Human Being, The

Marriage in Jewish thought is not two people working together towards the same cause; it is the merging of two beings into one.

Yes, it's true that life is a classroom, but not always must you be the student!

Here was a nation that had experienced the greatest miracles of all time: the ten plagues, the splitting of the Red Sea and the manna. And yet they were not impervious to the plague of doubt . . .

There are houses made of bricks, and houses built of effort and accomplishment. One can “build” up a friend to be a solid edifice of G‑d-centered living, or build a network that develops into an oasis of spirituality.

Remind yourself of what truly matters, which things in life contain real value and which matters are more transient.

One of the most puzzling commandments in the Torah is the commandment that opens this week's Torah portion.

Don’t think that quarreling with a friend is OK. Ultimately, it will escalate . . .

Popular culture portrays the single life is as one long party, while those condemned to domesticity supposedly arrive home to a daily drudgery enlivened only by the occasional fight. High-profile divorce cases, mothers-in-law, and a growing communal accep...

Moses delivers a command so counterintuitive that we have to read it twice to make sure we have heard it correctly . . .

Smoke filled the air as little men jumped from the dark and ominous dreaded pirate ship, The Amalek. "Oh no..." the captain groaned when he realized that this wasn't just any group of pirates.