Sivan 16, 5772 · June 6, 2012 | Editor's Note:
| Dear readers, Time is precious. Like diamonds, we count our minutes. We tally up how much time we sleep at night (never enough), how much time we devoted to our clients at the office (never too much) and how much time we lost to traffic on our commute home (always too much). Unlike jewels, time cannot be hoarded. Hold onto the moment without using it, and you have lost it forever. Spend it wisely, and you will have been enriched. This week, we read how the entire nation of Israel waited one week for an elderly woman who was recovering from leprosy. She was Miriam, Moses' older sister. A week is an awfully long time for a nation of millions to stay in one place. But it was time well spent. As a small child, Miriam had waited by the banks of the Nile River watching her baby brother float among the reeds. The little boy whom she guarded so zealously grew up to be Moses, the teacher of Israel. She waited for her brother, and they waited for her. We all have people to whom we owe debts of gratitude. Many of them are older than ourselves. So spend some time with an older relative, teacher, neighbor or friend. Grab the moment and spend it wisely. Enjoy your time spent reading! Menachem Posner,
on behalf of the Chabad.org Editorial Team |
 |  | | Parshah | | | The common goal of every Jew is to bring the light of Torah to the world. The approach may differ: some may use strictness, others love.
By Rabbi Jonathan Sacks |  |  | | | All future behavior, tendencies and attitudes can be linked to one thing or another that happened to us as children. Is there a way to overcome our pasts?
By Mendel Kalmenson |  | | | | We happily accept those practices we identify with, but pronounce the others "old-fashioned," obsolete and out of step with the modern world. Where do we draw the line?
By Yossy Goldman | | | | | The second Passover is instituted, the Jewish people complain about the manna, and Miriam is stricken with leprosy.
| | | | Stories | | | At first, I was awed by his courage. But the next day I realized, to my horror, that this man was "renting out" the siddur to people in exchange for bread . . .
By Yerachmiel Tilles | | | | | "Is this really happening?" shouted the innkeeper in excitement. "How did you get it? Who gave it to you?"
By Yerachmiel Tilles | | | | Women | | | In the aftermath of anger and pain that surrounded the terrible car accident that took my grandparents' lives, my mother lost all contact with her family for close to twenty years.
By Anonymous | | | | Multimedia | | | Quantum physics changed the classic conception of the Newtonian "clockwork universe." This first class in a series introduces the idea of scale, and relates it to the most basic of all Kabbalistic models, the four letters of the divine name. By Asher Crispe | | | | | Lighting up another means helping to ignite his latent abilities by appreciating his unique role and mission in this world. By Chana Weisberg | | | | | Due to its holiness, this special melody is sung only on the most elevated occasions. by C Lanzbom & Noah Solomon | | | | Parenting | | | "I am really struggling with a lot of things in life. Work, dating, you know the drill. Sometimes I get depressed about my shortcomings. I sometimes think I am just a big failure . . ."
By Aron Moss | | | | | Even if we manage to avoid saying outright untruths, there seems to be something intrinsically dishonest in the process we call "education."
By Yanki Tauber | | | | Kabbalah Online | | | Kabbalah teaches that ideal prophecy is perfectly in tune with the body.
From the Ohr HaChaim commentary by Rabbi Chaim (ben Moshe) ibn Attar | | | | The Rebbe | | | Man's mission and purpose may be to conquer and elevate the world, but perhaps he must first conquer and elevate himself.
| | | | Chabad.org Oldie | | | The creation of rest . . . Sarah's miraculous Shabbat lamp . . . Bread from heaven . . . "Work" defined . . . The invention of cholent . . . Sacrifice and martyrdom . . . Candle-lighting campaign . . . The World to Come . . .
By Yanki Tauber | | | | | |
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