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On a bus in Tel Aviv, an elderly woman could not help but overhear as two young ladies gossiped about a friend, who was engaged to be married. Giggling, they predicted that if her fiancé would only discover her faults, he would surely call off their engagement. The woman introduced herself to the young ladies as the mother of their friend's fiancé. “Thank you so much,” she said, “for revealing this information before my son actually married your friend. I will hurry home now and cancel the engagement.” Aghast, the ladies paled. They never imagined that their innocent chatter would harm their friend. The lady then smiled and said, “I am not his mother, but,” she admonished, “what if I were? Your gossip might have destroyed your friend's happiness.”   more »

The transcendental experience of entering G-d’s inner sanctum and meriting a private moment of worship must have seemed the ultimate religious experience. Yet the next Parsha begins with the instruction, “Holy shall you be for I am holy,” as if only now do we embark on a course towards holiness.   more »