Sublime

the centuriesold mission statement of the Jewish people, expressed by Shimon Ha-Tzaddik (Pirke Avot 1:2): “The world stands on three things: Torah study, worship/service, and acts of lovingkindness.”

the ultimate objective of esoteric learning is not to cultivate rational comprehension but to foster the obliteration of self,12 the modality of study involves the power of reason, and thus the term intellectual mysticism seems to me a fitting expression to characterize the orientation of the seventh Rebbe.

Rabbi Louis Rieser.

Kabbale,

Living in the moment, in a particular mitzvah performed with complete focus, opens access to the flow of the deepest pools of Torah.

the three classic Jewish lenses: bein adam l’atzmo (our relationship with ourselves), bein adam l’havero (our relationships with others), and bein adam laMakom (our relationship with God).

Rabbi Soloveitchik speaks with a passion of the modern “man of faith” who feels a dialectical tension between the pull of the covenantal community and the socioethical responsibilities of modern life. Interaction, and not withdrawal, is the creative response.

In his book Flexigidity, Gidi Grinstein hypothesizes that the most fundamental aspect of Judaism is its ability to adapt, to be rigid and flexible at the same time.

Ultimately, I can control my emotions because what I feel is always an outcome of what I think. I let my chochmah flow by being intellectually curious, imaginative and by looking at the bigger picture. Next, I use my binah by being logical and detail orientated, carefully examining the raw concept from my chochmah. The crucial step, which generates