Sublime

The source of our godliness, an array of Jewish sages teaches, is our capacity for kindness and generosity. Accordingly, our greatest desire should be to do good for others.

finally, a community that believes—but I mean really, really believes—that Torah has a contribution to make to the redemption of the world, and that ultimately the world will not be redeemed without Torah.

Kabbalah is boldly innovative yet staunchly traditional. Its formulations are a blend of what the Zohar calls “new-ancient words.”

Judaism without generosity is a hollow shell.

We are calling it a yeshiva to reclaim the cultural valence of the term—an intellectual and spiritual center where Torah radiates forth into the broader community, and the community feeds back into the yeshiva.

Hitbodedut literally means “solitude” or “being by oneself,” but it is generally used in Jewish literature to refer to any meditative or contemplative practice that is done on one’s own. Rabbi Shlomo Wolbe warns that without some time for hitbodedut—contemplative reflection—life is just a stream of activities.