Scattered Sparks – Post 1
- Freeman, Tzvi
- "Everything that exists—whether it be an object, a living organism, an event, or even a memory of the past—each and every thing is an artifact of a divine spark....
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The Lesson of the Crab and the Power of Transformation
- Krinsky, Etti
- "The greater potential a person has, the deeper they can fall... The month of Tammuz presents us with this pendulum effect....
Living With the Weekly Parasha
- Emor Project
- Each week's parasha can provide specific messages relevant to us and our current life situations...
Is there any personal significance to “my” Torah portion?
- Aleph Beta
- "The week's Torah reading, known as the Parshah, has special relevance to anything that happens during that week....
The one time all Jews agreed [Shavuos]
- Glick, Rabbi Yisroel
- "As we stand to receive the Torah again this Shavuot, let’s express our truest selves, the essential Divinity that makes us all one....
Tefillat HaSheLah – “A Parent’s Prayer”
- Emor Project
- "This special prayer was composed by the SheLah Hakadosh (Rabbi Isaiah ben Abraham HaLevi Horowitz) to express the prayers of parents on behalf of their children....
Lag B’Omer: Celebrating someone else’s death??!
- Glick, Rabbi Yisroel
- On Lag B’Omer, we celebrate [Rabbi Shimon Bar Yochai's] life’s work which gave us the opportunity to access the infinite depths of the Torah...
Pirkei Avot – Chapter 1: Mishna 14
- Karlinsky, Rabbi Shaya
- "The soul is always looking to further fill an ongoing, insatiable need....
Pesach Sheni: The Holiday of Second Chances
- Rapaport, Karen Wolfers
- "Pesach Sheni, the holiday of second chances, reminds us that we can always change our steps and return home....
Ethics of the Fathers: Chapter 1
- Botton, Rabbi Yitzchak
- Torah is an expression of Divine Will and Wisdom. Through Torah study, we connect to the Wisdom of Hashem, and through the performance of practical mitzvot, we fulfill the Will of Hashem....
Ethics of the Fathers (Pirkei Avot) 1:1
- Ginsburgh, Rabbi Yitzchak
- The place where the Torah was given was [on the 'Mountain of Sinai'] in the 'Desert of Sinai'. Spiritually these two Sinai’s represent two levels of humility...
Learn Hebrew: Pirkei Avot
- Cohen-Regev, Shira
- "Pirkei Avot is a compilation of teachings from the Sages of the Mishnah compiled in Israel some 1800 years ago....