Sublime

When the author of the Mishna Berura writes, as he often does, that “the common practice is such and such, but this is wrong,” Shimen’s response is to credit the author’s claim regarding the common practice and to ignore the admonition.

Volatility And Longevity

He was “Bella Moses’ son,” the one of her children most like her, the one in whom surfaced most strongly the mixed strain of passionate idealism and overweening arrogance that she had inherited from her parents, Grannie and Bernhard Cohen. When the idealism died, the arrogance was already well rooted and strong. If it was given nourishment, it woul

Liberal rabbis often become sacred social workers, mainly focused on pastoral and lifecycle moments in their communities.

The main goal of a Jew is to serve God with simplicity and without any sophistication (Likutey Moharan II, 19).

social norms that have kept a community going are likelier to keep it going than ones that haven’t.

Managers-to-Engines Ratio