I Stood between G-d and You?

“I stood between the Almighty and you at that time…”(Deut. 5:5).

Chassidic masters spun this phrase homiletically to say that it is our “I” (ego, self-centeredness) that gets in the way of having a real relationship with G-d.

By Rabbi Michael Skobac

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Rabbi Michael Skobac had been involved with Jews for Judaism (Canada) since 1989 and currently serves as its Director of Education and Counselling. He is a leading authority on missionaries, cults and issues relating to Jewish continuity and Jewish spirituality. Rabbi Skobac's publications include Missionary Impossible; Counter-Missionary Survival Guide; The DaVinci Code: A Jewish Perspetive; and Intermarriage: Is There Ligth at teh End of the Tunnel?

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