Jewish History
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The Step Beyond Self
On the Akedah, the binding of Isaac, as the crucial turning point in which Abraham and Isaac both showed willingness to give everything for G-d. Abraham's mission of bringing recognition of the...
Spiritual Birth
Spiritual birth as a metaphor for redemption, drawing on Rabbi Chaim's teaching that the birth of a child reflects the higher spiritual reality of the Jewish people achieving free and wholesome...
Real Estate
On the Jewish history of wandering without a fixed home and the paradox that Jews value home most intensely, connecting this to the Succah as a temporary dwelling that is more real than a mansion....
Putting Things Right
The analogy of a repairman dismantling a machine to explain how moments of historical disruption ultimately lead to restoration. The insight from the double Sedra is that the current difficult state...
Days Are Coming
The ancient Greek view of an eternal, unchanging world with the Jewish teaching that history is moving toward a redemptive purpose. Drawing on Balaam's prophecies in the Sedra, it argues that the...