Tag Archives: searching
Drawing Near
The name of this week’s Torah reading, Korach, provokes an obvious question: It is written: “The name of the wicked shall rot,” and on this basis, our Sages state that a person should not be named after a wicked man. … Continue reading
Waiting for the Dawn
“Therefore I tell you, do not worry about your life, what you will eat or drink; or about your body, what you will wear. Is not life more than food, and the body more than clothes? Look at the birds … Continue reading
Significance in the Vortex of God
There we saw giants… and we were in our own eyes as locusts -Numbers 11:33 Someone once asked Rabbi Shmuel of Lubavitch: “What is true learning?” The Rebbe replied: “When one studies a section of Talmud or an idea in … Continue reading
Candle in Obsidian
From the moment that they were sundered apart, the earth has craved to reunite with heaven; physical with spiritual, body with soul, the life that breathes within us with the transcendental that lies beyond life, beyond being. And yet more … Continue reading
Two Worlds
What are you looking for? Wealth? Prestige? Position? You have all these right now. You should be altogether happy. And yet you are miserable – I can feel it for all your brave speech. Can you not be satisfied? And … Continue reading
