Gavriel Lakser, at The Blogs

Nov 14, 2019, 1:07 AM

Genesis 1 (Part 2): The Good and the ‘Very’ Good

In last week’s entry (Genesis 1: Creating Order with Boundaries), I discussed how boundaries are essential to creating a functional society, as gleaned from the Creation narrative in the opening chapter of Genesis. When speaking of an efficient or functional...

Nov 5, 2019, 12:09 AM

Genesis 1: Creating Order with Boundaries

With the Torah's bursting onto the scene of history 3000 years ago, a revolutionary worldview was born. To be certain, the Torah was not the first to offer a narrative about the earth's foundations and it did not introduce the concept of a God who creates...

About Me

Gavriel Lakser most recently served as Coordinator of Academic Programs at The Herzl Institute. He was the Assistant Director and Director of Recruitment at Tochnit Shalem, and has taught at numerous post-high school gap year programs and seminaries in Israel. He received rabbinical ordination from Yeshivat Hamivtar.