Surviving Hurricane Sandy Together

B"H


Cheshvan 14, 5773 * October 30, 2012

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Editor's Note:

Dear Friend,

Pat your toddler's head and she kvells. Then her brother pats her head and she kvetches. That same tap on her head can either tell her that Daddy loves her, or that her big brother is on the attack. What's the difference? It all depends on how she perceives the tap. One sensation, two different responses.

Life gets bumpy at times: a knock on the head here, a bang on the pocket there. However, when we view them through the prism of a good Creator, one who cares deeply, the bumps don't hurt as much.

Perhaps this can explain why, in last week's Torah reading, Abraham agreed to just pick up and go to Canaan, and once he got there, to relocate again to Egypt. Then this week, he is willing to go so far as to slaughter his beloved son—just because G‑d told him to. Knowing that the One who sent him there had his best in mind, he did not perceive bashings; he felt loving caresses, and responded in kind.

So when the going gets tough, I remind myself of what Abraham knew, and it gets easier.

Rabbi Dovid Zaklikowski,
on behalf of the Chabad.org Editorial Team

P.S. At this moment, millions of people (including many of our team members) are weathering the storm of Hurricane Sandy. Let us join together and pray for their safety and wellbeing.



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THIS WEEK'S FEATURES:

WEATHERING THE STORM

Surviving Hurricane Sandy Together (By Sara Esther Crispe)

When a hurricane approaches, it doesn't matter how much money you have or how big your house is, it matters how many batteries and flashlights and non-perishable food are in your closets. A hurricane is a great equalizer . . .

>> http://link.Chabad.org/go.asp?li=9114AE0B6A54B33CE8402B31D84B1200&ui=F8C16ABBBCDB72AD0024EE2F647D78D2


Is There a Blessing for a Hurricane? (By Yehuda Shurpin)

When a hurricane hits, we pray that everyone should be safe and secure, dry and warm. But we also say a blessing.

>> http://link.Chabad.org/go.asp?li=6274736101950BC337DACB3653307560&ui=F8C16ABBBCDB72AD0024EE2F647D78D2


Helping Kids with Special Needs Through Sandy (By Karen Schwartz)

In the hours before Hurricane Sandy made landfall Monday, an e-mail went out to several groups of volunteers in the popular Friendship Circle family of programs, which pair teenage volunteers with children with special needs.

>> http://link.Chabad.org/go.asp?li=39BE4237EF5D72506DB428C587EF38D0&ui=F8C16ABBBCDB72AD0024EE2F647D78D2


PARSHAH

Even Higher Than Angels (By Rabbi Jonathan Sacks)

Faced with a choice between listening to G-d, and offering hospitality to human beings, Abraham chose the latter.

>> http://link.Chabad.org/go.asp?li=AAA0CEBD03570335B1DEA8A203B4F1BB&ui=F8C16ABBBCDB72AD0024EE2F647D78D2


What Was Wrong with Sodom? (By Mendy Kaminker)


The cities of Sodom and Gomorrah have come to epitomize moral depravity and cruelty.

>> http://link.Chabad.org/go.asp?li=CB3ADE50425492B6FFA9EFCF6F421320&ui=F8C16ABBBCDB72AD0024EE2F647D78D2


Marrying Task to Purpose (By Lazer Gurkow)


The purpose of work is to provide for one's family. The purpose of eating is to gain nourishment and live. The purpose of living is to serve G-d. The purpose of courting is to marry, and the purpose of marriage is to build a home.

>> http://link.Chabad.org/go.asp?li=E1615DC3EE44D84B228660C5C11CBBED&ui=F8C16ABBBCDB72AD0024EE2F647D78D2


Vayeira in a Nutshell


Abraham is visited by three angels and is promised a son. The city of Sodom is destroyed, and Lot's wife turns into a pillar of salt. Sarah gives birth to Isaac at the age of 90, Hagar and Ishmael are banished, and G-d orders Abraham to sacrifice his son Isaac.

>> http://link.Chabad.org/go.asp?li=E4BB14A5F536E92EB3DE67AAAF398548&ui=F8C16ABBBCDB72AD0024EE2F647D78D2


VIDEO

Ari Versus the Hackers, Part I (By Tzvi Freeman)


Does Ari really want characters that can destroy his world? Or is it something deeper he wants?

WATCH (2:00) >> http://link.Chabad.org/go.asp?li=20A2045246EAA729D7EEB15BFC17A0DE&ui=F8C16ABBBCDB72AD0024EE2F647D78D2


The Angel at the Akeidah (By Mendel Kalmenson)


When G-d wanted to tell Abraham to bring his son Isaac as an offering, G-d delivered the command Himself. But when He wanted to tell Abraham to let his son live, He sent an angel to deliver the message.

WATCH (3:48) >> http://link.Chabad.org/go.asp?li=A9C5D5D34BAD0B6637D64A1CA5A3A36B&ui=F8C16ABBBCDB72AD0024EE2F647D78D2


Mitzvot Before Sinai (By Moshe New)


Abraham baked matzah on Passover over four hundred years before the Exodus. How did the patriarchs and matriarchs know how to observe mitzvot before the Torah was even given at Sinai?

WATCH (40:00) >> http://link.Chabad.org/go.asp?li=BC279C6E3E8880EC2AA882C1C747D958&ui=F8C16ABBBCDB72AD0024EE2F647D78D2


WOMEN

Killing the Stigma of Mental Illness (By Sara Esther Crispe)


Like it or not, the reality is that the world is not ready to hear if we are suffering from a psychiatric ailment.

>> http://link.Chabad.org/go.asp?li=732F4820D5EDD980AE5633568F852780&ui=F8C16ABBBCDB72AD0024EE2F647D78D2


The Treasure Within (By Elana Mizrahi)


Nine hours had passed, and they weren't finished. The movers were breaking things left and right. I anxiously looked at the clock. When would this move end?

>> http://link.Chabad.org/go.asp?li=35704E3694ACDB3FB9C5171F3E475780&ui=F8C16ABBBCDB72AD0024EE2F647D78D2


THE REBBE

Every Nation with Its Mission (Correspondence by Rabbi Menachem M. Schneerson, The Lubavitcher Rebbe)


If one considers the world in which we live, the world at large, as well as the small world, namely man, it becomes evident that there is no uniformity, but many differences, both external as well as internal.

>> http://link.Chabad.org/go.asp?li=A12E981F296E9FE53EA1A7C071BFCE16&ui=F8C16ABBBCDB72AD0024EE2F647D78D2


STORIES

Abraham's Jewel (By Yerachmiel Tilles)


Not only did he lodge at the Efrons', but when he heard about the sick child, he even requested that the table be set for a meal! Everyone was astonished.

>> http://link.Chabad.org/go.asp?li=AB30E2CCE919E5F13FD7CE97DC191067&ui=F8C16ABBBCDB72AD0024EE2F647D78D2


Choni the Circle-Maker (Talmud, Taanit 19a)


"Master of the Universe!" prayed Choni. "Your children turned to me because I am like a member of Your household. I swear by Your great name that I'm not budging from here until You have compassion on Your children!"

>> http://link.Chabad.org/go.asp?li=61B3476ACF844DBF80C5733B1351B9BC&ui=F8C16ABBBCDB72AD0024EE2F647D78D2


JUDAISM 101

Hospitality


When the Roman emperor Julian ordered the establishment of hostels for transients in every city, he referred to the example of the Jews "in whose midst no stranger goes uncared for."

>> http://link.Chabad.org/go.asp?li=8F2260FBB09D942F116C751CE5EFAE81&ui=F8C16ABBBCDB72AD0024EE2F647D78D2


PARENTING

How to Be a Father (By Tzvi Freeman)


I'm a father, and I have no idea how to bring up a Jewish boy. All I know is not to do as my father did. Although that's generally exactly what I end up doing. I want my son to grow up strong in his Jewishness and confident about his own self.

>> http://link.Chabad.org/go.asp?li=1FEEE50AE7A001442C6C4E327F2314DE&ui=F8C16ABBBCDB72AD0024EE2F647D78D2


Is Anybody Home?! (By Levi Avtzon)


The education hit home! Although he had discarded most of what he was taught, the habit of hospitality remained. He could not leave the homeless homeless . . .

>> http://link.Chabad.org/go.asp?li=8E7EAE254E70F962C0FEE2CFF4BE149B&ui=F8C16ABBBCDB72AD0024EE2F647D78D2

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