Essays
Real Estate
G-d gave the Torah to man to build Him a home, but not before His neighbors, the angels, put up a legal fight.
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Eikev: Orthodoxy Vs. The World Part II
Part II of a two part essay discusses the theme of how to reconcile faith with modernity. Noah Feldman’s experience captures the dissonance between the two
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The Breakthrough
At the giving of the Torah, the physical and spiritual worlds melted together allowing objects to become holy and man to refine his soul through mitzvot.
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Vaetchanan: Orthodoxy Vs. The World
An interesting debate about how, in today’s day, we approach and respond to the reality of intermarriage in orthodoxy…
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Netzovim – Vayeilech: Birthing
Samech Vav, part 19 discusses the renewed light that shines on the eve of Rosh Hashana, a light which is relevant to each of us as a unique being…
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The Transformative Joy of Adar
Adar is the month of joyous transformation, the month with the “nullifying power” of sixty. The power to transform an undesirable — even destructive — force into a nourishing joy and delight.
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Beyond the Moon
The Jewish holiday of Purim teaches us how the Jewish people compare to the moon; we have the capacity for change and renewal like the moon wanes and waxes.
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The Young and the Fearless
Even when the elders’ belief is clouded the children’s faith can carry us through difficult times.
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Four and the Same
Included in the categories of one who is a contributor of charity & one who attends the study hall in 2 paras of Ethics of our Fathers is a chassid & rasha.
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