What is Torah Judaism (in 500 words or less) – #1?
I believe that the ultimate manifestation of Torah Judaism is Chesed, acts of loving-kindness. It’s not the number of times one davens in a day, or the type of kippah he wears, or if her hair is...
View ArticleWhat is Torah Judaism (in 500 words or less) – #2?
Torah Judaism is actually an ideal that was never really fulfilled by the Jewish people themselves. Ever. But first, what is Torah? The word itself comes from hora’ah–teaching, and it means just that:...
View ArticleWhat is Torah Judaism? (in 500 words or less) – Volume #3
The answer to the question “What Is Judaism?” would be different for a student of comparative religion, a Sephardic resident of an Israeli development town, or someone who grew up in an assimilated...
View ArticleWhat is Torah Judaism (in 500 Words or Less) #4
By Rabbi Micha Berger 1- It is the nature of good to have a recipient 2- We were created to receive good 3- The ultimate good is the Image of G-d 4- Therefore we can’t just receive, Hashem gave us an...
View ArticleWhat is Torah Judaism (in 500 words or less) #5
By Rabbi David Aaron (This was composed primarily from Rabbi Aaron’s book – Living a Joyous Life – The True Spirit to Jewish Practice, which we highly recommend. Check out Rabbi Aaron’s other books or...
View ArticleWhat is Torah Judaism (in 500 words or less) #6
Purposeful Creation Judaism provides a foundation to understand the physical and spiritual world and to use that understanding to perfect ourselves and unite the entire world. The first axiom is that...
View ArticleDon’t Just Choose Good. Sift the Evil Away From the Good
An installment in the series From the Waters of the Shiloah: Plumbing the Depths of the Izhbitzer School -For series introduction CLICK By Rabbi Dovid Schwartz-Mara D’Asra Cong Sfard of Midwood “But...
View ArticleA New Jewish Classification Scale
The Jewish classification system of Reform, Conservative, Modern and Yeshivish/Charedi has shown some wear and tear in recent years, as it’s often hard for people to see where they belong, and...
View ArticleBeyond the Heads and Tails of the Sabbatical Year
Is the flip side of Rosh Hashanah the old year, meaning the outgoing year or, is the flip side of Rosh Hashanah the year’s tail, meaning the end of the upcoming year? At the end of every seven year...
View ArticleYisrael and Torah … Two Halves of One Whole
Why are the demographic categories of the Jewish people divided into two distinct pesukim? What is the underlying dynamic of the conversion process? Today you are all standing before HaShem your Elokim...
View ArticleThe Biggest Problem in Judaism
What’s the biggest problem in Judaism. A lot of things come to mind, the Yeshiva System, the Shidduch System, the Chinuch System, the Left, the Right, the Middle, the Open, the Closed, the Leadership,...
View ArticleDenying G-d and Denying Humanity
Beshalach-An installment in the series of adaptations From the Waters of the Shiloah: Plumbing the Depths of the Izhbitzer School This weeks From the Waters of the Shiloah is dedicated in memory of...
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