Golden Calf, The

Our sages praise the women’s stronger faith, which protected them from falling prey to the men’s feverish gold rush.

After reading this brave boy's words, I couldn't help but wonder: how could such a young boy demonstrate this inner fortitude in a moment of so much anguish?

Time to pull out some parenting books, I think, feeling desperate. My kids are rowdy and squabbling, and can’t sit still at dinner. I must be doing something wrong. I look up at them in frustration, and then I realize, No kidding. I’m on my phone, distrac...

Doing good without believing in reward is the flip side of doing good only for reward. In the one case, good is constrained to the metaphysical; in the other, it is limited to a crass physical expression . . .

She felt so down, depressed. She felt like she was barely holding herself up each day as she sank deeper and deeper.