Laws & Rules

As a rule, people don't like rules. We don't like restrictions; we don't like being told what to do

What's wrong with Korach? He had a valid platform, after all. And he was adhering to his own standards of morality

I was feeling quite satisfied over how I had handled the situation, when I discovered The Three Fundamental Rules on How To Take The Law Into Your Own Hands. That nipped my career as an outlaw in the bud. Though it was fun while it lasted.

We know that Jacob, and all the patriarchs, kept the commandments of the Torah that would be later given to their descendants. Why, then, did Jacob marry sisters, a direct prohibition?

Don’t eat dairy together with meat. Don’t wear a mixture of wool and linen. Don’t turn on a light on Shabbat. Don’t gossip… Is this what religion is all about?

Should the death of a child be a strong enough motivator for change? Or does it require a lawsuit?

If Moral Relativism leads to chaos and Moral Absolutism to tyranny, what's left?

My head was spinning, reeling from hours of exerted concentration. We were a few hours into yet another knotty computer training session, necessary for my work here at Chabad.org. This time it was my editor (and boss) at our headquarters in Brooklyn who ...

I try to follow the rules of the game. I need to teach her how to graciously accept a setback. But with each roll of the dice, I am inwardly holding my breath, secretly longing for her victory.

A legal scholar makes the argument that current American ethical codes actually contribute to a lack of ethics in the legal profession. He then offers the Jewish system of Talmudic ethics as a model for improvement.