Character, Fate, and Free Choice
The Talmudic Sages addressed the question of fate and free will with a simple sentence: “Everything is in the hands…
Watch: Bird’s Eye View of Meron on Lag Baomer
It is a tremendous privilege to arrive at Rabbi Shimon bar Yochai on the day of Lag Baomer, though for…
Elvis 40 Years Later: “I Too Want to be Part of the Chosen Nation”
“He was always looking for a life of meaning”
Lion Chases Giraffe – See the Surprising End
A hungry lion pursues a giraffe, but then the unexpected happens, a new player comes into the picture. See the…
Vayigash ‘All Rapped Up’ – Yosef and Yehudah
Listen to the dialogue between Yosef and Yehudah in Rap
Kosher Fish Go Against The Flow!
Jews always go against the flow but how do they do it?
Thrown Into Jail to Save a Soul
A Hasidic couple thrown into jail inspires warden to convert
The Brain is the Hardware of the Soul
A full functioning and healthy brain enables a person to be focused, happy, calm, loving, effective. When the brain is…
Rethreading the loom
While most of her family let go of the threads, my mother held on with a vengeance
Bruriah
Bruriah used to participate in Jewish legal discussions with scholars, and even disputed her father on the laws of purity…
