מה מברכים על נפיחה? תתפלאו, יש לשאלה הזו תשובה

Many religious people think that concessions to human limitations are incompatible with divine law. An eternal truth should not be qualified by socioeconomic realities or cultural norms. Halacha’s pragmatism bespeaks a different understanding of Judaism.

We are B’nei Yisrael because we are meant to live in this world, to deal in materialism, but to continually find ways to elevate it.

A person once came to R. Dov Ber, the Maggid of Mezeritch, and asked him, “Rebbe, our Sages tell us that we must bless G-d when something good happens, and in the same way, we should bless G-d when something negative happens.10 How can this be actualized?”

As long as a person is reluctant to spend money on the mitzvot he performs, his mitzvot are deficient because they have not yet entered the category of true faith, which gives them their perfection. But when a mitzva is so precious in his eyes that he does not mind parting with his money and he spends liberally for the sake of the mitzva, this is c

Nahmanides’s deployment of Isaiah 58 means that the prophetic call to desist from weekday pursuits, to steer clear of conversational topics involving business, and to avoid the frenzied rush to acquire material goods results in an expansive appreciation of the world and all its inhabitants, especially the needy (Is. 58:6ff.), and this is the centra

When Jews behave badly, unethically, unjustly, they create a ĥillul Hashem. People say: I cannot respect a religion or a God that inspires people to behave in such a way.