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September 20, 2025 – 11:11 pm | Comments Off on Extracting Sparks from Stones265 views

G-d created the world through speech, and the words with which He created us are very much like flames. “Behold, my words are like flames” (Jeremiah 23:29). Flames don’t burn unless they have fuel to consume. The same is true of G-d’s words. “For G-d your G-d is a consuming …

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Ki Tisa: Are You A Forgiver At Heart?

February 14, 2011 – 4:51 pm | Comments Off on Ki Tisa: Are You A Forgiver At Heart?3,017 views
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Petty Grudges
Are you the forgiving type? I don’t mean the type that forgives after making another grovel for it. I mean the type that forgives without even being asked. If you are, well if you are, I have no words to describe you. You are perhaps an angel or a …

Chukat: He Didn’t Hit it

June 23, 2006 – 5:26 am | Comments Off on Chukat: He Didn’t Hit it3,637 views
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Eschew Violence
In this week’s Parsha we read the astounding story of Moses and the rock. We all know the story; G-d instructed Moses to speak to the rock, but instead of speaking to the rock he hit it.Why didn’t Moses hit the rock?

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Vayigash: Temper Reined In

January 2, 2006 – 11:09 pm | Comments Off on Vayigash: Temper Reined In3,052 views
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Great Characters
A member of my congregation once told me that I am incapable of anger and that I never take offense. I dare say that I wasn’t humble enough to dissuade him, but I chuckled quietly and mused, “Would, that my mother hears this.”

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