2004 | Beginner
In Part One of this article we discussed our need to reconcile with HaShem and one another. In Part Two we will discuss how we can reconcile with one another. It is not enough for us to know that we need to reconcile, but we must understand how to reconcile. The...
by Rabbi Avi Shafran | Feb 19, 2004 | Beginner
There’s considerable cosmic meaning in Chanukah’s tendency to roughly coincide with a major Christian celebration (though this year they are several weeks apart). For, while Chanukah is often portrayed as a celebration of religious freedom (or even,...
by Rabbi Shimon Apisdorf | Feb 19, 2004 | Beginner
“For God’s candle is the soul of Man.” (Proverbs) The flames of the menorah are small and silent. On the first night of Chanukah we light one candle, one flame. Small and silent. We walk into the room and we barely notice its presence. It’s...
by Rabbi Avi Shafran | Feb 19, 2004 | Beginner
Thoughts of consequence can sometimes arise from the most mundane experiences, even something as unremarkable as a headache. Opening the medicine cabinet one day in search of relief, I was struck by a sticker on a prescription container. I had seen both the container...
