Faith
It is having confidence in your purpose more that a crutch upon which to lean.
Faith is not a religious thing. You either have trust and confidence in the essence of existence or you do not. Contrary to popular belief, a side effect of faith in your Creator is faith in your own self. It makes sense: if you have faith in your Creator you have faith in your Creator’s creation, you, and every other creation in existence as well. This is why faith is so important: believing in a Higher Power means you believe in your power here on earth embedded within you by the Higher Power, to transform matter into spirit and earth into heaven. Faith is humility, and it allows you to be the best you could ever be.
How to Make Your Actions Matter
If you can expand your world to include what you cannot explain or understand, you’re on the way to making your actions matter. How? Read on.
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Where Is G-d?
A correspondence between Rabbi Jacobson in response to a self-proclaimed agnostic.
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Lonely Man
Moses left us a legacy of facing our deepest questions and coming back stronger from it. He had faith even when there seemed to be no basis for it.
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In The Beginning
While many people focus on the debate between evolution and creation, they often overlook a more important question about responsibility to a Creator.
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The Basics of What Faith Is
If you feel distanced from the idea of faith, here is an opportunity to reacquaint yourself with the basics of what faith is and is not.
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Chanukah: Oil
Contrary to most other Jewish holidays, Chanukah focuses on the miracle of the oil as opposed to the battles involved. The spiritual dimensions of oil are discussed in light of this.
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Is Logic Logical? Our Changing World
A look at logic and superalogic in our world and why we feel connected to each.
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Respectful Honesty, Even When it Hurts
Balancing sensitivity, respect, and blunt honesty, is not simple, but it is important and can be done.
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Vayeitzei: Balance
The Torah chapters from the beginning of Genesis outline the story of our life’s mission and from here we can learn much about ourselves…
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Toldot: Mixing G-d and Politics
A response to the thousands of emails written about the previous essay which discussed the notions of “conservative” and “liberal” belief in America…
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