"A fool wants only to eat, to drink and to indulge their pleasures in the here and now; not to live with a concern for the future." (Nahmanides)

Some people are “Shabbat-Jews”; on Shabbat they pray, on Shabbat they study Torah, on Shabbat they recite blessings. But during the week they do not. In a Jewish home, spirituality must extend to each and every day of the week. The “light” must be “lit” from Sabbath to...

The contradiction of the Akeida is the tension between “religious obligation” on the one hand, and “human obligation” on the other; between Abraham’s commitment to God and his commitment to his son, Isaac.

Sometimes, religious figures are deemed so holy that they are regarded as flawless, faultless. But what happens when the Tanakh describes their flaws and mistakes? Does criticism of the Avot and Imahot lower them in our estimation, or possibly it raises them?