We Have Exponential Power
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 close to the...
Mistakes of Others and Kotel Cam
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 [his] two sons?"...
Passover is around the corner…
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 we will help...
“When You’re Smilin’…” – Happy Purim!
"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 Hasidic sect, Rav Shalom Barzovsky ob"m,...
Give Project Genesis $1, and it won’t cost you a penny!
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 help us when you...
Clemency for Martin Grossman
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...
