5 Lessons
How Should Natural Gas Profits be Divided? The Torah View
The principle set by the Torah: A person is entitled to enjoy the fruits of his own hard work, but natural resources and means of production should be shared equally.
Rabbi Eliezer Melamed | Tamuz 15 5775
The Torah's Way in Social Welfare
The leftist theory: State and society are to blame for the situation of the poor.The Torah view: Responsibility rests first and foremost on the person himself, and only when he cannot take care of himself are we obligated to assist him.
Rabbi Eliezer Melamed | 5775
How Are Leaders Produced?
Leaders must set up clear goals and press forward to fulfill them. We lack leaders because we do not have clear goals, and we do not have clear goals because we lack able leadership. We must work toward clarifying the foundations of our outlook.
Rabbi Eliezer Melamed | 5766
On Rabbis and Politics
Why do the Rabbis of today not stand up with strength and courage like the Maccabees, and lead the Jewish people in a religious reawakening and an all-out war with the Arab enemy? Shouldn't the spiritual leaders be the ones who lead the nation?
Rabbi Eliezer Melamed | Elol,5763