Moshiach & Redemption
The arduous journey of life leads toward a light brightened by our travel. This destination keeps us going.
Today, physical matter is empirical and divine sublimity is innovated. We strive for a time when divine sublimity will be empirical and physical matter will be innovated. Today, the world is covered in bacteria, particles, and molecules. We work towards the day when the world will be covered with Divine knowledge as the waters over the sea. As wine is to grape, tomorrow’s Redemption is to today’s exile. At night a world slumbers, intact, breathing, dreaming, alive, but unaware and unconscious. When the sun rises the world awakes and the world smiles, suddenly aware that all its dreams had become conscious reality.
Lech Lecha: Light at the End of the Tunnel
Spiritual lessons from the miraculous rescue of the 33 Chilean miners in the previously unknown city of Copiapó.
Read MoreShelach: Spain 2010
Sitting in Spain – a country that once expelled all its Jews – listening to the powerful influence that Jews have today on world leaders is quite overwhelming. We sure have come a long way.
Read MoreVaeira: Haiti
Rabbi Simon Jacobson reflects on the humanitarian response to the Haiti disaster, and how it reflects a shift in global spiritual engagement.
Read MoreBamidbar: The Blessing of Diversity
Like different musical notes in a large composition, each community, group or even individual, contributes his or her unique note.
Read MorePesach: Celestial Passover
The Jewish calendar is regulated by the lunar cycles. We count by and are compared to the humble moon. But once every 28 years we are reminded to recognize the source from whence the moon receives its light.
Read More42 Journeys Part 7
This column has been following these journeys as we read through the book of Numbers – in an attempt to decipher the personal application and psycho-spiritual meaning and significance of the 42 journeys.
Read MoreMatos-Masei: 1967: The Summer of Awakening Part II
This week’s essay – a sequel to last week – discusses the power of inspiration and the profound consequences of not acting on a call from above….
Read MoreYom Kippur: The Kittel
Comforts and freedom often lead to complacency, but Yom Kippur reminds us simultaneously of our troubles and our triumphs, encouraging us to reflect on the mysterious cycle of life.
Read MoreVayikra: The Tzaddik
Based on the insight of the Alter Rebbe and the Rebbe Rashab, the concept of a true tzaddik is explored in the context of the nature of this world.
Read MoreVayakhel-Pikudei: Intimate Light
Follow the Divine light from emerging during the Exodus to finding a home in the Temple. The Rebbe Rashab elaborates on the lessons hidden within it.
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