ב"ה
Tishah B'Av 5766 - August 3, 2006
Was the Holocaust a Punishment from G‑d?
Why can we say that biblical tragedies were punishments, yet contemporary ones are “the mysterious way of G-d”? Have today’s rabbis changed their perception of G-d to fit what’s politically correct?
Why can we say that biblical tragedies were punishments, yet contemporary ones are “the mysterious way of G-d”? Have today’s rabbis changed their perception of G-d to fit what’s politically correct?
Parshah
Va’etchanan in a Nutshell
In which Moses implores G‑d, describes the Exodus and the giving of the Torah, predicts Israel’s abandonment and return to G‑d, and summarizes the fundamentals of the Jewish faith.
In which Moses implores G‑d, describes the Exodus and the giving of the Torah, predicts Israel’s abandonment and return to G‑d, and summarizes the fundamentals of the Jewish faith.
Story
Kamtza and Bar Kamtza
It happened this way: A certain man had a friend named Kamtza and an enemy called Bar Kamtza. He once made a party and said to his servant, “Go and bring Kamtza” . . .
It happened this way: A certain man had a friend named Kamtza and an enemy called Bar Kamtza. He once made a party and said to his servant, “Go and bring Kamtza” . . .
The Shabbat Man
Some called him Reverend Abrahamson. Others called him Cantor. My father called him Chazzan and bristled at the other names...
Some called him Reverend Abrahamson. Others called him Cantor. My father called him Chazzan and bristled at the other names...
One People
Gaza evacuees hosting refugees from the north; a bag of Toronto pastries on the shoulder of Highway 81...
Gaza evacuees hosting refugees from the north; a bag of Toronto pastries on the shoulder of Highway 81...
Current
Turning Out for a Strategic Meeting of Spiritual Proportions
Besieged Chabad emissaries, who have spent the last three weeks visting bomb shelters in the north of Israel, gather just miles from Lebanese border
Besieged Chabad emissaries, who have spent the last three weeks visting bomb shelters in the north of Israel, gather just miles from Lebanese border
"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
Looking at your world from Above, all is good.
Looking at your world from within, things don’t always look so nice.
Until you connect your world below to the world above. Then the goodness flows downward without distortion.
How do you make that connection? By clinging tightly above.
By putting all your trust in G‑d.
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