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Mishpatim 5767 - February 16, 2007

Not Yet

If I asked you, "Are you a millionaire?" would you say "no"? Or would you say "not yet"?
Parshah
Mishpatim-Shekalim
Many laws are introduced to the fledgling nation. Among the 53 laws presented are the laws of servants, and the observance of the seasonal festivals and the kosher laws. Moses ascends to heaven for 40 days and nights to receive the Torah.
Entering the Shabbat

Koby died on Tuesday, and was buried on Wednesday night. There were two days of mourning before Shabbat
Parenting
Bubbying

Was I ready to join the ranks of the silver-haired, mah jong playing, picture-toting club?
Story
Running out of Gas

It was the kind of neighborhood where you don’'t just take a leisurely walk, even in the daytime. I was scared . . .
A person is always liable [for damage he causes] whether inadvertently or willfully, whether awake or asleep
— Talmud, Bava Kama 26a
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...