Archive for August, 2009

You gotta roll how you roll

August 31st, 2009

likutei halachot bechukoteihem
If you really want to do teshuva,  you will find and uproot the false beliefs that lie at the root of all your transgressions, aggressions, regressions, and suppressions.   And you might get a haircut while you’re at it.

Making unkosher food kosher

August 20th, 2009

Through discussion of kashrut, we discover the spiritual source for this alchemical process.  When something is less than 1/60th of the larger mixture, it can be absorbed and not render the mixture unkosher.  Rebbe Natan of Brelsov finds this information astounding – how can you purposely eat something that is not kosher?!?  But through Rebbe [...]

The 9th of Av will be a day of joy when…

August 11th, 2009

As the 9th of Av came to a close, we looked toward the future with R’ Hirsch in order to find out when 9th Av will become a day of joy, as promised in the prophets.  Unlike Rambam, R Hirsch tells us that it will come to be only when we have broguht truth and [...]

Rav Kook’s Mussar – Genuine Dialogue without Pluralism

August 11th, 2009

A brazen attempt to strike the balance between genuine commitment to one’s own ideals and openness to those of another.  The way only Rav Kook can do it…