This week's parsha
Unless otherwise noted, "This week's Parsha" comprises articles taken from contributors to the Chabad.org website. We show the original author's name here, so that proper attribution is given. For the sake of brevity, footnotes cited in the original author's writings are omitted from this website. If you need to see the citations, please refer to the original articles on the Chabad.org website.
Giving G-d Your Challenges
Remember when your teacher made a mistake during her lesson but when corrected she said, "Just making sure that you were listening…" Inaccuracies have a way of catching our attention. Spelling mistakes, crooked pictures, mathematical slips -- they all shout out "fix me."
It is this feature of the human condition that G-d triggers over and over again in the Torah. He plants therein seeming errors and inconsistencies, hoping that the reader will stop and think about a way to resolve the "mistake."
Does G-d Want Us To Enjoy Ourselves?
One thing I haven't figured out yet: Does G‑d want us to enjoy ourselves, or not?
I've looked at the classical sources, and the message is mixed. Here's a sampling of what I found:
Are You Successful?
The place was the Holy of Holies in the Temple; the person was the high priest; the time was Yom Kippur.
The epitome of holiness in Jewish tradition, where the holiest time, space and soul met, touched and merged.
The moment was awesome; it glowed and radiated, then burst and blazed. It would sustain the world an entire year.
Where and when did it pass? How was the moment seen off?
In our thoughts
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