Galut (Exile)

What is the Jewish definition of “exile”? And is it just a punishment, or is there a deeper reason for our displacement?

Why the obsession over an ancient Jerusalemite structure? Does the lack of a Holy Temple leave any of us feeling a gaping hole in our lives?

Why are there so many dreams in the book of Genesis?

Knowledge may bring power, but absolute knowledge brings utter powerlessness

If galut is a time of estrangement between G-d and Israel, why were the two keruvim embracing at the time of the Temple’s destruction? Wouldn’t the destruction of the Holy Temple mark a nadir in our relationship with the Almighty?

What is the deeper significance of the "great wealth" promised to Abraham as the reward of galut?

Don’t run away from the dream, don’t look for some other meaning. If the cosmic slumber of galut presents you with the paradox of the fat cow and the lean cow grazing together, make the dream the solution. Even Pharaoh recognizes good advice when he sees ...

In every travail (Joseph) there is a challenge (Menasseh) and an opportunity (Ephraim)

A borderline birth

“Why have they stopped crying?” wondered the villager. “Are they no longer hungry?” Then he remembered the cholent . . .