May 12, 20193 minLurking within is the Holy Urge Parshat Toldot 1 F WE COULD X-RAY OUR HEARTS — NOT THE fist-sized muscle, but the pulsating center from which our dreams and desires...
May 11, 20193 mina SLOW bURNING eXPLOSION LIKE THE sUNParshat Shmot SOMETIMES, THINGS GET WORSE before they get better. Sometimes, things get worse even as they are getting better— as...
May 11, 20193 minWar DamageParshat Naso Who fought the first religious war? The answer, according to Genesis, is Cain and Abel: "Cain brought an offering to the...
May 11, 20194 mingATEWAY OF THE pERSECUTEDParshat Vayetze Jacob, escaping his murderously angry brother, more or less stumbles unto "the gates of heaven," described laconically in...