“The quest for certainty blocks the search for meaning.  Uncertainty is the very condition to impel man to unfold his powers. ”     — Erich Fromm   “And so you see

There once was a small village in which there were exactly ten Jewish men over the age of bar mitzvah. Each of the men knew that his presence at the

If there is one consistent idea throughout rabbinic literature regarding the Parasha of Bereshit, it is that it is not meant to be taken at face value. Bereshit is more

A story is told in the Talmud

Over the thousands of years that the Jewish people have been observing the day of Yom Kippur, the manner in which we observe it has gone through changes. At its

“What day is it?” “It’s today,” squeaked Piglet. “My favorite day,” said Pooh.   ― A.A. Milne, Winnie the Pooh   After hearing the sound of the shofar on Rosh

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Perashat Ki Tabo opens with a unique mitzvah that we have not been able to fulfill for 2,000 years. G-d asks us to bring our first fruits grown in the