english chaye sara 2012
YISHMAEL THE BAAL TESHUVA I was coaching a very serious yeshiva boy who was feeling horrible about himself. He said that he had done some type of sin, and that he could never repent. Repentance to him meant to regret the past so much that he could uproot the past. He felt that there…
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Ishmael el Baal Teshuvá Cierta vez me tocó acompañar a un joven estudiante de Ieshivá, quien se sentía muy mal consigo mismo. Él declaraba haber cometido un cierto pecado, sobre el cual jamás podría arrepentirse; pues para él el arrepentimiento consistía en lamentar el pasado en forma tal que lograse desarraigar lo realizado. Él…
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THE GREATEST TEST FOR MANKIND A few years back, there was a small minyan that gathered in a room adjacent to the house of one of the neighbors. The intimate group in its cozy quarters used to invite a diverse choice of speakers between Mincha and Arvit Friday Night. One fellow shared the following idea,…
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La prueba más difícil para un ser humano Hace algunos años atrás, solía reunirse un minián para rezar en una habitación contigua al departamento de uno de mis vecinos. Todos los viernes por la noche, solían invitar a un orador para disertar frente a la pequeña congregación entre Minjá y Arvit. Siete años atrás uno…
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HOW RELIGIOUS IS SHE? My rabbi once told me an interesting thought that has a lot to do with our Parasha. It used to be, when he was called by someone inquiring about a girl that learnt in his classes for a shidduch, the voice on the line would ask, “How…
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