by Mordechai Dixler | Dec 16, 2010 | Lifeline
In this week’s reading, our Patriarch Yaakov blesses his children. He is also the first to adopt a child, as it were: “Ephraim and Menashe, like Reuven and Shimon will be mine” [48:5] — Yoseph’s two eldest children were then counted as...
by Mordechai Dixler | Dec 10, 2010 | What's happening
When Joseph reunites with his father after their long separation, the Torah describes their encounter by saying, “He appeared before him, fell on his neck, and he wept on his neck excessively.” The expression “he appeared before him”...
by Mordechai Dixler | Dec 3, 2010 | Lifeline, What's happening
In the news this week, Japanese researchers have invented a tiny kinetic generator, about the size of a pencil tip, that generates 20 times more power than anything else that size. Powered by vibrations, it could lead to cellphones and similar pocket-sized devices...
by Mordechai Dixler | Nov 19, 2010 | Lifeline
Our world is one of many challenges — of that, there is no doubt. Interpersonal conflict, the temptation to be dishonest or to act improperly, physical threats to one’s well being — the challenges abound! To well-meaning people who seek to help...
by Mordechai Dixler | Nov 5, 2010 | Lifeline, What's happening
The Torah describes the personality of Jacob as “a pure man.” Some may find this surprising, since the Torah also describes Jacob tricking his father into giving him the blessings intended for Esau, and for devising a system through which he became wealthy...
