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Finding the Joy.
Uri's weekly turn through the parsha, looking for the joy in it — something out of the week just gone, a verse or two, and whatever the two of them have to say to each other.
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The Signs Are in French Now
On Monday morning a flight from Paris landed at Ben Gurion, and 128 people walked off it as new citizens of Israel. France sent a little over a thousand Jews home in…
At Its Set Time
The bakery three-ish blocks from our new, albeit temporary apartment announces itself from down the sidewalk aways. We followed the smell in this morning and left with…
What Balaam Saw
We've been in Orange County for two weeks. We came for the memorial service for Modi's grandfather — about two weeks ago — and we're staying through his cousin's wedding…
He Ran Into the Crowd
The phrase the Board of Deputies of British Jews chose for Jewish Culture Month was "Less Oy, More Joy." Which, seems to me should be one of the slogans for this Kosher…
The Grasshopper Complex
Moses sends twelve scouts into Canaan. Each of them is a leader of his tribe — people of standing, not prone to losing their nerve. They spend forty days in the land and…
Sound the Trumpet for Your Simcha
They gathered at a hotel in New Jersey on Monday and again in Toronto on Tuesday — an aliyah expo, organized by Nefesh B'Nefesh alongside Israel's Ministry of Aliyah and…
Every piece 63
- 63Turn North
- 62The Signs Are in French Now
- 61At Its Set Time
- 60What Balaam Saw
- 59He Ran Into the Crowd
- 58The Grasshopper Complex
- 57Sound the Trumpet for Your Simcha
- 56The Words That Kept Us
- 55On the List
- 54Lift Up Their Heads
- 53For All Its Inhabitants
- 52Count for Yourselves
- 51What Victory Looks Like
- 50Outside the camp
- 49The Eighth Day
- 48You Will See Where I Have Been
- 47The First Seder Was a Wartime Meal
- 46The Fire That Stays
- 45The Smallest Offering
- 44Show Up With What You Have
- 43Carve New Ones
- 42Crushed and Lit
- 41What You've Got
- 40Last Place
- 39The One Who Heard
- 38They Packed Drums
- 37What the Table Remembers
- 36The Narrow Place
- 35A Stranger in a Foreign Land
- 34And He Lived
- 33Come Forward
- 32The One They Didn't Recognize
- 31The Kitchen in Someone Else's Apartment
- 30The Name You Carry Home
- 29The People Named for Thank You
- 28The Wells You Dig Twice
- 27I Will Go
- 26She Laughed
- 25The Name You Arrive With
- 24The Second Week
- 23The First Word Again
- 22What Passes By
- 21The Song and the Rain
- 20The Last Walk
- 19You Are Still Standing
- 18The First Fruits of Showing Up
- 17You Cannot Look Away
- 16Go Home First
- 15Spend It on Whatever You Want
- 14Underfoot
- 13When You Are Away
- 12The Word That Carries Both
- 11Every Stop Along the Way
- 10The Broken Letter
- 09What He Saw
- 08Sing to It
- 07The Early Waker
- 06The Grapes Were Real
- 05Until the Flame Rises
- 04Fifteen Words
- 03Counted by Name
- 02Strangers Resident
- 01Three Days In
Also every week: Spiritual Sparks.
Rabbi Ze'ev Smason on the small sparks of everyday life.
Also every week: Your Weekly Dose.
Rabbi Eliyahu Schusterman of Chabad Intown, on the week and what it asks of us.