Emor 5762 - April 26, 2002
Editor's Note:
re: eighteen on education
This week's issue is about education: the idea, the aim, a language with which to communicate with our children, and some inspiring precedents. Altogether, we've assembled some eighteen articles and stories on how to pass on the knowledge and wisdom we received from our parents and teachers to the next generation — and educate ourselves in the process.
We also look at the week's Parshah and explore the significance of the Counting of the Omer (now in its 4th week) and the Second Passover (observed this Friday).
With best wishes for an enlightening week,
Even if we manage to avoid saying outright untruths, there seems to be something intrinsically dishonest in the process we call “education.”
Laws specific to the Temple priests, festivals on the Jewish calendar, the menorah and the showbread. Penalties for murder, assault and destruction, followed by an execution.
Laws specific to the Temple priests, festivals on the Jewish calendar, the menorah and the showbread. Penalties for murder, assault and destruction, followed by an execution.
When I was 11 years old, my father gave me the manuscript as a gift. “This is a chassidic kiss,” he said. “In time I will explain.”
These two protocols are now at war, with western civilization (human rights) on one side, and the world of Islam (subjugation of the individual to the supreme will of Allah) on the other. Where does Judaism stand?
Seven words—kindness, discipline, compassion, endurance, humility, connection and dignity—which enable us to explain to our children the nuances of our drives, motives and actions.
The scratch in the seedling... The art of toddling... A Yeshivah in Egypt... The benefits of being stupid when you're old... and fourteen other stories, insights and essays on education
What are numbers? ... Forty-nine days of the heart ... Language of the soul ... How to count the omer…
It’s G-d’s world. Everything He gives is good, the sweetest good.
But it is often a good far too great for us to understand. We imagine it is not good, because that’s the only way to make sense of it with our small minds.
Yet the truth is, He gives us all the good we can handle. If we could take more, He would g...
