Light from the Future: Parshas Ki Savo

1. Ki Savo – ...and the Pursuit of Happiness The pursuit of happiness is synonymous with the search for our inner soul. As long as we forget that search, genuine happiness remains an elusive…
2. Ki Savo – Be Happy! There are two dimensions of happiness: Being happy and making others happy. These two dimensions are paralleled by external and internal joy.
3. Ki Savo – Copper and Iron Copper and Iron are metaphors for substances that express an inferior spiritual state. But they also represent the ideal of yearning for higher goals…
4. Ki Savo – First Fruits True joy is determined not by how you feel but by how you make another feel. Complete joy is determined by how you make everyone feel!
5. Ki Savo – Get Out of Galus and Be Your Own Baker! A liberated mindset is to ignore the marketplace of ideas and search within one’s own soul and Torah teachings for guidance and inspiration.
6. Ki Savo – Gratitude Ii Humans are capable of saying thank you without even thinking what it means. Indeed, humans suffer from cognitive dissonance. The cure is to think what…
7. Ki Savo – Gratitude A phrase, simultaneously, simple and profound is, “thank you.” It acknowledges that the world doesn’t revolve around you.
8. Ki Savo – Healthy Insanity Insanity is not a pejorative if we transcend our intellect rather than go beneath it. Some of the most successful people who changed the face of the…
9. Ki Savo – In the Field and in the City Serving G-d with formality is a positive thing. But G-d wants us to serve Him in informal ways and informal contexts as well.
10. Ki Savo – Jewish Domination There are many forms of domination. One can exercise control over others or exercise control over oneself.
11. Ki Savo – Keeping Our Heads Above A mind/head is a terrible thing to waste. It is equally objectionable to keep our head immersed in things that are “down,” beneath us.
12. Ki Savo – L’chaim-To Life! Life begins when our egos diminish and we unite with others. Great Jewish leaders unify us because they instill the true inner life of Torah into our…
13. Ki Savo – Only Blessings Criticism helps to eradicate negative traits. Positive reinforcement helps to reveal and actualize our positive traits. We live in the age where we…
14. Ki Savo – Serving with Your Enemy The most meaningful blessing is when we know that our erstwhile enemy has become our friend. All of the material aspects of life including our bodies…
15. Ki Savo – Stand Up! Mitzvos come in many varieties and are all good. However, a Mitzvah stands out when it is done with excellence; both objective and subjective. We…
16. Ki Savo – Thanks, Hashem! The depth of happiness in our lives is in direct proportion with the depth of giving to others. The Messianic Age will feature the purist and most…
17. Ki Savo – The Individual and the Covenantal Today is the most important day of your life. Today is the day we receive the Torah as it was given the first day. There is an individual “today” and…
18. Ki Savo – The Joy of Removing Doubts A wise man once said, “the greatest joy comes from the resolution of doubts. The difference between an exile and Redemption mindset is the degree to…
19. Ki Savo – The Seven Blessed Illnesses Even a Jew estranged from his or her Judaism possesses a hidden love for G-d embedded deeply in his or her soul. To arouse this love, one must reflect…
20. Ki Savo – Totality! If we had to find one word that describes Judaism it could be the word “totality.” While the Torah values every single detail of a Mitzvah, its goal…
21. Ki Savo – Walk in His Ways! Art is imitation of the physical world, which is itself an imitation of the spiritual worlds. When we imitate G-d we experience the ultimate art-form…
22. Ki Savo – “When Father Reads There Are No Curses” Curses are not real. Our default position is our blessed relationship with G-d as our Father. The definition of a curse is the hiding of that natural…

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