Teaching young children has always been a joy for me. One of teaching’s special advantages is the clarity that emerges from conversation with people under the age...
Spirituality in modern teachings often emphasizes self-actualization. As a unique human being, you are called to develop your potential, your spark of godliness.
The second side of this is the call of the ‘other.’A truly ethical...
I have long believed that all conflicts between people could be settled if the parties to the dispute would agree to simply sit down together and talk. There are,...
I spent my junior year abroad in Edinburgh, Scotland. There I studied literature and wrote a letter to my parents about how deeply I was enamored of the great British poets – Wordsworth, Burns, Byron and...
In the book of Numbers, we are told that silver trumpets will summon the congregation and set the camps to march (10:2). In a beautiful comment, Rabbi Soloveitchik delineates the difference:
The life of Moses is saved and shaped by women. According to the Midrash, his mother Yocheved insists that he be conceived, and then she hides him by the river. Pharaoh’s daughter finds and rescues him....
I was always taught of the advantage of simplicity in language. My favorite author during my adolescence was Ernest Hemingway, and I remember reading...
We all have received blessings at one time or another. We have certainly received compliments. Over the course of time, we learn that sometimes the compliments are clearly...
The best resolutions are elastic—they cannot be broken with a single act. If you swear never to touch red meat, one burger ruins the resolution. If, on the other hand, you pledge to eat healthier food,...
