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Va'eira 5766 - January 27, 2006

Man as Verb

I'll let you in on a little surprise: Who says that yourself is the real you? Maybe the real you is not a subject, not an object, but a verb? Maybe the real you is to be found not in who you are but in those things you need to do?
Parshah
Va’era in a Nutshell
G-d promises to redeem the Israelites from their oppression. Moses and Aaron repeatedly demand of Pharaoh to let the nation leave. The Egyptians experience the first seven plagues: blood, frogs, lice, wild animals, pestilence, boils and hail.
My First Yizkor

For the first 33 years of my life, I never probed the reason why non-mourners leave the room. I was happy to be legally expelled from the synagogue and catch a schmooze with a fellow yizkor-evacuee...
Living
Vegetable Soup

There's nothing like a hot nourishing bowl of soup to soothe the mind -- and the ego...
Story
The Confused Camel

Why do I have this hump perched on my back? These weird long eye-lashes? These awkwardly-shaped feet?
Baby Basket Gridlock on the Nile

Senior Weather/Catastrophe Correspondent Jono gives us a meteorological look at the ten plagues.
Anger will kill a fool
— Job 5:2
Print Magazine

Emunah (eh-moo-na): A knowing, deep in the soul, that there is only one G-d, that He is good, and that He loves you unconditionally.

Simchah (sim-kha): A mighty current of life-energy felt when contemplating emunah.

Bitachon (bi-ta-khon): A surge of invincible confidence that emerges when emunah is challenged by circums...

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