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Hasn't belief in G-d caused as much evil as good? If G-d knows best, what's the point of prayer? How can we have "free choice" if G-d already knows what we're going to do? Do (Normal) Jews believe in prophesy? Are we supposed to be afraid of G-d?
By Eli Rubin Abstract: Throughout the ages the Sages of the Jewish People have applied received exegetical principles within new contexts. Conceptual, geographic and temporal diversity have led to a multiplicity of apparently conflicting conclusions, all drawn within ...
By Yanki Tauber The Ten Commandments are really five: the sixth commandment is but an extension of the first, the 2nd commandment and the 7th commandmenment are likewise one and the same, and so on
By Yanki Tauber Why does every normal person, regardless of his professed philosophy, regard human life as valuable?
By Varda Branfman I was in the Garden of Eden, its bounty sorrounded me, and yet my simplest actions had no meaning
By Yanki Tauber It's probably the oldest question in the history of human thought. It's surely the most disturbing, the most frequently asked and the least satisfactorily answered. Why, oh why, do bad things happen to good people?
By Manis Friedman Why does G‑d tell you how to get divorced, if He believes in marriage?
By Simon Jacobson If G-d transcends all limitation and definition, and religion is a set of laws and rituals and a list of things that one must or must not do, why would the way to relate to G-d be to impose further restriction and definition on our already finite and ...
By Tzvi Freeman It was obvious that G‑d was there in the room. Because she was talking to him
By Tamar Frankiel Is it true that G-d in Jewish teachings is patriarchal--that is, thoroughly imbued with male characteristics and values?
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