IS HISTORY CYCLICAL OR LINEAR?
Is history cyclical or linear? In 167 b.c.e. Antiochus IV, King of Syria, attempted to ban Jewish practice, defiling the sacred Temple...
THE IMAGE OF GOD
THIS IS THE IMAGE OF GOD “YOU SHALL LOVE YOUR NEIGHBOR AS YOURSELF, I AM THE LORD” LEVITICUS 19:18 THIS IS THE IMAGE OF GOD Teacher,...
Redeeming the World
King David in paradise (Rothschild Miscellany, Psalms) Thursday night this coming week Jews celebrate the holiday of Shavuot, and we will...
This Night of Liberation
"On this night Israel was redeemed. On this night Israel is destined to be redeemed." Idolatry is serving anything less than the Most...
What a Blessing
I am looking forward to Yom Kippur this year. No, not because I have sinned worse than in previous years. Nor because of the music or any...
Confess! Study text #2. From Maimonides Commandments, positive #73, Sefaria.org
... He commanded us to confess the transgressions and sins that we have done before God and to say them together with [our] repentance....
New Year: Consider Psalm 1
The opening page of a novel contains the entire novel they say. The opening Mishnah of Pirkei Avot authenticates the entire Talmud. The...
Judaism: Not a Belief System, A Way of Life
We call Jews "The People of the Book" for a reason. Judaism, unlike Christianity, does not rest upon faith. Along with the commandments...
On Prayer
All people pray. Regardless of our intellectual conflicts, we feel in our deepest selves an existential longing to transcend our...
Health: A Public Issue
Rabbi Mark H. Levin, DHL April 16, 2021 This week’s double Torah portion, Tazria-Metzora, plunges for three long biblical chapters into...
