ב"ה
Tishah B'Av 5766 - August 3, 2006
Was the Holocaust a Punishment from G‑d?
Why can we say that biblical tragedies were punishments, yet contemporary ones are “the mysterious way of G-d”? Have today’s rabbis changed their perception of G-d to fit what’s politically correct?
Why can we say that biblical tragedies were punishments, yet contemporary ones are “the mysterious way of G-d”? Have today’s rabbis changed their perception of G-d to fit what’s politically correct?
Parshah
Va’etchanan in a Nutshell
In which Moses implores G‑d, describes the Exodus and the giving of the Torah, predicts Israel’s abandonment and return to G‑d, and summarizes the fundamentals of the Jewish faith.
In which Moses implores G‑d, describes the Exodus and the giving of the Torah, predicts Israel’s abandonment and return to G‑d, and summarizes the fundamentals of the Jewish faith.
Story
Kamtza and Bar Kamtza
It happened this way: A certain man had a friend named Kamtza and an enemy called Bar Kamtza. He once made a party and said to his servant, “Go and bring Kamtza” . . .
It happened this way: A certain man had a friend named Kamtza and an enemy called Bar Kamtza. He once made a party and said to his servant, “Go and bring Kamtza” . . .
The Shabbat Man
Some called him Reverend Abrahamson. Others called him Cantor. My father called him Chazzan and bristled at the other names...
Some called him Reverend Abrahamson. Others called him Cantor. My father called him Chazzan and bristled at the other names...
One People
Gaza evacuees hosting refugees from the north; a bag of Toronto pastries on the shoulder of Highway 81...
Gaza evacuees hosting refugees from the north; a bag of Toronto pastries on the shoulder of Highway 81...
Current
Turning Out for a Strategic Meeting of Spiritual Proportions
Besieged Chabad emissaries, who have spent the last three weeks visting bomb shelters in the north of Israel, gather just miles from Lebanese border
Besieged Chabad emissaries, who have spent the last three weeks visting bomb shelters in the north of Israel, gather just miles from Lebanese border
O how she sits alone, the city once so populous, has become like a widow... She that was great among the nations, a princess among the provinces, has become tributary...
— Opening verse of the the Book of Lamentations (Jeremiah's lament on the destruction of Jerusalem and the Holy Temple, read on the eve of Tisha B'Av)
Print Magazine
Due to the limitations of your reality, some of your best friends can enter only incognito.
In fact, the really big ones sometimes sneak in disguised as ugly monsters and vicious enemies. Otherwise, the guards at the gate would never permit them entry.
These are the events optimists call “blessings in disguise.”
Here’...
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