From the Chassidic Masters

The Third Millennium

Infancy, self-sufficiency and synthesis -- the story of mankind from the Garden of Eden to Noah’s ark to Mount Sinai.

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The History of Monotheism

The respective roles of faith and intellect in Abraham’s discovery of the truth of the one G-d.

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The Three Journeys of Abraham

What drives a man to leave his “land, his birthplace, and his father’s house” for an unknown destination? Yet driven we are, in search of something more than what our parents, teachers--indeed our very nature and genes--have to offer.

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Bodily Riches

The Midrash sees Sarah’s abduction by Pharaoh and her subsequent liberation as a precedent for Abraham and Sarah’s children’s future sojourn in Egypt. According to the chassidic masters, it also illuminates the soul-body relationship within each individual’s life.

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