Self & Fellow

How can an individual, with his small contribution, feel like a vital part of the collective effort?

Since the universe is basically words (see Genesis 1), everything -- marriage, community building, international relations, cosmic harmony -- is a question of proper grammar

You can't build a lasting building out of half-baked bricks. But people, says the Lubavitcher Rebbe, are not bricks

A shattered people must be rebuilt. How does Moses proceed?

Moses knew that the single most potent barrier to unity is money and therefore addressed this barrier before all others.

The keys to the success of any significant project are capability and motivation. Potential + perseverance = success. Now between the two, which is primary?

Hostile factions can become a single cohesive group so long as they are faced with a shared challenge that all can achieve together but none can do alone.

Building the Tabernacle, G-d’s terrestrial residence, must have been a most sought-after contract. What was it about Bezalel and Oholiab that caused them to land this coveted assignment?

What a seemingly negligible detail of the marriage of Isaac and Rebecca tells us about the nature of marriage between man and woman, and the nature of the marriage between man and G‑d we call “life.”

There must be transparency and accountability when it comes to public funds even if the people involved have impeccable reputations.