A New Epoch in Torah Learning
The Whole of Torah, for All the People
By Adin Even-Yisrael (Steinsaltz)
When the Rebbe initiated his campaign, it may have seemed like just one more way to promote the learning of Torah. But it is much more than that. It's a new epoch of Torah learning.
Library » Jewish History » Maimonides » Study Campaign » A New Epoch in Torah Learning
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Eyes to Earth, Heart to Heaven
By Adin Even-Yisrael (Steinsaltz)
Where is your heart? Where are your eyes? There are three approaches, each having implications in many realms, including a general view about life and even macroeconomic vision
Jewish Practice » Jewish Prayer » Insight » Essays » Eyes to Earth, Heart to Heaven
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Between Fire and Ice
"Some say the world will end in fire, some say in ice…"
By Adin Even-Yisrael (Steinsaltz)
Will the Messianic redemption be a cataclysmic event akin to the Exodus, or a natural process? That seemingly depends on us...
Ideas & Beliefs » Moshiach » Moshiach: an Anthology » Between Fire and Ice
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The Reinvention of Man
By Adin Even-Yisrael (Steinsaltz)
Two thousand years after all the sages of Israel, both the pessimists and the optimists, agreed that man was a failed experiment, the Rebbe re-opened the question...
The Rebbe » Life » Reflections » The Reinvention of Man
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Marching Orders
By Adin Even-Yisrael (Steinsaltz)
In the Rebbe's writings and talks one will find mention here and there of the past -- the Rebbe's own past, the past of his people and of humanity. But the focus is on the future
The Rebbe » Life » Reflections » Marching Orders
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Shades of Light
By Adin Even-Yisrael (Steinsaltz)
The single wicks of the Shabbat candles, exuding calmness, repose and homeliness; the braided torch accompanying the departing queen, lighting the darkness that becomes more marked in her absence...
Spirituality » Essays » Shades of Light
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Coming Home
By Adin Even-Yisrael (Steinsaltz)
If Jews are neither a nation nor a religion, and do not share a common language, culture or ethnicity, what are we?
Spirituality » Essays » Coming Home
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Torah Eternal
By Adin Even-Yisrael (Steinsaltz)
Shavuot, the day of the giving of the Torah by G-d, is also called the day of the receiving of the Ten Commandments by Israel. And it would seem to be a natural pairing of concepts. Nevertheless, each has its own particular meaning.
Jewish Holidays » Shavuot » Insights » The Gift » Torah Eternal
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A Twisted Creature
By Adin Even-Yisrael (Steinsaltz)
People have become so sophisticated that they no longer believe in or understand anything anymore. Basic words, such as "friend", "enemy", "land" and "life" become totally incomprehensible
Society & Living » Current Events » News Archives » A Twisted Creature
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To Be Free
By Adin Even-Yisrael (Steinsaltz)
On the Seder night, we are confronted with a wealth of forms, symbols, complicated customs and rituals, and several different phases of Jewish history.
Jewish Holidays » Passover » Study & History » The Exodus » To Be Free
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