"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."

The contradiction of the Akeida is the tension between “religious obligation” on the one hand, and “human obligation” on the other.

Can religious figures be open to criticism? What happens when the Bible narrates their sins?

Is drinking a healthy thing? What are its dangers? Do you see people drinking to enjoy life or to escape life? Do you think that adults you

Adam and Eve were EXPLICITLY instructed not to eat from the tree. In contrast, murder or fratricide had not been explicitly outlawed! Humani

...for seven days of Sukkot we commit ourselves to Torah and Halakha in our lives, and only then, on Simhat Torah does the Torah itself incl

...the alternation or reverberation of praise, as one person begins, spurring the next person to burst into song, leading to a crescendo of

Is Revelation a gradual process, responsive to this-wordly events? Or is it an eminence from the Divine, a supernal document that is reveale

Sometimes we are burdened by the past. Sometimes we find it hard to make a long-term commitment. Can we learn to live each day like it is &q

The Rebbe said, "We have nothing to be afraid of. Let God hear in a loud voice all of our suffering and humiliations..."