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Tetzaveh 5765 - February 18, 2005

Living
Mezuzah: What, Why and How

Think of it as a dedicated connection putting you online with the Infinite Server of All Things
Parshah
Tetzaveh in a Nutshell
Aaron, the high priest, is to light the menorah daily with pure olive oil. The priestly garments are described, and G‑d details the seven-day initiation process for Aaron and his sons. Instructions for the building of the golden altar are given.
Rooms and Doorposts

The living room, kitchen, dinning room, bedroom -- each houses and serves a different aspect of our lives. This fragmentation of space, however, may also cause a certain fragmentation of consciousness
Words in a Doorway: A Mezuzah Anthology

The things we do with words: mind, heart, speech, body and environment . . .
The Burglary

After Rabbi Kadoozy's house is broken into, Jono decides that they need to install a security system. Hilarity ensues...
Story
A Tzaddik in a Fur Coat

When it is winter and it's freezing cold, there are two things one can do: One can build a fire, or one can wrap oneself in a warm coat
Why Do Rabbis Discourage Conversions?

My Jewish friends are mostly indifferent or even hostile towards their own religion, while I love Judaism and strongly desire to become a Jew. Then this rabbi tells me that “Judaism is not for you”?!
Relationships
Choosing to Not Be Hurt

Bear in mind that what is coming out of your brother’s mouth is basically bursts of hot air. You now have to make a choice as to how to decode this air, and what interpretation to give to it . . .
There are two ways to get warm on a cold winter day: a) build a fire, which warms everyone else in the room as well; or b) wrap yourself in furs, which conserves your own warmth but does not generate any heat or warm anyone else. Thus chassidim would say: “Don’t be a tzaddik in a fur coat!”
Print Magazine

There is an outer world and there is an inner world. As deep as you penetrate, as high as you reach, there is always something breathing inside.

The outer world is made of things. Breathing inside the things are words.

Words are the outside. Inside the words are stories.

The story is the outside. Inside the story is a ...

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