Seeking Rav Kook's Glasses, to See and Welcome Redemptive Times

Selective Enforcement in Jewish Law

Two Names - Yaakov and Yisrael (Jacob and Israel)

Removing Tradition (and Openness) from Traditional

They Are A Package!

October 7th and Purim 5784

What Was Is Not What Will Be

COPING WITH TERROR AND TRAGEDY

On a spiritual level, two theological questions cry out to us: Is there justice in the world? And what is the nature of a God of love and mercy in a world filled with evil? When we witness the brutal murder of both soldiers and civilians, the young and the old, we are numbed and bewildered, at a loss as to making religious sense of it all. We feel helpless at even beginning to comprehend the ways of God.

How do I see the situation in Israel?

Do Not Fear

Awe of God – from the aspect of Awe of Heaven – from observation of the Heavens

Chadu hashta, b'hai shata, d'vei ra'ava v'leit za'afin

Just Cry For Joy

Always Quietly

Do Not Curse

The Rule of Death

Sensing the End

Emuna: Feet on the Ground, Eyes to the Heavens

The first verse in the Torah tells us that G-d created the world. A man of faith is an optimist: His faith is neither hollow and vague, nor a naïve platitude that everything is great – but rather the clear recognition that the world is not wanton, and is "positive" in its essence. Good will always find its way to victory. This is an existential, spiritual sense – but its fingerprints are clearly felt throughout the course of our everyday lives.

Why This Generation MUST Reject Truth

Let us take a faith-based look at our generation, through the prism of the teachings of the Land of Israel's first modern-day chief rabbi, Rav Kook.

Five Tips for These Times

Our hearts are bleeding after the attacks on Saturday. Once again.