By Rabbi Efrem Goldberg
There are 7.4 billion people on earth at this moment.  When contemplating that staggering number, it is easy to feel insignificant, inconsequential, even invisible.  It is only natural to wonder, do I—or my actions—even matter?  It is difficult to comprehend that God could have a personal relationship with me or could care about what I do when there are so many people in the world.

In festive ceremony, members dance the new, donated scroll, which took a year to write, into Reykjavik Chabad center


In this week’s installment of The Inner Dimension, a half-hour Chassidus power class on the parsha, we learn a few beautiful teachings from the Mei HaShiloach about the importance of simplicity, the necessity to treat ever Jey with respect, and the difference between a “Yisro” personality and an “Amalek” personality. We also learn a beautiful remez from the Degel on the words “Vayishma Yisro” regarding always keeping the important things in mind and spiritual minimalism.

By Rabbi Berach Steinfeld
                During Mattan Torah Bnei Yisroel died after hearing Hashem speak. They then came back to life. Were the men required to re-marry their wives when they came back from death? In Meseches Megillah we find that Rava killed Reb Zeira while drunk. When Reb Zeira became alive again via a miracle, was he required to re-marry his wife? The same question would apply to the son of Shunamis that Elisha was mechayhe meisim; if he had been married, would he be required to re-marry?

By Rabbi Moshe Meir Weiss

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