(this portion belongs to last week’s reading, my apologies for the late publishing) During the last parashot the Torah has been talking about the Mishkan (Tabernacle) building. Materials, sizes, locations and specifications were mentioned. I even compared these instructions with an Ikea manual, considering the substantial difference – Ikea doesn’t instruct with which mindset you’re supposed to assemble your stuff and when
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(This portion belongs to last week’s reading, my apologies for the late publishing) Making non-physical or non-material connections challenges intrinsically our condition as simple human beings , but meaning in life can be found only by assuming the imperative necessity of being reflective beings. The missassumption of this challenge means sentencing our souls to be separated from our existence. In the last Torah
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If you want to learn the essence of Judaism according to the Torah don’t miss Parashat Mishpatim! In general terms we can conclude that the 10 commandments (that we just read last week) are the expression or the attempt to create a universal order. But this week we walk into a higher resolution; suddenly the picture has thousands of
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International Holocaust Remembrance Day I Believe Shaul Tchernichovsky Rejoice, rejoice now in the dreams I the dreamer am he who speaks Rejoice, for I’ll have faith in mankind For in mankind I believe. For my soul still yearns for freedom I’ve not sold it to a calf of gold For I shall yet have faith in mankind In its
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What do you think when you see these images? Sometimes we struggle to understand why to remove from our Seder Cup (Passover dinner) a drop of wine for each plague….Chaza’l our sages explain that one cannot be completely joyous when some of God’s creatures had to suffer. We see the following images of destruction and pain and remain wondering If only
Read moreY multiplicaré tu descendencia como las estrellas en el firmamento! Queres saber como se hizo posible? Lee sobre la transicion de sociedad patriarcal a pueblo. Y hubo un día en el que las cosas cambiaron. Detrás quedaron los tiempos en los que creímos que la bendición era solo para uno de nuestros niños. No echamos más chicos de la casa y empezamos
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“I will make your descendants as numerous as the stars in the sky” Would you like to know how it really happened!? Read Parashat Vayechi, last in the book of Genesis and learn about our transformation from a Patriarchal society into the People of Israel. There came a time when things changed. Behind were the days when we believed that the
Read moreעסוק בלא לצאת פרייר? רוצה להצליח? לא מרוצה ממה שיש לך? במקרא תוכל למצוא מודל מצוין להצלחה, שלא מסתכם בחזון הנכון אלא בגישה שלמה. זה לא סוד שהרבה פעמים העיסוק התמידי במה שחסר לא מאפשר לנו לעסוק במה שיש ובכך אנו מפספסים את הבסיס האלמנטרי הדרוש על מנת לצבור. אך איך זה מתקשר עם פרשת השבוע? פרשת ויגש ,המתחילה בבראשית מ”ד
Read moreOcupado en no ser un loser? Queres triunfar? No estas conforme con lo que tenes? Aprende el modelo bíblico para el éxito! Que no se limita a la idea de una visión correcta sino que presenta un modo completo de abordar la vida. No es un secreto que en muchas oportunidades en el ocuparnos incansablemente en lo que nos falta
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Occupied with not being the loser? Want to succeed? Unsatisfied with what you have? In the Bible you can find an excellent model of success, which does not stop at the idea of a vision; it is beyond that – a way to approach life. Too often being constantly occupied with the things we don’t have doesn’t allow us to deal
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