Light from the Future: Parshas Acharei-Kedoshim

1. Acharei-Kedoshim – Be Holy Holiness is defined by our ability to live a G-dly existence in all aspects of life. ACHAREI-KEDOSHIM ACHAREI-KEDOSHIM
2. Acharei-Kedoshim – Don’t Let the Sodomite Salt Blind Our Open Eyes Blindness comes in many forms. The most challenging form is when our eyes our wide open with 20-20 vision, yet we fail to see the Divine in…
3. Acharei-Kedoshim – Exile Is Not a Curse?! It is axiomatic in Judaism, that when a person is given a challenge, he or she is also given the ability to meet that challenge. Ours is the challenge…
4. Acharei-Kedoshim – Help the Blind Galus-exile is a time of disrupted Shalom Bayis- Domestic Peace. It is caused by spiritual blindness. Moshiach will open our eyes to see the G-dly and…
5. Acharei-Kedoshim – Honoring and Revering Parents Shabbos is our invitation to enter into G-d’s “space.” Honoring parents invites G-d to enter into our space. ACHAREI-KEDOSHIM ACHAREI-KEDOSHIM
6. Acharei-Kedoshim – I Don’t Need Your Gold, I Want Your Soul Gold is a metaphor for spiritual wealth. In conventional times and situations one must search for and offer our “gold” to G-d. In unconventional…
7. Acharei-Kedoshim – Judaism and the Occult One of Judaism’s many paradoxes is that it is simultaneously the most mystical and most rational belief system. ACHAREI-KEDOSHIM ACHAREI-KEDOSHIM
8. Acharei-Kedoshim – L’chaim to Life – I There is an intrinsic quality to life. The greatest quality of life is the quality of life itself. ACHAREI-KEDOSHIM ACHAREI-KEDOSHIM
9. Acharei-Kedoshim – L’chaim-To Life! Ii Life to be experienced in its fullest sense must be one of plurality dedicated to a singularity. ACHAREI-KEDOSHIM ACHAREI-KEDOSHIM
10. Acharei-Kedoshim – Live with Them The beauty of Judaism is that it allows us ot soar to the greatest spiritual heights but considers our transformation of the physical world its…
11. Acharei-Kedoshim – Loving Yourself Self-Esteem should be replaced with Soul-Esteem, the true self ACHAREI-KEDOSHIM ACHAREI-KEDOSHIM
12. Acharei-Kedoshim – Odd Combination Although it sounds irrational, the highest and lowest realms can reside in the same person or situation. ACHAREI-KEDOSHIM ACHAREI-KEDOSHIM
13. Acharei-Kedoshim – One Day Yom Kippur is much more than a Day of Atonement. It is a day of “At-one-ment” where we experience total unity with G-d. ACHAREI-KEDOSHIM…
14. Acharei-Kedoshim – Paradoxes of Judaism Judaism is replete with Paradoxes. Seven of its paradoxes are represented by the seven double Torah portions. ACHAREI-KEDOSHIM ACHAREI-KEDOSHIM
15. Acharei-Kedoshim – Reach for the Stars with Your Feet on the Ground Motivated by our selfish spiritual interests, spirituality and materiality are irreconcilable opposites. Motivated by G-d’s interests they are not…
16. Acharei-Kedoshim – Respect Your Parents and Be Holy Respecting parents is the equivalent of respecting G-d, their partner in our creation. Respecting the Shabbos is the equivalent of respecting G-d even…
17. Acharei-Kedoshim – Responsible, Sweet and Intermingled We are commanded to rebuke our fellow. Yet we must not cause sue division amongst ourselves. Successful rebuking requires love and empathy.…
18. Acharei-Kedoshim – Revenge Is Not Very Sweet The key to healing our divisions is to defuse conflicts. ACHAREI-KEDOSHIM ACHAREI-KEDOSHIM
19. Acharei-Kedoshim – Stand Up for Us Honest introspection demands that we don’t overlook our flaws. Honest introspection also demands that we don’t overlook our qualities and virtues. If…
20. Acharei-Kedoshim – Temporary Denial Asceticism has its place in Jewish thought and life. However, denial of the physical is at best a preparation for the time when we will “have our cake…
21. Acharei-Kedoshim – The End of Deception Exile is a deception and it robs us of our soul’s nutrition. Anyone with a shred of integrity cannot tolerate staying in exile and with heartfelt…
22. Acharei-Kedoshim – The Great Principle Love and Unity are the catalysts that bring us to the Final Redemption ACHAREI-KEDOSHIM ACHAREI-KEDOSHIM
23. Acharei-Kedoshim – The “I Love My Fellow” Virus The most difficult negative trait is envy. The antidote to envy is loving our fellow as ourselves, the “Great Principle of Torah. ACHAREI-KEDOSHIM…
24. Acharei-Kedoshim – The Yom Kippur Lottery While nothing in life is arbitrary there are things that defy logic. Yom Kippur introduces us to that higher dynamic, which enables us to change.…
25. Acharei-Kedoshim – Theft in the Singular and in the Plural Moral decisions have to involve the realization of what our actions cause collectively and individually. ACHAREI-KEDOSHIM ACHAREI-KEDOSHIM
26. Acharei-Kedoshim – Unity and Separation The ultimate goal is not unity but unity within diversity. ACHAREI-KEDOSHIM ACHAREI-KEDOSHIM
27. ACHAREI-KEDOSHIM – VIVE LA DIFFÉRENCE All of the different classes of non-Jew, Jew, Kohain, Levi, Yisroel will remain in the Messianic Age even as we will experience the greatest feeling of unity ACHAREI-KEDOSHIM ACHAREI-KEDOSHIM
28. Acharei-Kedoshim – Which Way Shall We Go? Why is there so much juvenile crime and violence now? The answer lies in the exposing of powerful youthful energy before Moshiach. Parents and…

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