If you’ve been reading my articles until now, you may have noticed that pretty much all of them have to do with relationships. My examples are almost always of people in relationships, and my previous article while completely being about Emunah is also completely about relationships. This is not a coincidence or just happenstance, but also […]
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We All Have the Spark of Nadav and Avihu Within Us
This article is based on teachings from Rabbi Nachman Elsant, SHLITAWARNING: The contents of this article has not been reviewed by a Rabbi yet. What is a relationship? I’m not talking about the abstract meaning of the word, but rather specifically what constitutes a relationship between two individuals? Is it enough that they simply feel […]
V for Vendetta and Why Bad Things Happen to Good People
One of the most fundamental tenets of monotheism is that God is all good. This seems to raise a contradiction with reality, which is that bad things happen all time and even to good people. And from such comes the age old question that theism has been criticised for for millennia upon millennia: If God […]
ChaBaD and Emunah
This is part two of a two part series on Chochma, bina and daat (ChaBaD). Please read part one beforehand or you may (ironically) have a hard time understanding this one. What is Emunah The word emunah is often translated in English as ‘faith’. Like many words in Hebrew related to religious practice, this is […]
ChaBaD: The Three Modes of Knowing
This article is based on teaching from Rabbi David Kosofsky, SHLITA Have you ever tried to study some intellectual work, gone over a sentence or two many many times, and still had no idea what it was saying? Have you ever wondered how it is that a doctor who knows and understands firsthand how bad […]