http://www.chabadandfree.com/magazine/default.asp?aid=36235 Chabad.org Parshah Portal features basic texts, summaries and in-depth analysis as well as commentary and other articles on the weekly Torah portion Copyright 2005, Chabad.org - Chabad-Lubavitch Media Center, all rights reserved. http://www.chabadandfree.com/media/images/50/CtRx507451.gif 130 52 http://www.chabadandfree.com Thu, 28 Aug 2008 12:00:00 EST Thu, 28 Aug 2008 12:00:00 EST http://www.chabadandfree.com/article.asp?aid=2272 http://www.chabadandfree.com/article.asp?aid=2272 Got no more than five minutes? The Parshah in a Nutshell is an ultra-short, one-page synopsis of the weekly Torah reading, peppered with links to related stories, essays and articles. Thu, 28 Aug 2008 12:00:00 EST http://www.chabadandfree.com/parshah/torahreading.asp?AID=36235 http://www.chabadandfree.com/parshah/torahreading.asp?AID=36235 Modern English translation of the full text of the Parshah. 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Thu, 28 Aug 2008 12:00:00 EST http://www.chabadandfree.com/article.asp?aid=54662 http://www.chabadandfree.com/article.asp?aid=54662 The prophet Jeremiah proclaims: "From the Supernal One's word/ there cannot emerge/ both evil and good"( Lamentations 3:38). Indeed, if G-d is the essence of good, can there be evil in His work? Thu, 28 Aug 2008 12:00:00 EST http://www.chabadandfree.com/article.asp?aid=52753 http://www.chabadandfree.com/article.asp?aid=52753 According to a law set forth in our Parshah, which is counted by the Halachic authorities as one of the 613 diviner commandments (mitzvot) of the Torah, G-d's destruction of the Holy Temple in Jerusalem was not just a tragic event -- it also may have been illegal Thu, 28 Aug 2008 12:00:00 EST http://www.chabadandfree.com/article.asp?aid=2941 http://www.chabadandfree.com/article.asp?aid=2941 What is the Torah's view on meat-eating? In our Parshah, the laws and preconditions for eating "meat of desire" (i.e., meat whose consumption is not a mitzvah or a necessity) are set forth -- prompting much discussion in the Talmud, the commentaries, and the works of the Chassidic masters Thu, 28 Aug 2008 12:00:00 EST http://www.chabadandfree.com/article.asp?aid=86076 http://www.chabadandfree.com/article.asp?aid=86076 A fundamental principle of the Jewish faith is that there are no "intermediaries" between G-d and His world; our relationship with Him is not facilitated by any third party. So what is the role of a rabbi, a rebbe--indeed, a Moses--in Judaism? 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