“It is not what you look at that matters. It’s what you see.” — Henry David Thoreu In his book Musicophilia, Oliver Sacks writes about the way in which the
Shemot 5776 – Thought Experiments To view the printer friendly version click here. “The first people totalitarians destroy or silence are men of ideas and free minds.” — Isaiah Berlin The
“Instruction does much, but encouragement everything.” — Johann Wolfgang von Goethe While we review the manufacture of the Mishkan this week, we also read of a nation that contributed wholeheartedly,
“My music is the spiritual expression of what I am — my faith, my knowledge, my being…” — John Coltrane We are barely a fortnight out of our Egyptian bondage
A man should look for what is, and not for what he thinks should be. — Albert Einstein The reading gets technical this week as we delve into the architecture
In our discussions on the Book of Shemot thus far, we have examined the various elements of freedom that are expressed through its stories and commandments. Here, in Perashat Mishpatim,
“I never teach my pupils, I only attempt to provide the conditions in which they can learn.” — Albert Einstein Perashat Yitro is the parasha that tells of the giving
Four centuries had passed since Abraham had made a covenant with G-d and had been promised that, although his offspring were destined to become slaves in a strange land, they
“All there is to thinking is seeing something noticeable, which makes you see something you weren’t noticing, which makes you see something that isn’t even visible” — Leo Strauss “Be
“It is a mistake to think that the practice of my art has become easy to me. I assure you, dear friend, no one has given so much care to