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Is G‑d an Agnostic?
By Tzvi Freeman
I think G-d is also agnostic. He sits there perpetually wondering whether He exists or does not exist. Out of His questioning, a whole world is generated--with beings like us that go around asking, "Is this for real, or what?"
Ideas & Beliefs » Questions & Answers » G-d and Us » Is G‑d an Agnostic?
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Windows
By Tzvi Freeman
Of course, you could always paint pictures on the walls. Perhaps even illuminate them from behind. Or use mirrors, even a battery of television screens. But only a tzaddik can be your window
The Rebbe » Life » Reflections » Windows
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I Am
Based on the teachings of the Lubavitcher Rebbe
One of the first things that Moses asked G-d at the Burning Bush: They're going to ask me, "What is His name?" What is the significance of this question? And what is the meaning of G-d's elusive answer?
Parshah » Shemot - Exodus » Shemot » Chassidic Masters » I Am
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Life, Death and Reality
Based on the teachings of the Lubavitcher Rebbe
"Our father Jacob did not die," said Rabbi Yochanan. Asked Rabbi Yitzchak: "Was it for no reason that the eulogizers eulogized, the embalmers embalmed, and the buriers buried?"
Parshah » Bereishit - Genesis » Vayechi » Chassidic Masters » Life, Death and Reality
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Reality and its Shadow
By Yaakov Brawer
One might reasonably suppose that the Torah implements laws to govern their many possible interactions such as to insure harmony and justice in accordance with Divine will. In fact, the situation is just the reverse
Ideas & Beliefs » Torah & Science » Reality and its Shadow
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The Abnormality of Jewish Life
By Yaakov Brawer
People intuitively equate "normal" with good. In fact, normal is very bad. A person achieves normalcy when the molecules that comprised his being are in thermodynamic equilibrium with the environment, which is to say he is dust
Spirituality » Essays » The Abnormality of Jewish Life
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Words and Stones
By Yanki Tauber
Sticks and stones break bones, but the damage wrought by negative words reaches far deeper, to the very soul
Spirituality » Short Insights » By Yanki Tauber » Words and Stones
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Why It's Frustrating to Have a Brain
By Yanki Tauber
You see the way things are, and the way they ought to be. That's why human beings enjoy a higher stress level than cows, for example
Spirituality » Short Insights » By Yanki Tauber » Why It's Frustrating to Have a Brain
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The Anatomy of a Miracle
Based on the teachings of the Lubavitcher Rebbe
What, exactly, is a "supernatural" event?
Parshah » Shemot - Exodus » Beshalach » Chassidic Masters » The Anatomy of a Miracle
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Something from Nothing
By Yaakov Brawer
It is not easy to understand how a world view that leads nowhere and ultimately explains nothing became so rooted in the human psyche
Ideas & Beliefs » Torah & Science » Something from Nothing
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