by Mordechai Dixler | May 14, 2010 | Lifeline
This coming week, from Tuesday evening through Thursday night, is the holiday of Shavuos — the day of receipt of the Torah itself, at Mt. Sinai. Our Sages tell us that each holiday brings with it unique spiritual opportunities and energies, making this our...
by Mordechai Dixler | May 7, 2010 | Lifeline
A friend of mine emailed a beautiful message to me this morning… thank you to Rabbi Nitzan Bergman of Baltimore for the following thought. The week’s Torah portion paints the following picture of the success promised to the Jewish people when they come...
by Mordechai Dixler | Apr 23, 2010 | Lifeline
The Torah reading this week begins with G-d speaking to Moshe, “after the deaths of the two sons of Aharon.” G-d has a lesson for Aharon, that he should not enter the Holy of Holies except as directed. Why is this told to Aharon “after the deaths of...
by Mordechai Dixler | Feb 5, 2010 | Lifeline
This week, the Torah reading talks about the gathering at Mount Sinai, and receiving the Torah. And the Torah says that the people “saw” the voices, when Mount Sinai was covered with a cloud of smoke. Many commentaries speak about what this means, whether...
by Mordechai Dixler | Jan 15, 2010 | Lifeline
This quotation, from this week’s Torah reading, is surely one of the most well-known phrases in the Bible. And I have often pointed out that it’s really a half-quote, distorted, read as a cry for freedom. In actuality, G-d is telling Pharaoh to give the...
by Mordechai Dixler | Jan 8, 2010 | Lifeline
In this week’s reading, Moshe sees an Egyptian beating another Jew, and comes to his rescue — killing the Egyptian taskmaster, and putting his own life in danger. Why did Moshe take such a terrible risk? The Jewish man is never identified by name. We never...
