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The mystery of prayer on the days of Rosh Hashanah presents itself with characteristic familiarity: it reveals itself to those who want to fulfill it, and eludes those who want only to know it.
Prayer…
What is the place of the idolatry that is reflected in the Bible?
This idolatry is not a representation perverted for the sake of polemic; nor is it an artificial…
Although he himself would not recite “for the sake of the unification,” in keeping with the ruling of the Gaon—the Noda bi-Yehudah [R. Ezekiel Landau]—he was occasionally jealous of those who say it.…
King Solomon (may he rest in peace) said: The righteous man walketh in his integrity [Proverbs 20:7]. Now this means that a man should follow God’s…
[…] I will be arguing that, better to understand the God-idea and more effectively overcome the obstacles to the acceptance of God in our lives, we must view theology with a new perception. Elohut…
“Blessed are you, God, God of our ancestors, the great, awesome, and holy God. You have bequeathed human understanding (da‘at ha-enoshit) to humanity. You have gifted us with the knowledge of your…
To Section I, which deals with the Haggadah itself, I have added six other sections.
Section II, entitled “Moses, our Teacher,” is a collation of midrashim, which discuss his attributes…
In order to understand what is katnut (“smallness”) and what is gadlut (“greatness”), consider this example: If one studies Torah without understanding, he is in a state of…
My heart is seeking out the Lord, and to Almighty God I pray
That He come back unto the altar, shelter me beneath His shade,
And that He settle Israel’s throngs in a tranquil dwelling place.
In…
In view of the changes that have taken place in the modern world and the consequent need of stating anew the teachings of Reform Judaism, the Central Conference of American Rabbis makes the following…