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Shoftim
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Am I just a Figment of Someone's Imagination?
Unpredictable + Self-Conscious = Free Choice. Bingo, we have a formula for free-choice figments!
Unpredictable + Self-Conscious = Free Choice. Bingo, we have a formula for free-choice figments!
Parshah
The Blame Game
While no one will argue that man’s psyche is a tabula rasa, the question is: to what extent do we control the choices that we make? Whom can I blame? Where does my choice begin?
While no one will argue that man’s psyche is a tabula rasa, the question is: to what extent do we control the choices that we make? Whom can I blame? Where does my choice begin?
The Signposts Along My Road Towards a Torah-Observant Life
I had always felt like a fraud in a church, quite torn, but didn’t know how to begin to live life as a Jew. So I slogged along, well into middle age, not knowing where to begin.
I had always felt like a fraud in a church, quite torn, but didn’t know how to begin to live life as a Jew. So I slogged along, well into middle age, not knowing where to begin.
Essay
What I Want to Tell My Friend, the Shoplifter
Daniela (not her real name) was an old friend, a very old friend, and it pained me to hear that once again she was in trouble.
Daniela (not her real name) was an old friend, a very old friend, and it pained me to hear that once again she was in trouble.
Video
“I Am My Beloved’s, My Beloved Is Mine”
The sages teach that “Elul” is an acronym for the verse in Song of Songs: “I am my Beloved’s and my Beloved is mine.”
The sages teach that “Elul” is an acronym for the verse in Song of Songs: “I am my Beloved’s and my Beloved is mine.”
Family Business: A Mother of Eleven Speaks Out
Meet Nechama Dina, a devoted mother, communal figure and unapologetic champion of big families, who shares her easy-to-implement parenting tricks that are good for one kid or eleven. Hear her unique perspective on tantrums, over-population, giving attention, and deciding whether or not to have another child.
Meet Nechama Dina, a devoted mother, communal figure and unapologetic champion of big families, who shares her easy-to-implement parenting tricks that are good for one kid or eleven. Hear her unique perspective on tantrums, over-population, giving attention, and deciding whether or not to have another child.
Health Care vs. Soul Care
It's time for a serious talk about life, death, health, medicine, and healing. The world, as we know it, is changing and progressing faster than ever before. And with all those developments and advancements come bigger and more complicated ethical questions and uncertainties. In this course, we will take a deep dive into Jewish medical ethics, and explore the sources, principles, and laws that guide our lives, from eating healthy to ambulance rides to ICU's, and beyond.
It's time for a serious talk about life, death, health, medicine, and healing. The world, as we know it, is changing and progressing faster than ever before. And with all those developments and advancements come bigger and more complicated ethical questions and uncertainties. In this course, we will take a deep dive into Jewish medical ethics, and explore the sources, principles, and laws that guide our lives, from eating healthy to ambulance rides to ICU's, and beyond.
Story
The Wise Words That Saved a Life
The two bright scholars spent much time conversing, and the young aristocrat particularly enjoyed hearing his friend’s ingenious Torah insights.
The two bright scholars spent much time conversing, and the young aristocrat particularly enjoyed hearing his friend’s ingenious Torah insights.
In learning Torah the Jew feels like a pupil with his master; in praying - like a child with his father
— Hayom Yom, Tammuz 26
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Blind faith cannot grasp Truth, because it does not grasp anything at all.
Intellect cannot grasp Truth, because intellect is finite and Truth is infinite.
Only the eye of the soul, its inner wisdom, can grasp Truth and know it as she knows her own self.
For she is Truth.
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