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Dovid Vigler
Aug 25, 2023, 7:16 AM
Your tongue — your most powerful gift!
The Power of Verbal Affirmations When the saintly Tzemach Tzedek was laying the foundation stone of his new Shul, he asked the assembled crowd if they wanted to hear a story. Sensing how unusual this request was, they immediately responded...
Shlomo Ezagui
Mar 24, 2023, 6:46 PM
Faith and trust in God
One of the basic foundations of living as an "honorable and virtuous" person is delineated to us by the prophet Chabakuk: "A righteous man lives (is vivified) by his faith." There is also the actual manifestation of faith: trust...
Jeffrey Kobrin
Mar 24, 2023, 6:43 PM
Clearing Out the Sludge
Do we know the right thing to do or say on our own, or are we pushed in particular directions? Professors Richard Thaler and Cass Sunstein in their classic work Nudge argue that there are both forces that help...
William Hamilton
Mar 24, 2023, 6:32 PM
What’s the bravest thing you’ve ever said?
In Robert Mackesy’s touching book, The Boy, the Mole, the Fox, and the Horse, the boy asks the horse, “What’s the bravest thing you’ve ever said?” “Help,” said the horse. It’s a moving response. It’s also a call. Yes,...
David Sedley
Mar 24, 2023, 6:30 PM
The mistakes of a leader: Parshat Vayikra
When people think of King Edward VIII, they usually think of his abdication from the throne in 1936 so he could marry the twice-divorced American Wallis Simpson. They may also remember his antisemitism, support for Hitler during World War...
Shalom Orzach
Mar 24, 2023, 6:18 PM
Opening (H)ours
The opening bars to a symphony are profoundly significant as they ingeniously introduce the musical themes and the prelude to the wider interpretations that will be developed. Similarly the opening words of a book set the tone. Vayikra begins...
Mendy Kaminker
Mar 24, 2023, 2:54 PM
Act like an animal
Forget about what people say: start acting like an animal. Wait, what? It sounds strange because, after all, we don't like when other people act like animals. We use terms such as "animalistic" to describe a behavior that is not...
Naomi Graetz
Mar 24, 2023, 2:24 PM
A Dangerous Game of Chicken: Parshat Vayikra
How to begin a blog about parshat Vayikra which is all about sacrifices (karbanot). Our whole nation is at a crossroads; are we to be sacrificed to the reigning government’s greed for power? Are we to be the victims...
Rachel Sharansky Danziger
Mar 24, 2023, 11:52 AM
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God’s call to Moses – and us
Even if animal sacrifice was meaningful to our ancestors, how do bloody, flayed, dismembered limbs make sense today? (Vayikra)
Josh Feigelson
Mar 24, 2023, 5:31 AM
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