From the Chassidic Masters

The stick, it can be said, is a piece of tree that has paid the price of leaving home. The stick, it can also be said, is one who has reaped the rewards of leaving home . . .

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Hardened Souls, Collected Sparks

What is the connection between Matot and Massei? And why are these two Parshiot are always read during "The Three Weeks", when we mourn the destruction of the Holy Temple?

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The Betrothed

The laws governing the annulment of vows distinguishes between an arus ('betrothed") and a baal ("husband"). On a deeper level, these laws describe two modes of spiritual life

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The Eastern Colonists

Why the dramatic shift in Moses' view on the Jewish settlement of the eastern territories? If the Reubenites' and Gadites' petition initially struck him as reminiscent of the sin of the Spies, what convinced him to endorse their plan and even expand on it?

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A Slumber and a Headache

Three aspects of tzimtzum

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Signpost

“The court is obligated to straighten the roads to the cities of refuge, to repair them and broaden them . . . ‘Refuge, Refuge’ was written at all crossroads, so that the murderers should recognize the way and turn there . . .”

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From the Chassidic Masters

2nd Saturday Services and Kiddush Lunch

4th Friday Services and Buffet Shabbat Dinner

Shabbat Club Afterschool

Cole Valley Gan PreSchool

Community for Jewish Seniors

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