by Mordechai Dixler | Sep 2, 2010 | What's happening
It is amazing how our Sages set up the Torah readings, arranging them such that we often see an obvious connection to the time of year in which each portion is read. For example, Nitzavim is read before Rosh HaShanah every year, and talks about returning to G-d and...
by Mordechai Dixler | Jul 23, 2010 | Lifeline, What's happening
This week is Shabbos Nachamu, the “Sabbath of Consolation.” Following three weeks in which the weekly Haftarah spoke about the loss of Jerusalem and the Holy Temple, leading up to Tisha B’Av, the Ninth of Av, we now have seven weeks during which we...
by Mordechai Dixler | Mar 22, 2010 | What's happening
Passover is around the corner, and we at Project Genesis are here to help! You can “sell your chometz” online, learn from our many written and audio classes, follow a step-by-step guide to the Seder, and even find Kosher for Passover recipes! We hope that...
by Mordechai Dixler | Feb 26, 2010 | What's happening
“Rejoice on Purim till you can no longer distinguish between ‘Cursed is Haman’ and ‘Blessed is Mordechai’.” – Talmud Megillah 7b. The popular contemporary work, Nesivos Shalom, by the late Rebbe (Grand Rabbi) of the Slonim...
by Mordechai Dixler | Feb 19, 2010 | What's happening
I have something unusual to share with you this week. Just in time for our Purim appeal, iGive.com sent us a challenge. We’ve been members of iGive for years, since they started as “eyeGive” and provided donations in return for clicks alone. Now they...
by Mordechai Dixler | Feb 12, 2010 | What's happening
I am very reluctant to get involved with an obviously parochial political matter. But I feel it is important to encourage everyone to participate in a plea for clemency for a mentally-impaired individual due to be killed by lethal injection early next week. 25 years...
