by Mordechai Dixler | Nov 20, 2009 | Lifeline, What's happening
“For the Candle is a Mitzvah, and the Torah is Light.” Here’s an easy Mitzvah for you, that will spread the Light of Torah in time for Chanukah! All that’s required is your knowledge of your community, and a few moments of your volunteer...
by Mordechai Dixler | Nov 13, 2009 | Lifeline
When Sarah passes away, Avraham seeks out a burial place for her — the cave then belonging to Efron the Hittite. Efron shows us how to say much, and do little. Or more accurately, as Rashi says, “even a little he did not do.” Efron said to Avraham,...
by Mordechai Dixler | Nov 6, 2009 | Lifeline, What's happening
In our Torah reading this week, Hagar takes her son Yishmael (Ishmael) out into the desert, and then is afraid that he will die of thirst. An angel then says to Hagar that G-d has seen her son “where he is,” and G-d opens her eyes and she finds a well of...
by Mordechai Dixler | Oct 23, 2009 | Lifeline
After the Flood, the inhabitants of Noah’s Ark resettle the world and communities of people begin to grow once again. And in an act of rebellion, they decided to build a tower reaching up to Heaven. G-d’s method of stopping them contains a lesson for us...
by Mordechai Dixler | Sep 25, 2009 | Lifeline
With Yom Kippur approaching, it is time to prepare to meet the Holy King when He comes closest to us, to express our hopes for the year ahead and for the better choices we hope to make. As you search for sources of inspiration, please review our Yom Kippur articles at...
