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The Silent Shofar (opens the original)
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ROSH HASHANA The Silent Shofar Is it a good sign that Rosh Hashanah falls on Shabbos? This year and next (5787-5788) bring a once-in-fifty-year occurrence: two consecutive Rosh Hashanahs both falling on Shabbos. Historically, both the worst national tragedies (the destruction of both Batei Mikdash) and the greatest triumphs (forgiveness for the Golden Calf, the building of the Mishkan, entry into Eretz Yisrael) took place in years when Rosh Hashanah fell on Shabbos. The omen cuts both ways, so t
The Half Hour Challenge (opens the original)
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NITZAVIM _ VAYEILECH The Half Hour Challenge We must climb another rung in spiritual work by absorbing a revolutionary idea from the "Alter Rebbe" (the first Chabad rebbe) about how to relate to the evil inclination (yetzer hara). Quoting King Solomon, The evil inclination as an "old and foolish king", experienced, confident, and able to stir up overwhelming emotions. But ultimately it's "foolish": it preaches nonsense and pointless "solutions" leading nowhere good. As long as we treat it as a l
Are They Really Curses? (opens the original)
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TAVO Are They Really Curses? It's hard to believe that the one who loved Israel most parted from them with curses double those God gave. Moses stood at his life's end, knowing this was his last chance to speak. A parent saying final goodbyes doesn't soften hard truths, he says everything, in full detail, to arm his children with every tool possible. This multiplication of warnings is love's price when time runs out. Earlier, Moshe pleads with to save Israel physically; now, unable to save them w
Beyond The Conflict (opens the original)
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KI TEITZEI Beyond the Conflict Don't fight the yetzer hara (evil inclination) head-on, it's exhausting. Instead, rise above it by setting fixed times for Torah study for its own sake. The pleasure of Torah naturally eclipses cheap desires, so the battle never even starts. This is the answer to why the fight against the yetzer hara is hinted at through an optional war, because once you transcend the battlefield, the fight becomes unnecessary, "optional" rather than mandatory.
Judge Thyself (opens the original)
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SHOFTIM Judge Thyself Parshas Shoftim coincides with the beginning of the month of Elul and opens with the command to appoint judges and officers "in all your gates" and the emphasis on the singular (lecha) points inward: the real courtroom is a person's own mind, and the real gates are sight, hearing, smell, and speech, the points where the outside world first makes contact with the self. Another lesson that is gleaned from this mitzvah is as a call to judge oneself before judging others, since
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