The Eternality of Torah

“Do you believe that the Torah is eternal?” asked the Rebbe. “Do you believe that its every word applies to every individual, under all conditions, at all times?”

If you are not relating to the words of the Megillah, then you are experiencing a backwards Purim.

The waters of the flood are like the waters of a ritualarium -- a mikveh -- where the waters spiritually cleanse the dross that accumulates in the course of our life's endeavors. The world received a spiritual cleansing, and this set the course of ...

Zaidy embraced the Torah for the last time and gently laid it, in its wooden case, under a tree. He lifted his young child in his arms and journeyed on through the forest

For millennia we were ridiculed for believing that the world began, cause and effect are not inherently linked, a whole is greater than the sum of its parts, the human psyche is multi-layered...

We happily accept those practices we identify with, but pronounce the others as "old-fashioned," obsolete and out of step with the modern world. What is the underlying argument that allows us the luxury of that rationalization -- one which, in a moment ...

I wonder about how the Orthodox view the fluidity of the Torah and the teachings of the past. Clearly there are aspects of the Torah that have been outdated since it was written, such as stoning etc.

Could a document written thousands of years ago in the desert have practial applications to our lives in a modern world? The difference between religion and culture

Cyberspace, outer space, inner space. Genome maps, globalization. Smart cards, smart bombs, stem cells and cell phones... Should we still need subscribe to an ancient code of laws when we are so further advanced than our ancestors?

"Rabbi, the Torah was written so many years ago. Its laws were never intended for the modern age, for the people of modern technology and enlightenment." This pearl of wisdom was last dropped in my lap several weeks ago during a discussion about Torah ...