19 chapters · by Rabbi Heschel Greenberg
Light from the Future: Parshas Naso
Published by the Jewish Discovery Center. Every chapter is free to read below.
- Naso – An Uplifting Torah With the revelation of G-d at Mount Sinai, every commandment — whether prescriptive or proscriptive — is endowed with equal holiness, When a Jew thus…
- Naso – Coming in Second Through Torah study one is empowered to leave the stifling atmosphere of our world and travel into an environment of spiritual “weightlessness,” where…
- Naso – Consistent and Persistent Words A person who is careful to keep his or her word is a person whose speech carries much more weight and credibility in all areas of life. When a person…
- Naso – Dancing with Myrtles Irrational and destructive behavior can undermine our marriage (both the literal human union and the figurative marriage with G-d). We can also engage…
- Naso – Getting There Is Half the Fun! When one is focused on the goal, all the prepatory work acquires the status and stature of the final end.
- Naso – Infinite Blessings Even when our destination throughout our long journey in exile was not clear—“koh-so”—we knew that we will always be accompanied by G-d, and we will…
- Naso – Jump Now, Ask Questions Later When one approaches the service of G-d from a Nachshon perspective, there is no need to find meaning and symbolism in each detail of one’s mission.…
- Naso – Long Haired Men: A Jewish Perspective The inner strength it takes to resist temptation and to control one’s passion is far greater than the strength it takes to conquer a city.
- Naso – One Who Laughs Last Laughs Best To appreciate the value of the soul and its pre-eminence over the body and its needs, it takes a person who is future oriented and not concerned…
- Naso – Repeat Performance G-d does not create anything that does not have a purpose. The fact that He created us with different personalities and potentials is an indication…
- Naso – Returning Home For close to 2,000 years we have been waiting for the coming of Moshiach when the soul will finally return home and no longer feel alienated. However,…
- Naso – Spreading Out the Hand Moshiach transcends other souls because he is G-d’s messenger to inspire and activate all of the five levels of the soul including the one called…
- Naso – The Jewish Theory of Relativity One way of preparing for Moshiach and the ultimate Redemption, is to view others with the three approaches alluded to by the three Priestly Blessings:…
- Naso – The New Math Psalm 119 contains 176 verses describing the beauty, grandeur, depth and joy of Torah. King David’s greatest love and passion was Torah study and…
- Naso – The Peace Process Torah can bring about peace between husband and wife, body and soul, one person and another, because Torah has the capacity to bring about peace…
- Naso – Topsy-Turvy Priorities Torah is the primary and absolute reality. In order for us to exist as reality our being must be preceded, created and animated by the primary reality…
- Naso – Torah and Nature In addition to being G-d’s instructions how to live our lives, Torah is also the very blueprint of creation.
- Naso – Uplifting the Intellect Not only can the study of Torah inspire and uplift us, it can even raise up our head. Even our intellect, the most exalted part of our being, can rise…
- Naso – You Could Have Your Wine and Drink It Too The distinction between known as Kabbalah and Chassidus is that Chassidus mines and elicits the positive in ourselves and in others. Chassidus is the…