Torah

The second Daniel woke up, he knew something was wrong. He felt perfectly fine, but he had no memory of who he was. Searching his house, he found a book he seemed to have written. Inside was a guide explaining his life’s story and how he suffered from amnesia, forgetting who he was at times. The book served as instructions for these moments.

There’s a story of two elderly men who had been childhood friends but had not seen each other in many years. One day, they ran into each other on the street and were delighted to recognize one another. One of them lived in the area, so he invited the other into his home. They happily caught each other up on their lives, getting lost in their stories and jokes as the day went on. The guest finally noticed that it had become dark outside, so he asked his friend if he had the time.

In our previous article, we began exploring the deeper nature of the sin of the Meraglim (spies). To review, we explained that the sin of the Meraglim lay in the way they perceived Eretz Yisrael. The Meraglim’s physical sight was intact; what they lacked was spiritual sight. They physically saw giants burying their dead, but they interpreted this to mean that the “land consumes its inhabitants.”

B’Siyata D’Shmaya (With G-d’s Help)

One of the great Rebbes of Israel, about whom hundreds of wondrous stories are told.

The essence of life is growth and progress, as we strive to fulfill our true purpose. And as we explained in our previous article, the only way we can genuinely change, transform, and evolve is if we have the capacity to assert our inner will and to create a new reality within ourselves. This requires a complete re-creation of self within our consciousness — a remolding of our inner world. While yesterday we were the type of person who did one thing, today a new decision is formed and a new reality is created within our inner world.

It was a stormy night, and a battleship was on exercise at sea. The captain stood on the bridge, peering into the foggy night ahead. Suddenly, he heard the lookout shout from the observation post, “There’s a light on the starboard side!”