Breishit

RUNNING LIKE WATER The  other day, I found a book with sayings from the Rebbe of Kotzk at a street book sale. He was known for his quotes, for the way he would make his point sharper than the point of a needle. When the idea sinks in, a person can only say , “Ouch!,…

HOW ABOUT NOW We find something in this week’s parasha that blows my mind every time I think about it. והנה עיניכם ראות ועיני אחי בנימין כי פי המדבר אליכם  . Rashi tells us here, in accordance with the Talmud in Meggilah 16,   Yosef told his brothers – just as I do not have anything…

THE MAN IN THE WINDOW   Six years back, I was walking out of the Argentinian Shabbat minyan in Bayit Vegan,Jerusalem, after the morning prayers, when I heard my name called out in a strong Spanish accent. I turned around to see someone running after me, someone whom I had never made acquaintance. I kept…

SUCCESSFUL DEAD   I know that this title will catch people’s attention. But that is not why I chose it. I chose it because there are many ways that people understand what success is .When everyone in the shul says in Hallel, אנא ה’ הושיעה נא , אנא ה’ הצליחה נא “Please, G-d, give us…

   SELF HELP AND TORAH   A cup can that is filled half way can be looked at as either half full or half empty.   The difference is perspective. From which way are you looking at the cup, from the bottom to the top or from the top to the bottom? We can look at many…