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Religion
By Dovid Taub
I’m sure this cartoon will push some buttons, so take it away...
Video » Stick Figures » Religion
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Does Everything Have To Make Sense?
And if they don't, how are we supposed to know what to do?
If everything does have to make sense, what’s the criteria for making sense? And if some things don’t have to make sense, how’s human being supposed to know what’s right and what’s wrong?
Ideas & Beliefs » Battle of Minds » Does Everything Have To Make Sense?
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Reasoning The Stone
Based on the teachings of the Lubavitcher Rebbe
The Torah was first given carved in stone and then transcribed with ink upon a parchment scroll. What is the deeper significance of these two forms of Torah?
Parshah » Shemot - Exodus » Ki Tisa » Chassidic Masters » Reasoning The Stone
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The Pur of Purim
Based on the teachings of the Lubavitcher Rebbe
What's the story with those "lots" anyway? Why did Haman cast them, and why do we make such a big deal out of them? The parallels and differences between Purim and Yom Kippur
Jewish Holidays » Purim » Insights & Inspiration » Advanced Study » The Pur of Purim
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The Purim Drunk
By Yanki Tauber
Surely there are other, more refined and more spiritual ways of celebrating and showing joy?
Jewish Holidays » Purim » Insights & Inspiration » Lessons and Insights » The Purim Drunk
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The Logic of the Mitzvot
Based on the teachings of the Lubavitcher Rebbe
Our Sages differentiate between the rational mitzvot (mishpatim) and the supra-rational mitzvot (chukim); a third, intermediate category are the "testimonial" or commemorative mitzvot (eidot). But in essence, says the Rebbe, the most rational mishpat is ...
Parshah » Shemot - Exodus » Mishpatim » Chassidic Masters » The Logic of the Mitzvot
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Crossing the Border
Based on the teachings of the Lubavitcher Rebbe
The sages of the Talmud disagree on the point in Jewish history at which time the obligation to bring bikkurim ("first fruits") came into effect; the Rebbe sees their debate as a lesson on the nature, uses and hindrances of knowledge and consciousness
Parshah » Devarim - Deuteronomy » Ki Tavo » Chassidic Masters » Crossing the Border
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Confessions of a Fundamentalist
By Tziporah Unger
Yes, I was a rationalist. Yes, I believed in evolution and the A scroll and the J scroll and all that stuff anthropologists said about the Bible. But this was too much
Society & Living » Voices » On Being Jewish » Confessions of a Fundamentalist
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Murky Depths
Why G-d gave us a subconscious
By Yanki Tauber
Why G-d gave us a subconscious
Spirituality » Short Insights » By Yanki Tauber » Murky Depths
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The Man in the Glass Case
By Dr. Yitzchok Block
The kipah of the religious Jew versus the head-covering of the utilitarianist philosopher
Spirituality » Essays » The Man in the Glass Case
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