Moshiach & Redemption
The arduous journey of life leads toward a light brightened by our travel. This destination keeps us going.
Today, physical matter is empirical and divine sublimity is innovated. We strive for a time when divine sublimity will be empirical and physical matter will be innovated. Today, the world is covered in bacteria, particles, and molecules. We work towards the day when the world will be covered with Divine knowledge as the waters over the sea. As wine is to grape, tomorrow’s Redemption is to today’s exile. At night a world slumbers, intact, breathing, dreaming, alive, but unaware and unconscious. When the sun rises the world awakes and the world smiles, suddenly aware that all its dreams had become conscious reality.
Toldot: Our Response to Tragedy
The Jewish response to a gruesome attack, is to channel all our outrage and fury into a spiritual eruption of building an even stronger Jerusalem, both physically and spiritually.
Read MoreChayei Sarah: Can East Meet West?
Abraham surely knew how religious zealotry can breed intolerance, condescension, judgmentalism and prejudices of all sorts — feeding into the ugliest elements of human nature.
Read MorePersonal Transformation
The Torah basis for personal transformation: You can and must use your past misdeeds for the sake of personal transformation. Essay by Rabbi Simon Jacobson.
Read MoreDreamworld: Joseph’s Dreams
What Joseph’s dreams teach us about the nature of reality. Based on a talk by the Lubavitcher Rebbe.
Read MoreWhy Does Israel Dominate Headlines?
Why does Israel so dominate the headlines? A country barely the square miles of New Jersey, with a population less than most countries in the world, captures people’s attention far more than any other.
Read MoreThe Skeptic & the Believer
A skeptic and a believer have an in-depth conversation about Judaism, God, and Torah. What follows is an illuminating discussion on faith.
Read MoreKorach: Gilad, Naftali and Eyal
Every man, woman, and child, is responsible when they hear about such news, to do something about it — as Maimonides explains.
Read MoreTzav Passover: Money and Spirituality Part V
Wealth without its spirit, is the world in which we live in today. Wealth with its spirit is the economy of tomorrow.
Read MoreVayeira: Winds Of Change
As Hurricane Sandy rages, what messages do its furious winds bring us? Will we absorb their lessons and create a spiritual storm of our own, bringing fresh winds of spirit and growth in our own lives?
Read MoreKi Teitzei: Nine Eleven
September 11 marks the day when this battle turned global. Now our time has come to not be afraid, but to rise to the occasion and find ways to bring on personal and global redemption.
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