by Mordechai Dixler | Feb 25, 2011 | Lifeline, What's happening
When the call went out for donations to the Mishkan (Tabernacle), the response was tremendous. People donated their golden vessels, women gave up their own jewelry, and the donations kept coming until they told Moses, “The people are bringing much more than is...
by Mordechai Dixler | Feb 10, 2011 | Lifeline, What's happening
Chanuka is far behind us, but the image of the pure, burning lights of the Menorah are marked in my memory. The image of simple, gently flickering lamps of oil projects a sense of serenity, that all is at peace. But think, for a moment, about the tumultuous past...
by Mordechai Dixler | Feb 4, 2011 | Lifeline
In this week’s reading, G-d tells Moses that the people should take a Terumah, an offering, for Him. It is a good time to speak about the importance of giving charity, especially in support of Torah learning, synagogues, schools and yeshivos which help us, as...
by Mordechai Dixler | Jan 29, 2011 | Lifeline
This week’s Lifeline is dedicated by Patrick Carrera in memory of his son, Mattisyahu, who recently passed away in a car accident on December 8, 2010. May his family have a speedy recovery. If someone knocked on our door collecting money for the homeless...
by Mordechai Dixler | Jan 20, 2011 | Lifeline
Shmuel Yosef (“Shai”) Agnon was both a Nobel laureate in literature as a writer of modern Hebrew fiction, as well as an observant Jew. A story, attributed to him, begins with him eating in the Hebrew University library — according to the story, this...
by Mordechai Dixler | Jan 14, 2011 | Lifeline
The Jewish people found themselves at the mouth of the sea, with Pharoah and his army closing in on them. At that moment, gripped with fear, seeing no other alternative, they cried to G-d for help (Ex.14:10). “They embraced the expertise of their fathers”...
