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| Parshat Metzora |
| By Rabbi Pinchas Winston |
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| One must be zealous in his or her avodas-Hashem (service of G-d), and be willing to withstand social pressures to "bend" with the "winds of change" when... |
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| The Process of Redemption - Acharei Mot |
| By Rabbi Pinchas Winston |
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| For those who don't know, Samae"l is the angel whose job it is to try to obstruct us from doing mitzvos, so that we can have the chance to overcome him and... |
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| Holy Mitzvah! - Kedoshim |
| By Rabbi Pinchas Winston |
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| We don't eat for eating's sake, and we don't indulge in other pleasures for their own sake either. We use the physical world as means to... |
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| Not Free Yet - Emor |
| By Rabbi Pinchas Winston |
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| This year, rather than shut my Haggadah after Seder Night and simply enjoy the rest of the chag, I kept it open the entire... |
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| Sh'mittah Revisited - Behar |
| By Rabbi Pinchas Winston |
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| Like Shabbos itself, the Sh'mittah year is a reminder that G-d created the universe in six days and rested on the seventh... |
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| Statutes of Limitations - Bechukotai |
| By Rabbi Pinchas Winston |
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| Where I live in Telzstone, the view of the Judean Hills is wonderfully relaxing. From my front lawn, where I often sit and learn... |
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| "Speaking" Of The "Desert" - Bamidbar |
| By Rabbi Pinchas Winston |
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| This is, perhaps, the reason why man, who sits at the top of the spiritual ecological chain, is referred to as a "medabehr," which means "speaker"... |
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| When Less Is Truly More - Nasso |
| By Rabbi Pinchas Winston |
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| The Kabbalists explain that "working" the Garden did not mean getting out the hoe and spade and doing some planting. The true paradise of Aiden was... |
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| Going Down? - Behaalotecha |
| By Rabbi Pinchas Winston |
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| Parshat Behaalotecha - Is there any better way to answer a question than with another question, especially when... |
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| Icy Freedom - Korach |
| By Rabbi Pinchas Winston |
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| Parshat Korach - And, many of us look on and shake our heads and say things like, “Tsk, tsk. Won’t we ever learn?” And the answer usually is... |
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| From The Nile to Denial |
| By Rabbi Pinchas Winston |
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| Parshat Chukat - Gold represents the sparkling beauty of the physical world. It is the glitter of life in Olam HaZeh -(this world). Because as... |
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| From Amidst the Ashes |
| By Rabbi Pinchas Winston |
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| Parshat Balak - At the end of history on the great Day of Judgment, a person will stand before the Heavenly Tribunal and say, "Hey, look at... |
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| Talk About Makeovers - Pinchas |
| By Rabbi Pinchas Winston |
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| Parshat Pinchas - To appreciate who Pinchas is, you have to appreciate who he was. The posuk just quoted is not from this week's parshah... |
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| A Matter of Providence |
| By Rabbi Pinchas Winston |
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| Parshat Mattot – Masei - In other words, in such a case when a woman breaks a vow that she believes is still in effect, even though her husband... |
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